Embree is closer to Neuheisel than whatever other player on the brown bear* roster.
In his fourth yr of a five-year business deal to coach-and-four his alma mater, Neuheisel was relieved of his responsibilities on Mon.
As the son of a coach-and-four, Embree gets it. Forcing out is as so much a component part of the coaching job profession as hiring. But it doesn't make it easily.
"It's rough showing emotion. I've acknowledged Neuheisel for a very long-distance time and so he's more just a read/write head coach-and-four to me, and so it's rough," said Embree. "Unluckily I've grown up around the business concern of coaching job. It's a rough business. You can be forced out or hired at any 2d but Neuheisel's a helluva autobus (and) a great person. I acknowledge he's going to backlash. He'll be fine but it's a hard-boiled way to see him go as player and a acquaintance of his."
Mon 11, about 40 members of the football team were summoned for a meeting with Athletic Director Dan Guerrero. There, the ad delivered a punch to the gut collective of the football team. He let them know there would be a change in coaching, but that Neuheisel would be allowed to coach them on Friday in the game Pac-12 Championship in Oregon.
"It is a wave of mixed emotions," said Joseph Fauria. "I am still a Bruin in everything and for everything, but it is just sad how it worked."
The difficulty is with trying to grab everything.
"We expect, but you don't know how you're going to react. When I saw on TV, I did not know how to react. I was shocked, "Fauria said. "It is difficult to accept that your coach and your leader is about to be let go at a time very premature."
The news came just four days before the Bruins are scheduled to play in ducks in Pac-12 title game in Eugene.
However, it comes on the heels of a loss of 50-0 to crosstown rival USC.
When asked if such loss was the last straw for Neuheisel, a Guerrero said "every time you lose at your Conference rival is not a good thing."
Neuheisel was 0-4 in that area.
This is one of several issues that were not in his favor. Five times this season, the Bruins were defeated by 25 or more points. Four of those losses were on the way. UCLA is far from Rose Bowl 1-5 this season.
"(There's an) understanding how we performed on the road and how we run when we lost, but at the same time has arrived to look brighter points: we are in the game Pac-12 League because we won the games that we won and that we had to win in the end," Fauria said.
Added WR Devin Lucien: "I didn't think I would like this. I didn't think it was going to get fired at all. Really did not expect them to do the Monday before Pac-12 Championship. I don't understand why they did it. "
The emotional toll of the day led to players having one of their most spirited practices of the year Monday night under the lights. The enthusiasm on the field could not carry away the thoughts, which players had to practice a coach, that really isn't their coach anymore.
"There is an embarrassment to it, but at the same time cannot let such a spread. You cannot let it be a cancer. You have to treat it as if it was another week. It is not easy. You have to be mature and you need to understand what is at stake, and what is ahead of us, "Fauria said.
Neuheisel and wants to be there for his team, one last time.
"I am confident that I'm not a distraction. I'm hopeful that I can be of help, '' Neuheisel said. "I was told that they would like me to (coach the League game Pac-12). I asked who had said no because it is important to finish what you start. Ultimately, I tried to preach to those children that is not how many times you get knocked down, is how many times you get up. "
After this handful there are some players, like Lucien, who say that you evaluate their future compared to their role in the game plan of the new coach.
There are others, such as quarterback Brett Hundley who have every intention of remaining a Bruin and not the transfer.
"This is the school that I took. This is not a thought in my head. I trust that the Administration will bring a good coach. This is the school that I want to be a. love this school. I have made amazing connections with the guys and people here in California. I don't want to leave, "said Hundley.
Meanwhile, Embree and Neuheisel Watch their UCLA mandates come to an end together.
"As said Neuheisel, have made him senior today. This is all they have done. He is only going to graduate with the class that entered with him, "said Rezai. "We are ready to go to battle one last time with him this week."
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