Dug suspended for 6 road games
Weird suspension. Available for home games during the suspension.
January 10th, 2024 at 7:05 PM ^
Uh. What?
January 11th, 2024 at 7:19 AM ^
I'm sure it's because he's not going to class. It's not that he's ineligible, but he's probably headed down that road and if he misses another class, he fails the class.
When you're at home, you still go to class, even on gameday you go to classes in the morning.
Obviously, when you're on the road, you don't. And so he's missing classes while on the road, and likely not doing the work when he's on the road (academic staff travels with football and men's basketball to help them complete work or take tests when they travel).
So he's expected to be in class every day, which generally won't interfere with practice or home games.
January 10th, 2024 at 7:05 PM ^
Via UM Hoops (via Instagram) https://twitter.com/umhoops/status/1745233771379437574?s=19
January 10th, 2024 at 7:19 PM ^
Then he uses the n-word in his announcement… WTF is happening to our beloved men’s basketball program?
What a complete shit-show.
Also, here is a clickable link: LINK
January 10th, 2024 at 7:30 PM ^
culture is set from the top down. the effort and heart just don’t seem to be there. coaches are doing a poor job. This is the first time I have said this but Juwan et al need to go as soon as possible
January 10th, 2024 at 11:29 PM ^
The contrast between football and basketball is STARK
January 10th, 2024 at 7:33 PM ^
Juwan has completely lost control of his team.
Will Warde intervene and appropriately attempt to resolve the issues in a timely manner? I have my doubts.
January 10th, 2024 at 7:43 PM ^
Maybe this is an attempt to take back that control. This season seems beyond salvage, so why not shake things up, make a statement?
Sounds like it's academic in nature.
The answer might be in simply admitting there isn't the core of much of anything on the roster right now. Juwan's new to coaching. If he's ready to try out Juwan 2.0 here, it's worth a look.
January 10th, 2024 at 7:44 PM ^
Answer is no
January 10th, 2024 at 8:55 PM ^
What do you want Warde to do right now?
Juwan is done at Michigan, Warde isn't going to fire him during the season, but the moment that last game is over...either Howard moves on his own or Warde will have to announce "a change in leadership." Which is what you say when you fire someone that you have a good relationship with, or an alum, or someone you want to see land on their feet.
But he's getting fired.
And I would do it right before the B1G tournament so he doesn't fuck around and win a few games and give people hope. But I think Warde let's him finish it out to the very end.
January 10th, 2024 at 9:18 PM ^
Well, Martelli is a former head coach, so pretty easy to.slap an interim tag on him fornthenrest of.the season. Also extends an olive branch of sorts to Juwan as there is plenty of NBA season left if he wants to return to that arena.
I dropped Biff Poggi's name in another thread about potential AD's...maybe he can just be the culture fix-it guy for MBB like he was for FB?? It could work...and it's fun to say his name.
January 10th, 2024 at 9:40 PM ^
Yes, Phil has done so well as head coach this season. The game has passed him by. How about we give an interim tag to Eisley or Saddi? Probably Saddi because Eisley would probably be mentally checked out because his buddy is gone.
January 10th, 2024 at 11:12 PM ^
I unfortunately disagree that Juwan is getting fired after this year.
Warde had 2 chances to fire Juwan with cause to mitigate losses on the buyout with the Wisconsin and Sanderson incidents after Juwan's large contract extension.
Juwans contract runs through 2026-2027 and I be willing bet he will finish it out regardless of the results if Warde is still AD.
January 10th, 2024 at 7:48 PM ^
Naysayer?
January 10th, 2024 at 8:27 PM ^
Naggers
January 10th, 2024 at 8:08 PM ^
Hahaha oh man I thought you meant Juwan used the n-word in his announcement
January 10th, 2024 at 8:55 PM ^
That fact that this is even a possibility in your mind shows where this program is.
Suspended for road games only? I have never heard of such a thing, and unfortunately “never heard of such a thing” is becoming a staple of coach Howard’s tenure at UM.
January 10th, 2024 at 9:15 PM ^
So it’s Juwan’s fault that he said something you don’t like on his personal instagram account? Also, it’s not as big of deal as you’re making it out to be. You just don’t like Juwan and want him fired, so just say, “I think the basketball team stinks under him.” Hundreds of thousands of people use that word in that manner every day. Are we just going to start firing everyone’s bosses?
