March 28th, 2021 at 10:02 PM ^
Or, don’t let Bob Marley stone you on the basketball court
March 28th, 2021 at 10:16 PM ^
Every time I watched UCLA this season (which was quite often, since I live on the West Coast), all I could think about is how that kid goes about his day with that hair. And he's a little guy, so that hair must add a few percentage points to his weight.
I guess we have our own "barber shop rockstar" in Mike Smith, but Mike's hair looks a little more manageable than Tyger Campbell's.
March 28th, 2021 at 10:02 PM ^
IMO. This would be a bad speech. This would only add fuel to the fire that Martelli is really the head coach and the main reason why we are winning (not Juwan)
March 28th, 2021 at 10:08 PM ^
No it wouldn't. The only people who think Martelli is the real head coach are those whining morons in East Lansing.
March 28th, 2021 at 10:10 PM ^
If you check out OSU and Illini boards, they were saying the same thing. Why give them more material to that effect?
March 28th, 2021 at 10:14 PM ^
So what they are saying is that Phil Martelli is better than their coach. Kind of a self-own, don't you think?
March 28th, 2021 at 10:51 PM ^
Morons is the key word. Who cares what they think. Facts do not matter to them. Phil is a huge asset to the team. Another great coaching move by the best coach in the B1G — Juwan Howard.
March 28th, 2021 at 10:53 PM ^
Why would anyone ever give a flying fuck about “material” for a fan message board?
March 28th, 2021 at 11:38 PM ^
You’re a straight shooter with real upper management potential.
March 28th, 2021 at 11:09 PM ^
Because fuck em that’s why.
Why would you care what a bunch of cooler poopers and t-shirt Illini fans think? You really lying around at night agonizing over what random people you'll never meet think about Michigan's basketball coach?
March 28th, 2021 at 11:18 PM ^
Whhhhhhhoooooosssssshhhhh!!!!
Who cares if he is the reason? Juwan hired him. If Jim Harbaugh hired an OC who made us a top 5 offense, we'd be praising him for making the hire. Good on Juwan for hiring smart assistants. That's part of the job.
March 28th, 2021 at 10:04 PM ^
The team, the team, the team!
March 28th, 2021 at 10:21 PM ^
I don't want the stink of the football program anywhere near this beautiful basketball team.
March 28th, 2021 at 10:04 PM ^
Win the whole Fucking thing!
March 28th, 2021 at 10:06 PM ^
This isn't a team that needs a pregame speech.
Maybe: "Play hard-play smart. Winning starts at the defensive end of the floor. Let's go do what we came here to do. We are a team."
"And one more thing: Make your damn free throws."
Actually, this would never be a part of a good coach's pregame speech-perhaps jokingly but never as a directive.
March 28th, 2021 at 10:08 PM ^
I say they try and win it for me! Been a tough go for ole Mike since the Stacy Hamilton scandal...
March 28th, 2021 at 10:15 PM ^
Well....you shouldn't have been a "little prick" about it...
March 28th, 2021 at 10:18 PM ^
When are those Earth, Wind and Fire tickets coming in?
And since when is “Kashmir” on Led Zeppelin IV?!
March 28th, 2021 at 10:22 PM ^
Gipper?
F that ND crap.
March 28th, 2021 at 10:23 PM ^
Whatever Coach Howard says, because I have all the confidence in the world in Coach Howard and this staff. Think the players do too. UCLA does not run much offense, but they have guys that can make tough shots. Somewhat expecting another heroic defensive effort by Michigan. Both teams will scrap for rebounds , but we have a height advantage.
Go Blue !!
March 28th, 2021 at 10:28 PM ^
The pre-game speech should be...
Inspirational
March 28th, 2021 at 10:32 PM ^
No speech. Just watch the 2nd half of the 1993 tourney game against UCLA where we sleep walk through the first half and spot UCLA a 20 point lead and then raised the game to another level and ground out an overtime win.
March 28th, 2021 at 10:57 PM ^
The pregame speech should be “they really need to raise the points threshold to start a new thread over at mgoblog.”
March 28th, 2021 at 11:42 PM ^
Why do they call it Ovaltine? The cup is round, the can is round, they should call it roundtine.
(In spite of the typos) That’s gold Jerry! Gold!!
Sincerely,
Kenny Bania
Phil? Like the groundhog Phil?
March 29th, 2021 at 10:11 AM ^
Martelli is a great motivating point for the team, either pre-game or at halftime. The fact that he's not the coach is irrelevant.
March 29th, 2021 at 11:49 AM ^
Win one for the Livers
March 29th, 2021 at 12:27 PM ^
What's next, pull out a VHS recording of the speech that Bo made to the team after firing Bill Frieder? Although...