Juwan Howard RE: Status Of Sanderson
Title says it all. Ouch. This sucks.
Why even comment on this if you're Juwan? Just decline to answer or say things are steady.
MOD EDIT - Link to more detailed article HERE, which includes the following more detailed quotation:
Howard was asked about Sanderson’s status with the program. “I’m not sure,” Howard said. “I would definitely say to you, go back to that statement that Warde made and that will of course answer any question that you have.”
Please include an article if you're going to do this. People can very easily manipulate the discussion using only tweets. - LSA
December 16th, 2023 at 5:51 PM ^
Once upon a time, Howard's name was coming up in NBA head coaching searches while he was receiving praise as a Miami Heat assistant, yet he kept getting passed up. I feel like with each passing year, we are perhaps finding out why.
December 16th, 2023 at 6:07 PM ^
"... yet he kept getting passed up."
With the Heat, perhaps, but this happened just a couple of years ago:
Doesn't mean you or anyone else needs to be happy with the current state of affairs .....
December 16th, 2023 at 6:56 PM ^
I can only imagine the sideline arguments he and LeBron would have gotten in.
December 16th, 2023 at 8:09 PM ^
They played together in Miami. bron and Wade were huge fans of his
December 16th, 2023 at 8:55 PM ^
I know this, but the dynamic changes when there becomes a power struggle between alphas. LeBron's head coaches notoriously don't last long, and none of them had a head as hot as Howard's.
December 16th, 2023 at 5:57 PM ^
Fuck Sanderson is so good
December 16th, 2023 at 6:17 PM ^
punctuation saves lives
and reputations
December 16th, 2023 at 7:29 PM ^
Lets eat grandma
December 17th, 2023 at 12:16 AM ^
Panda bear eats shoots leaves
December 17th, 2023 at 7:27 AM ^
Hammering Pandas, Rice4114 and mi93
December 16th, 2023 at 7:11 PM ^
Is he? There’s been an inordinate amount of injuries during his tenure.
December 16th, 2023 at 8:04 PM ^
I don't understand this sentiment at all. Sanderson is not Ben Herbert. He was never talked about as someone who is fundamental to the team culture. He just seems like a very good strength coach, I don't see why people love that more than an actual alumnus who led our team to the big ten championship two seasons* ago.
*calendar years
December 16th, 2023 at 8:13 PM ^
It was three seasons ago.This is the third season since.
December 16th, 2023 at 8:17 PM ^
You are correct, thanks for the neg. It was 2021 so I had two years ago in my head.
December 16th, 2023 at 5:59 PM ^
I hope Jim Harbaugh is on the next BBall coach search committee.
This is not a leader of men.
December 16th, 2023 at 6:15 PM ^
Yeah, because the guy who hired Shimmy Schembechler and a coach who was commits cyber crimes is an impeccable judge of leadership and values and qualified to hire the next men's basketball coach. Not to mention the overzealous weasel who was setting up his own sting operations.
I love Harbaugh, but this kinda shit makes no sense.
December 16th, 2023 at 8:45 PM ^
You do not love Harbaugh. Quit lying.
December 16th, 2023 at 6:39 PM ^
I hope Jim Harbaugh is the next BBall coach.
He's a jack-hammer. He doesn't take vacations.
December 16th, 2023 at 6:53 PM ^
Except when he takes vacations.
December 16th, 2023 at 7:09 PM ^
Let’s not do a MSU and let a coach from one sport have any say in the hiring of a coach in another.
December 16th, 2023 at 7:13 PM ^
Unless we want Tom Crean, who is Harbaughs brothers brother inlaw.
December 16th, 2023 at 7:47 PM ^
It's Tom Cream. Please get it right
December 16th, 2023 at 7:54 PM ^
Gtfoh
December 16th, 2023 at 6:04 PM ^
I'd like to hear the entire question and response in context and if there were any follow ups. If Sanderson doesn't want to be there anymore I'm not quite sure what can be done to fix that relationship, but it does feel like this is more than some guys getting into a yelling match.
December 16th, 2023 at 8:00 PM ^
This is a terrible thread. I don't know why people have to make things up to pile onto what is a valid concern. There is plenty to criticize Juwan about -- but this is confabulation. His actual answer to the question:
"there’s still a review happening at this moment.”
Direct quote from the article.
We don't have to demonize Juwan with nonsense; you can focus on the things that are actually done and not done in the program. Plenty worthy of criticism without reacting as if this answer means he is an irresponsible fool.
That people are actually suggesting James Joseph Harbaugh as part of a basketball hiring committee really screams delusion when Harbaugh has hired: Shemy Schembechler, Alex Yood, Matt Weiss, Bob Shoop, Pep Hamilton... and those are just the disasters, not ones that didn't work out. On the bright side, only a few of those names have committed serious crimes.
