U-M to host Fab Five meeting on 10/8
Sounds like there's gonna be a town hall of sorts at Hill Auditorium on the 10/8.
The day of a football game. And hockey game.......
http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2016/09/michigan_formally_ann…
Rose, King and Jackson will be on-hand for the event. They'll be joined by U-M professor Yago Colás, University of Houston Professor Billy Hawkins and journalist Kevin Blackistone.
Webber, who has long been dissociated from both the Fab Five and the university, and Howard, who will be in the midst of the NBA preseason as an assistant coach with the Miami Heat, will not partake in the reunion.
The discussion was originally organized by King, who currently lives in Southfield, and Colás, a writer and commentator on social issues surrounding collegiate athletics.
"The aim of this is really to have a discussion — an open, public discussion," Colás told MLive in April when the forum was being sorted out. "It seems to me, from the beginning, that whatever happens with the banners, it should be the result of an informed, broad, transparent public debate and discussion about the different issues at play."
The forum will be free and open to the public. Hill Auditorium holds roughly 3,500 spectators.
According to Thursday's press release: "Panelists will discuss this seminal moment in the University's history -- including the players' cultural impact and the controversy that later emerged."
The discussion will be followed by a question-and-answer with the audience.
Members of the Fab Five were most recently together in early August for the first-ever Fab Five Basketball Camp. Also organized by King, the three-day camp included appearances from Rose, Howard and Jackson.
While the forum in October is being sponsored by the university, it will have no formal say in what the athletic department does or does not do regarding the Fab Five, its recognition within the university or its banners, which we previously removed from Crisler Center.
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September 22nd, 2016 at 11:32 PM ^
The Fab Five was historic and should be celebrated. The punishment has been paid through years of crappy teams after. I think it's okay to recognize the good parts again and leverage the attention.
To each their own, including JClay and Brian, but keeping the Fab Five in the media and getting attention for M is fine by me. But that's just like my opinion, man.
September 23rd, 2016 at 1:35 PM ^
Wait! What did the 97 football team do to shame the University and put a program into a nearly two decade tailspin? This is the definition of non sequitur.
September 27th, 2016 at 3:51 PM ^
Actually not a non sequitur if you look at the context. I was replying to the post above, stating "It's over. Just let it go."
Everything in the past is "over" (including the '97 football team), so I was pointing out that never talking about things simply because they are in the past is dumb.
September 23rd, 2016 at 6:19 PM ^
You going to say the same about JoePa in another 15 or so years?
September 27th, 2016 at 3:42 PM ^
Getting paid for being good at basketball =/= rape.
September 23rd, 2016 at 12:06 AM ^
Seems like you do care
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:19 AM ^
"Brian doesn't care"
Well, there ya go! Brian doesn't know jackshit about the Fab Five. His posts about it are an embarrassment.
September 23rd, 2016 at 10:51 AM ^
People can remember it however they want, just as long as they run it by you first to make sure it is acceptable, it seems.
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September 23rd, 2016 at 2:31 PM ^
the exact same about you.
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Fab 3 of 5.
September 22nd, 2016 at 9:53 PM ^
September 22nd, 2016 at 10:01 PM ^
I'd rather host 7 of 9
September 22nd, 2016 at 10:36 PM ^
September 23rd, 2016 at 1:00 AM ^
Geek question: How is Picard totally de-Borged in like 30 seconds on TNG, but 7 of 9 is still partially Borged like 5 years later?
September 23rd, 2016 at 10:24 AM ^
He had just been assimilated, where 7/9 had been assmilated 20 years prior- a lot more time for implants to become more integrated and such. I coulda been a screenwriter...!
September 23rd, 2016 at 1:39 PM ^
7 of 9 got better with age.
September 22nd, 2016 at 8:56 PM ^
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September 22nd, 2016 at 11:09 PM ^
So getting caught is the discriminating variable in what should be a matter of integrity?
Seesh!
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September 23rd, 2016 at 10:29 AM ^
No it's not. The truth is the truth no matter how much someone tries to spin it.
#JoePaKnew
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Obligatory....
BTW, FUCK penn state and all their delusional joepa loving fans and stupid ass bloggers!!!
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Yago Colas is a wicked smart and interesting dude. Wish he'd been at UM when I was there so I could have taken his class.
September 22nd, 2016 at 9:49 PM ^
Prediction: discussion about "legacy," "style," "fashion," and all the while the elephant in the room is Ed Martin, Chris Webber, and the fact they never won anything.
Sometimes I wish these guys would realize that they're in the past. That time was fun. It really was. But it was 25 years ago.
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Desmond and Woodson are Heisman winners. Desmond was on, what, four Big Ten championship teams (including his redshirt year). Charles won a National Championship. Both won Super Bowls. Brady speaks for himself. They have everything to back it up.
Yet you never see them holding summits to talk about how great they were. Or producing documentaries to talk about how great they were. Or putting up billboards to talk about how great they were. Without a conference championship. Without a tournament championship. (And, before you do it, spare us "they won an NCAA Regional title!" stuff.)
The Fab Five will always be about the Fab Five. Desmond and Woodson are about Michigan. And have way more to brag about in the long run.