You know, this has to have been taken out of context. I don't believe he meant to connect "players these days" with what has happened at North Carolina, which has included allegations of racist language. And whatever else is being investigated. I have to assume that these players are transferring for far more serious reasons than that they were "pushed" to work hard.
Whatever is going on at UNC comes on the heels of the Georgia Tech situation. Then you also have the situation at Nebraska that led to Yori's resignation and the investigation of McCallie at Duke. And spiking transfer rates generally. So there's more than just UNC.
Someone of the alleged language used at UNC or by Joseph at GT is clearly over the line. But one person's "emotional abuse" can be another's "tough love".
More directly to the point of what Geno is talking about, take this anecdote form the recent ESPNW profile of Muffet:
"A few years back when one of her players transferred, she told McGraw that the coach was never satisfied. She always wanted more. "I told her that was true," McGraw says. "She needed to do more. And she wasn't giving it to us."
(I'm dying to know who that player was, btw. Has to be either Taya Reimer or Erin Boley).