According to the local media, it was all part of the "process".
That explains his appearance on Mike and Mike defending the blocks.
Coaches will never win this battle. Tulsa's AD is pulling the same stunt. What makes his decision worse is they have a new coach. There's no worry about what some idiots are calling the "wild west" if kids can transfer wherever. They still have to sit out a year. That's punitive enough.
It is silly to see some people calling Uthoff a quitter. Wonder if they called Sharif Chambliss that? Or Danny O'Brien who quit his "family".