trustBlue

November 30th, 2021 at 12:31 AM ^

In the video, Coach Howard shares a long hug with Andrel Anthony. I thought I remembered there being some buzz about Andrel potentially being a two sport athlete at Michigan, so I assume that he must have met Juwan previously. 

A little googling confirmed that Andrel was considering playing hoops at Michigan at one point and is also good friends with Kobe Bufkin: 

https://wolverineswire.usatoday.com/2020/08/01/michigan-football-recruiting-andrel-anthony-dual-sport-basketball-team-juwan-howard/

drjaws

November 30th, 2021 at 1:38 AM ^

Howard appeared to be as happy as Harbaugh on the sidelines.

We have two phenomenal coaches who are here for the love of the University, not the money. They will both be here for a long long time and it’s awesome 

saveferris

November 30th, 2021 at 8:14 AM ^

This plus the video of him congratulating Jim Harbaugh on the field.

"They said you can't beat Ohio State.  Now what?!  {fans all around echo "NOW WHAT?!!!}

..gets me choked up every time..

I love how invested Juwan is in Michigan.  I don't know if his career aspirations extend beyond college, but it's so cool to see him genuinely enjoy being here.  He's seems like a classy guy who brings just enough of that Fab Five brashness to get you pumped.

CRISPed in the DIAG

November 30th, 2021 at 8:22 AM ^

At first I thought Juwan was issuing a challenge. Like, "You beat Ohio St. But you have more to do." 

After looping that clip at least 50 times, I think it was more of a congratulations for getting monkey off back. 

Either way, both those guys represent the University as well as we could hope. Could you imagine that scene ever happening between Rick Pitino and Urban Meyer?

St Joe Blues

November 30th, 2021 at 9:14 AM ^

There's a difference between having a mercenary coach-for-hire like Larry Brown, Urban Meyer or Brian Kelly, and an alum who has success at the collegiate and pro levels as a player and is now a successful coach. Coach Howard and Coach Harbaugh are genuine. It's so much easier to sell the team that you played for and the university that you attended. Kids don't have to wonder if you're going to take off for the next great college opportunity, leaving your assistant coaches to find out via a news story as they walk out of a prospect's house.

Videos like this take it to the next level, though. They show that these guys aren't just here because it was the next available opportunity on a journey to the top. They're here because they truly love the University of Michigan. This is the top.

This is team. This is family.