Frank Haith expected resistance when Missouri hired him last spring to coach its men's basketball team.
He thought some players might initially give him the cold shoulder because players accustomed to success under one coach sometimes resist change under another one.
Yet most of the displeasure came from fans who wanted an established name to take over for Mike Anderson when he left for Arkansas, not a coach who went 43-69 in Read Full Article »
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