Does Howard Survive This?

I hope Howard gets fired.    The program needs new direction.  

Fire him. No excuse for what he did. Embarrassing for the program and the university.

Sadly, he has got to go unless something beyond the pail was said to precipitate it. 

Absolutely embarrassing to the Michigan basketball program in the university. He should be done.

50/50. I think a lot will come down to two things:

1) The team seemed to follow Howard's example. A UM kid may have been sucker punched, too. However, it was Howard that took it to that level and players followed. Not good.

2) Whether people inside the AD privately think Howard was a good hire to begin with. It appears he can recruit really well and he did quite well with leftover talent but do they think he can build and coach a consistent program? If there were any doubts in Warde's mind, he'll probably be gone.

On the flip side, it wasn't all Howard. Another grown man grabbed him and wouldn't let him go. That in and of itself was for a juvenile reason on Howard's end but the other grown man did the grabbing. Who knows what was said during that moment? I think it's clear that Howard is a dude that is quick to reaction in both directions. He becomes overly enthusiastic (something we like about him) and he becomes overly angry when he feels insulted. 

I'm calling it 50/50 as of right now. His staying still gets him a massive suspension for himself and some of his team. No getting around that. I like Howard as a person but have been a bit iffy on him as a coach since we hired him. I wanted to see how he did with pretty much all of the major Beilein guys gone and it hasn't been great.

Hamster wheel host double post. 

Juwan should absolutely face repercussions, but go back and watch it in slow mo, is it just be or does that assistant first put his hands on Williams and Faulds? To me that’s at least worth whatever punishment Juwan faces. You can’t have a coach getting physics with opposing players.

Probably gone but I will donate extra if they keep him.

It sets a really bad example.  Can’t see the university being able to keep him.  It sucks.  I was so happy for him to be the coach and he is such a competitor.  So emotionally invested.  Seems like too much.

Moussa be gone for a while too after that combo on Wisconsin player 

I don't know what's worse, the whole incident or people blaming Gard. Looked like Juwan was going to ignore, walk by him, Gard grabbed his arm to say something to him and Juwan escalates. 

I expect a suspension for the rest of the season (including tournament), but I wouldn’t be surprised or upset if he got fired for this.  This is so far out of bounds it’s unreal

he isn't gone, not even a possibility. other punishments will happen however

He probably will, but he probably shouldn't. He's gotten very emotional multiple times and he can't keep his cool. 

Just overall, this team is way worse than it should be, they were going to miss the tournament, for sure will now. The optics around the program are so terrible, that firing him might be a needed change. 

No.  He is gone.

Glad it didn't turn into another Malice at the Palace. Seemed like the activity on the court was pretty well isolated from the fans. Good on them for not getting involved. I hate to think that our student-athletes could've been put in that type of scenario, trying to defend their coach.

I thought Faulds did a great job trying to play peacemaker when it was clear what was going on with Juwan and Gard. Good for that young man.

Watch the video in depth and slow motion.  All of it.  It looks like it was an open handed slap instead of a punch.  Meanwhile, let’s wait and see what happens after the reviews.  I’m sure he’ll face discipline, just not sure how much.  

We are going to find out if it's really Martelli's team after all.

We are going to find out if it's really Martelli's team after all.

I’ll give my thoughts after I hear what that coach said to T Will. Fuck Wisconsin. 

This isn’t his first temper tantrum and this is beyond a fireable offense. He just submarined recruiting and if we can lose a future hall of fame coach of the football team for setting a piss poor example back in the 90s we can definitely cut ties with an unproven coach who just made the entire program look horrid on national television.

We need to cut ties immediately for the image of the program and set precedent. 
Juwan needs to go. 

In fairness…it was half closed fist half slap, but nonetheless I’ve never seen anything like it. 

Mr. Beilein, clean up on aisle 25. 

That was fucking embarrassing, pathetic, and inexcusable. Yes, he should be suspended for the rest of the season. He may have ruined the team's tourney chances too, given that suspensions are coming with nothing but tournament-caliber teams left of the schedule. What a dismal failure to be a leader. 

Should he be fired? Idk, I'll wait til I'm less pissed off to opine on that. 

Maybe the assistant called him a very bad word? 

If the head coaches are having a discussion the assistant should know his place and stay out of it.

Juwan should have handled it better and UM will do what they do.  I hope Big Ten disciplines Gard.  You can't get in another grown man's face like that and expect nothing to happen.   I thought Juwan was completely in the right until he reached back over once someone got in between them. Can't do that.

Hard to say. I don't think fired, but it's a terrible look for the University that has had its share of terrible looks this past year. Maybe?