Looks like it’s a done deal..
He accepted the low-ball?
Sources say that Juwan got over his anger over being low-balled by reciting "Serenity now."
Guess we'll see the final terms, apparently there was a back and forth about number of years.
Do you have a link for that?
per Mgouser: MJ14 , he's been plugged in the entire search.
Yeah, (s)he's been on the right track for a lot of this search. I wouldn't be surprised if the years was a thing.
this might be the most times something almost done has been reported
plus 1 for the smooth embed.
I thought they were far from done.
I like Twitter for a number of reasons, but good lord does it let people just make educated guesses without consequences. Sports isn't very important, but the general trend is tiring.
Even taking too long to schedule the presser.
That was a lot of work for Warde. He needs a vacation.
I hear South Africa is nice.
so Rothstein has updated to say it looks like it’s done after breaking the offer earlier in the day.
Warde haters owe him a big apology. He continues to kill it as our AD.
Is hiring Juwan killing it? The jury is still out and will be for a while.
He has done an excellent job in multiple realms, and this is his big fish.
https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/warde%27s-hires-u-m-so-far-reason-be-confident
Not slamming Warde. I just think Juwan is far from a sure bet as a coach. It is going to be interesting.
I agree. This is not a slam dunk hire. I see it as high risk/high reward. Time will tell on it.
Hardly anyone has a bad thing to say about Juwan coaching basketball (except fat over the hill message board guy)
Warde had a beloved coach with tremendous (shout out Lloyd!) on the court success, who effectively has tenure, and zero questions about integrity win the slimy world of college hoops. He interviews for an NBA job and then despite a year to address the situation Warde can't figure out a way to retain him. Maybe in Warde's control, maybe not.
Then, despite the fact that Warde knew his coach shopped the NBA last year, plus he is 66 years old and had heart surgery last year, Warde doesn't appear to have a strong succession plan in place. Takes Warde 9 days to make the hire while top recruit leaves and Warde didn't draw much interest from any of the slam dunk names. Overall, this looks fine and perhaps it was the best he could do. But it isn't a sure fire hire given the lack of prior college or head coaching experience, and Warde's performance here on the whole looks poor given he could neither retain Beilein nor line up a top tier replacement despite clear advance notice of a potential coaching change. I love Juwan and his potential but this is hardly 'killing it'.
Dude, STFU!
There are no “surefire” coaches available, and even that concept is ludicrous.
You’re complaining about the process taking 9 days?! Cmon man. You comment like you know what a coaching search and hire actually entails, and what went on behind the scenes and when. An AD can’t retain a coach who doesn’t want to be retained except in some delusional fan-world in which everything done by experienced experts is wrong.
Not sure J how is killing it
That low ball offer of 12-15 Million must have sucked to accept.
especially after cooley getting 6million a year
now go pay those assistants!
Can you blame him? We were prepared to offer Cooley 6 million.
If that meant 6 million per semester, then we are definitely underpaying Juwan.
Well, he was originally offered $17.50/hr. and he was upset about it. But then he had a text conversation with Jeff Moss of the Detroit Sports Rag who convinced him to return to the bargaining table where he subsequently worked over our bumbling AD for an extra $12 million.
Jeff Goodman confirms. 5 year deal
Next week? They must need extra time to order the fireworks, and get the banners remade.
I don't know enough about the recruiting calendar but while some like the band guy bitch about it...it may be worth figuring out.
I'd rather Howard be on the road recruiting and building a staff then giving a press conference. That can wait.
Maybe it's a dead period, but if it's recruiting season...we don't need a press conference. Release a statement with a cool graphic and get the man to Texas to get Wilson back.
before howard hits the recruiting trail, he has to get his staff together. that is priority #1. hopefully, that includes yak and is completed this week.
but i think howard deserves a press conference.
F remade. Hang those original banners high and proud.
By the way, if Juwan says anything about shocking the world in his presser, I might need to be excused from work for the remainder of the day.
This confirms absolutely nothing.
People are just saying Sources: Insert Vague Statement That Is Probably True But I Can't Confirm (and neither can you).
Here I've got one...start a new thread please.
SOURCES: As a deal with Howard is finished, the immediate focus will shift to retaining Luke Yaklich.
Another...
SOURCES: Howard expected to reach out to ex-commit Wilson before the end of the week.
Another...
SOURCES: Howard to release statement within next 48 hours.
One more...
SOURCES: Manuel expected to take a dump today...no word on which hand he'll use to wipe.
Nice try...
Thank you, took a lot of effort. In fact, sources tell me that I was working on those all night.
We, of course, won’t know if this is a home run deal or not for quite some time. However it should prove very interesting for the foreseeable future. All things considered, I think Warde did a fine job (so far - still have to see about the assistant coaches).
Pretty damn exciting
It’s gonna be tough following a HOF coach. It might’ve happened soon enough to salvage the 2019 class, but it’s mandatory that Zeb Jackson get a good feel for the new staff.