Woj - Howard to be considered for vacant Portland job
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1401005469976629252?s=21
We should probably get used to this as it’s likely to be an annual thing.
Fuck off NBA. Howard is ours
This is the spoils of success. Howard is one of the hottest name in basketball. Glad he is ours!
Kind of like our fooooo
Sigh
Hopefully he doesn’t leave just yet.
But I fully expect him to be an NBA coach within 5 years.
Howard to be considered for President of USA.
News at 11.
Go Blue.
He'll get my vote.
Hey Warde. Give him a raise.
Is he gonna respond to a text this time?
While he deserves one, giving him a raise isn’t going to move the needle for him. Another million or two isn’t going to entice a guy with a net worth of $80 million and who was the NBA’s first $100 million dollar player.
Ultimately it’s going to come down to whether or not he wants to be here vs the NBA
Eh. Honestly I think its a sign of respect too. Not sure if this is Juwan's personality but I could see some coaches wanting to be the highest paid as a pride thing.
Shouldn't surprise anyone if he ends up in the NBA sometime relatively soon. Not sure the Blazers job would be the one he takes. That's a team that seems locked in the good-but-not-great zone, with two excellent but expensive guards and then just a bunch of okay guys. Seems like a team that's hit its ceiling and would have to be totally rebuilt, or acquire some huge missing piece, to be a real contender.
You would need to define “soon”. I would be surprised if he leaves before his kids finish up at M - (which could be as short as 3 years from now as Jett continues to creep toward 1 and done range.)
He really SHOULD consider taking the big NBA $$ ASAP before folks figure out that Martelli is the one really coaching the team. - signed tRCMB
I wish it was Jim that would go to the pros and Juwan that would stay.
LOL, Jim tried but nobody in the NFL wanted him. So may be he will get his ass back in gear here!
To be considered doesn’t really mean anything on Howard’s side. He basically took the Michigan job over the Timberwolves.
Jalen Rose had some comments last year saying he would be Very Surprised if Juwan left Michigan before winning a national championship in the same tone as Sam Webb’s “gut feeling.”
The one I’m more worried about is the Celtics job. Not the most amazing roster and has to compete against Brooklyn, but that’s a top market NBA job and they have shown they have a lot of faith in their coaches, too.
Wyc Grousebeck, Celtics owner, was classmate - Michigan law ‘86.
just saying
you're saying he'd sell you the team and you wouldn't hire Juwan?
Him and 6,000 other people. My wife and I were classmates and never met in college.
Absolutely true about undergraduate classes but the law school has a much smaller enrollment. Ten seconds of googling shows that the incoming class into the Michigan law school is about 300. Assuming it was on the same order of magnitude in 1986 the odds are much better they'd have at least known each other.
Not that it means anything.
^This. I am not very social, but I probably met / had some interaction with most of the students I graduated law school with.
It's really hard to win a national title but I would be very surprised if he leaves before his kids cycle through. At that point, all bets are off. Maybe if he's been to a couple final fours and lost he'd keep at it but otherwise can't see him sticking around too much longer. Tom Izzo has been to like 8 final fours since 2000 and hasn't won again. It's hard to do. Then again, with Roy Williams and Coach K gone....
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Tiny Tom has been to FOUR, NOT 8, since 2000: 2001, 05, 09, and 10.
Don't give the angry elf any more credit than he deserves.
I dislike Tiny Tim Izzo. Like seriously just really really dislike him. But Staee was also in the Final Four in 2015 and 2019.
Going to the Final Four is huge, can’t deny that. But isn’t he 1-4 in those four trips? The additional loss was in the championship game.
Howard to be considered for each and every pro and college vacancy until infinity and beyond.
FIFY
I doubt, with almost certainty, he goes to any other college program. NBA? That's the rational concern.
If they want to take a coach, take Harbaugh.
The ultimate dong punch is coming. Howard leaves after two seasons whilst Harbaugh is here for life.
Says Dean Pelton, THE nattering nabob of negativity.
Sorry all. Just having some personal issues and just frustrated to see softball and now baseball not play well in the postseason.
It wasn't even that long ago that rumors like these got floated about harbaugh every time there wasn't an NFL head coaching vacancy. Don't see those much anymore.
Is Oakland still in play?
Not yet, but I think Kerr retires after next season.
We've got Juwan until his kids are gone and then all bets are off. Harbaugh on the other hand....
So he can as relevant as Terry Stotts? I don’t think so.
On second thought, the allure of coaching Big Men Jusuf Nurkic and Enes Kanter has to be enticing.
Yawn...let me know if Martelli leaves. He’s the real coach. Howard’s just a figurehead. /s
Serious question, is an NBA HC job today really that much better than a college gig?
I mean, Calipari is making 8M a year. I assume Juwan will soon be offered a hefty pay raise.
And jobs are a lot more stable for the successful coaches at the college level.
Beilen could´ve stayted at Michigan until he decided to retire. Izzo, Krzyzewski, etc a bunch of these top coaches basically have tenure.
Be a successful NBA coach or a legend at your Alma Mater?
NBA doesn't require any recruiting and the constant headache that is. Major lifestyle difference.
Juwan doesn't seem to mind the recruiting aspect. But it's pretty clear that is what drove Beilein to the NBA.
I'm not sure it was recruiting with Beilein as much as retention.
NBA is more prestigious. As big as March madness is, there's just more audience and more competition at the pro level. Yes, you can be the king of a small town if you make it at the college level. But you'll always know that you're swimming in a small pond when there's a whole ocean out there. Some love ponds, and Michigan is certainly bigger than most schools. But Howard is driven to succeed and he hasspent his fair share of time on the big stage.
no especially the elite programs, but winning a the highest level is a big pull.
I'd feel a little better if coach Howard wasn't the 56th highest paid coach in college however.
sorry doudble-post
Just give us one banner to put next to 1989 Juwan and then you can go coach whatever wherever and we will build a statue of you outside of Crisler.
No more statues. Please.
Put up a plaque?
Agreed we should get used to it. Also probably not necessary to make a thread about every job opening that he is considered for
Yeah, this is going to happen a lot, most of it being the media stirring the pot for clicks.
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She has made the short list of qualified candidates