To lose their best player? I would say bad, it detrimentally impacted both last season and this one.
An effective management of the situation would have entailed this party doing their job:
http://tigerboard.com/boards/view.php?message=14407161
And then the staff being informed enough and respected to the degree that they corrected the undesired behavior. That is not what occurred in this instance obviously, so all parties lose. Which is the theme anymore with MU basketball.