January 10th, 2024 at 9:38 PM ^
Thank you. Let’s not show our racism by being upset when a black kid says the n word on social media. I thought this blog was past this.
January 11th, 2024 at 5:51 PM ^
^^^^ he’s not wrong. Unless you’re a young black male then you prob shouldn’t comment on the use of that word.
January 11th, 2024 at 2:51 PM ^
Please point me to where I blamed it on Coach Howard.
January 10th, 2024 at 9:33 PM ^
Apparently he doesn’t play school.
January 10th, 2024 at 7:06 PM ^
We have a basketball team?
January 10th, 2024 at 7:07 PM ^
yeah, and they really have their shit together too.
January 10th, 2024 at 8:28 PM ^
I heard they were even able to make a show out of it
/s
January 10th, 2024 at 7:24 PM ^
Haven't even thought about the hoops team in a couple weeks, really. I miss Beilein. I was super excited about Juwan, after year one I was convinced he was going to do very well. His teams have been purely unwatchable to me the past two years. Even when winning, the style of play just doesn't appeal to me at all.
I miss John Beilein teams.
January 10th, 2024 at 7:29 PM ^
The sacrifice of the basketball team has not been in vain
January 10th, 2024 at 7:33 PM ^
Balanced as all things should be.
January 10th, 2024 at 7:50 PM ^
Culturally speaking (at least according to Team Sanderson).
January 10th, 2024 at 9:42 PM ^
Yes, it’s the program that kept us sane during the latter years of RR and through Hoke.
January 10th, 2024 at 7:07 PM ^
This MBB season has been a complete shit show thus far. Just embarrassing.
Changes must come.
January 10th, 2024 at 7:08 PM ^
Just this season?
January 10th, 2024 at 7:15 PM ^
I mean last year was bad and this one is worse :/
January 10th, 2024 at 8:29 PM ^
Idk. The shittier the basketball team gets, the better the football team gets.
Imagine what another 4-5 years of basketball ineptitude could bring!!!
January 10th, 2024 at 9:44 PM ^
A good basketball team and a good football team are not mutually exclusively when you are Michigan. We won the National Championship in basketball the same year we won the Big Ten and Rose Bowl in football.
Don't give up on Michigan Basketball.
January 10th, 2024 at 10:50 PM ^
Exactly, thank you M-Dog.
We should be at least a top 5 to 10 team in football and hockey and top 20 in basketball with the resources and tradition we have.
January 10th, 2024 at 7:07 PM ^
I appreciate how dedicated the basketball program was to self-immolating so the football program could fly.
January 10th, 2024 at 7:07 PM ^
Who's going to drive the bus?
January 10th, 2024 at 7:24 PM ^
Gotta pull it out of the ditch first.
January 10th, 2024 at 7:08 PM ^
I wonder if he just barely passed academic eligibility given the rumors. Isn't allowed to travel so he can get work done. Just spitballing here.
January 10th, 2024 at 7:16 PM ^
That seems like a good guess.
January 10th, 2024 at 7:25 PM ^
I was thinking maybe he broke curfew a couple times on road games, or something like that.
January 10th, 2024 at 7:42 PM ^
You're probably right; it's so he can go to all classes. Still, the bball program is embarrassing.
January 10th, 2024 at 9:37 PM ^
Kentucky and Kansas fans are reading this letter in complete bewilderment.
January 10th, 2024 at 7:47 PM ^
Whoever runs Victors Valiant message board..gbmcq? posted few weeks ago about academic problems and concerns about Dug being suspended for the semester (Seth had heard them also) and then a week ago said a professor gave Dug extra work to help his grades some
So, probably related to that
January 10th, 2024 at 7:08 PM ^
We’ve heard rumors of grades. Best guess he’s suspended for road games because that has the biggest impact on time away from classes?
It seems like it’s that… or he’s not allowed to leave the state?
pure, irresponsible speculation on my part.
January 10th, 2024 at 7:12 PM ^
Would not being allowed to leave the state have such a defined timeline? I honestly don't know. Also @MSU is a part of this, so it's probably not that. Ffs, what a mess.
January 10th, 2024 at 7:09 PM ^
Academics?
January 10th, 2024 at 7:09 PM ^
What an interesting season the bball team is having