Goodman claims sources from the program say Juwan's culture is bad

Feels like its just 'when' not 'if' for the end of Juwan's tenure which is sad. Everyone really wanted it to work out.

This may well be true, but it's also true that these sorts of stories are almost inevitable when a team (a program?) is struggling. Nobody's satisfied, everybody feels the pressure, and of course the fans are demanding change.

If they can get 3-4 wins in a row, I'm sure we'll see stories about how unified the team is, and how much everyone likes playing with each other. That's a big "if," of course. Doesn't seem particularly likely right now.

Still keeping my fingers crossed. Personally, I like having Howard here, and I'm really hoping he can turn things around to cool off the hot seat a bit. 

I think this is likely true and would explain the performance that we've seen over the last 2 years.

I really liked the hiring of Juwan and I thought he'd be a great representative for Michigan.  Unfortunately he hasn't been a good role model and hasn't produced good results.  

Recruiting his own kids to the team was a mistake and I don't think he will have time to overcome this.

Best option for Juwan is to go into retirement to take care of his health.

The culture is bad? I'm SHOCKED 

Sounds like Sanderson and Juwan aren't friends, somebody from Sanderson's camp tried to nuke Juwan by leaking out a fake fight to the "insiders" and it didn't happen.

If Sanderson is unhappy and thinks there is a culture problem, he needs to STFU and air his grievances in-house to Warde and not internet "insiders"

Fire Juwan

he’s a bully and jerk

Seeing recruiting and especially results on the court, it's hard to refute this IMO

What, exactly, does it mean there is a problem with "the culture"? That is so general I don't know what it means. Have there been incidents with Jace in the past? If so, what? For multiple years before this, all we have heard and seen about him is positive -- hard worker, supports his teammates, enthusiastic for the University on social media.

UM hasn't had more people leave--players, coaches, or staff--than any other program. When there is a culture problem, it's not behind closed doors; it manifests itself in good people getting the f out of there for inexplicable (to us) reasons. Can someone name one person who left and we were like, "Whoa, he should have stayed. Why did he leave?" 

In fact, you could argue we've been too sticky with our coaches (e.g., our defensive coach, Washington, has not coached up a good defense for 1.5 years now. Might be time to replace him, like we did Don Brown). And Phil Martelli is known as being a stand-up guy. Why would he stay here, away from his home in Philly, if "the culture" was bad. He would have been a perfect candidate for "I'm too old for this; I'm out"...yet he's still here.

When our star, Hunter Dickinson left, his complaint was focused on 1) getting more NIL money and 2) winning an NCAA championship in his senior year. He said he still "loved Michigan and the program". He didn't say anything about "the culture" being rotten, and he's not a shy guy...or was he part of the problem? If so, what---exactly?

I didn't have a lot of time for anonymous sources through hacks like Thamel for Spygate 2: Electric Boog-aloo and I don't have a lot of time for them now, funneled through a douchebag like Jeff Goodman.

Sad and surprising, but given how this team looked last year, I believe it.  I feel bad for Juwan to some extent.  I think the pressure of truly wanting to succeed here, plus the obstacles (M's approach to NIL and transfer denials) broke him.  Clean house after this year and start from scratch.  

What's interesting here is that we immediately conclude it is Juwan's culture and not, say, a subculture created by other entities.

For example, we all observed that Hunter Dickinson's contribution to the culture was borderline cringeworthy. Was Juwan a contributor, an accelerant, or a bystander to that toxicity? 

That said, an oustanding coach manages egos and creates a "we, not me" attitude. Juwan has failed to do so, and I suppose if there is anything we can indict him on, it's that.

It’s too bad if this is the end, obviously an on court legend here with ties throughout the basketball world. Would hate for Howard to leave with bad blood and return to the Fab Five being disassociated with the program. But if this isn’t the end, it does seem the end is near.

Not a Juwan apologist, but no former players have said that the culture is bad. We don’t know what exactly was said by Sanderson, or Jace, or Juwan, so yes it is actually possible that Sanderson was out of line. This writer doesn’t (and probably can’t) give up any specific sources - if there are any, so his reporting should be taken with a grain of salt. There have been a lot of great sideline celebrations when the team is winning, and there have been games where literally everyone has played, so plenty of evidence of a good culture in the past. I’m not happy to hear this, but I’m also not ready to call for Juwan’s head. 

Who is coaching West Virginia BBall right now? It worked last time. I have been very hard on Juwan, I called for him to be fired over a year ago. I loved him as a player I think he has potential, however Michigan is larger than the individual, and I firmly believe you should have head coaching experience to be a head coach here.