December 16th, 2023 at 8:15 PM ^
He slapped someone. That is a literal crime. 🤷♂️
December 16th, 2023 at 8:20 PM ^
It sounds like that incident truly disturbs you, as you've noted what everyone already knows, repeatedly, in multiple threads. Lucky for you, I do not say anywhere that Juwan shouldn't be criticized for that. We know you don't like him. Why not respond to the words I say?
December 16th, 2023 at 10:21 PM ^
One trick pony only knows one trick.
December 16th, 2023 at 10:14 PM ^
And Mike Hart, and Scott Minter, and a very large host of others. Ya think JH goes thru the candidate social media vetting?🙄
December 16th, 2023 at 10:19 PM ^
As integral as Scott Minter has been to our program, I think Jesse Minter has been a better hire.
December 16th, 2023 at 6:07 PM ^
How the fuck is he not prepared to answer that question?
December 16th, 2023 at 6:10 PM ^
Agreed. If I were him I'd have a useless, boilerplate, HR'd response ready to go.
EDIT: Hensons Mobile has the whole conversation in another post here. OP, I'm not sure why we should trust this little guy:
https://gbmwolverine.com/author/bheilig/
He already failed by not including the whole comment.
December 16th, 2023 at 6:57 PM ^
I don’t see the quote in there. But is “I’m not sure” really that bad of an answer if he’s… not sure?
December 16th, 2023 at 7:11 PM ^
Yes, it is.
December 16th, 2023 at 8:05 PM ^
What is a better answer?
December 16th, 2023 at 8:13 PM ^
“I’m not going to comment on personnel issues right now. Our boys just played a great game and picked up another win,. I’m proud of them. they’ve done a great job of dealing with some adversity this season, and I couldn’t be prouder of them. I’d like to focus right now on the game that we just played.“
December 16th, 2023 at 8:13 PM ^
“I’m not going to comment on personnel issues right now. Our boys just played a great game and picked up another win,. I’m proud of them. they’ve done a great job of dealing with some adversity this season, and I couldn’t be prouder of them. I’d like to focus right now on the game that we just played.“
December 16th, 2023 at 9:08 PM ^
So not answering it, basically.
I hate when coaches do that and evade legitimate questions. He essentially said “I don’t know the answer to that question” and you all are mad at him for it.
This fan base is becoming a bit witch-hunty with regard to Juwan.
December 16th, 2023 at 7:36 PM ^
Yeah, I'm confused. Isn't it the same as "no formal decision has been made yet"?
Doesn't seem like such a big deal, IMHO.
December 16th, 2023 at 7:05 PM ^
He did answer the question with a bit more detail but of course guys who want engagement in a shitty bird app gotta play coy.
This isn't a good situation but it's telling that people have their knives out for Howard a bit.
December 16th, 2023 at 6:08 PM ^
Must have burned the breeches of many an mgoblog slogger that the team played hard and well for Juwan. Or that they won at all.
There were stretches like this for Beilein, as well. When the clueless types went crazy game after game. When they suddenly recovered to get into the tourney down the stretch, playing just enough D to do so.
It's going to be fun to see Juwan proceeding despite the haters.
December 16th, 2023 at 6:14 PM ^
All coaches take heat when things aren’t going well on the field or court. That’s not the same as Howard’s now pattern of off the court issues. There is no comparison with Beilein.
December 16th, 2023 at 6:25 PM ^
👆
all that needs to be said
December 16th, 2023 at 6:27 PM ^
Juwan's doing fine, and will be here through 2025 at least if he cares to be. He's also a far more respected figure in the world of basketball than Beilein will ever be. And I say that as the guy who was telling people Beilein was a Hall of Fame coach here, to total derision as people said unbelievably stupid things about him through his first four years as our coach. Juwan has twelve more wins through four seasons than Beilein did, and this team is coming together.
Sanderson serves at Juwan's discretion, and Sanderson proved highly disloyal--not just to Juwan, but to all of the staff--in challenging him directly in front of the players. We're in a mode where light middleweights here will jump on anything, absolutely anything he says now and see it in a negative light. But it's just possible that when Juwan said he wasn't sure he meant that he wasn't sure. Go out into the real world and ask people about the basketball knowledge and achievement of, say, a Howard Eisely in comparison to a Jon Sanderson. There are dozens of Jon Sandersons out there, chafing to work at Michigan. The likelihood is that after a long slog here, Sanderson had stopped getting through to the players. Next man up.
December 16th, 2023 at 6:36 PM ^
Beilein took over a program that was an afterthought to football and made them national championship contenders. The program is becoming the same afterthought that it was before Beilein. There is no comparison.
December 16th, 2023 at 6:42 PM ^
Juwan a more respected figure in the world of basketball than Bielein? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Not in coaching there, bubs. Smoking the good shit tonight apparently.
December 16th, 2023 at 7:58 PM ^
Is basketball, only coaching to you Tiny?
December 16th, 2023 at 8:00 PM ^
This is a FACT!!! "He's also a far more respected figure in the world of basketball than Beilein will ever be."