May 2019: Mike Valenti on the Hiring of Juwan Howard. Best Video of All Time
I'm of the opinion that the board needs to ignore the biggest DB ever to grace the airwaves.
Unless it's this.
Mike Valenti on the hiring of Juwan Howard, recorded on May 22, 2019.
This is glorious.
LINK.
January 12th, 2021 at 11:36 PM ^
I put on some PPE and took a peek at the RCMB. Sparty's take on Michigan-Wisconsin.
January 12th, 2021 at 11:57 PM ^
I hope that PPE was a hazardous materials suit to protect you from that vast collection of human excrement!
January 13th, 2021 at 12:02 AM ^
Hilarious. Among my favorite takes-
"Howard will suck once he doesn't have Dickinson and Wagner next year" --Two guys he alone recruited to UM? Quickly informed by fellow MSU fans about our incoming recruiting class.
"Howard plays Russian roulette with his recruiting classes, they're all gonna leave him" to which MSU fans have to remind him their top player is a massive ? as to whether he ever sets foot on campus.
MSU fans realizing we have more NCAAT wins in the past decade.
And ad nauseum- "they aren't even good," "Zaga and Baylor would blow them out," "we're gonna crush them," and whining about how the refs have decided to make MSU bad and UM good. Mm, delicious to be on this side of the salt.
January 13th, 2021 at 6:38 AM ^
My personal favorite was the comment implying that the pandemic year doesn't count.
January 13th, 2021 at 7:26 AM ^
My favorite running theme over there is the circular firing squad where anybody on a Michigan thread at any point in time is liable to be called a scUM infiltrator for what is usually a rational take on the situation.
January 13th, 2021 at 7:42 AM ^
Replace sports with politics, and it's pretty much any online forum.
January 13th, 2021 at 7:50 AM ^
Except for mgoblog. We are the only fan forum in the world where anyone saying something positive about the football team is called a troll.
January 13th, 2021 at 9:04 AM ^
I only made it through two pages before I felt violently ill but I did I enjoy the idiot who said that Michigan would be lucky to sign any of their recruits in the 2021 class. The next guy informs said idiot that in fact all six already signed.
January 13th, 2021 at 8:32 AM ^
That's maybe the first time I've ever seen what goes on in that cesspool. It's amusing to see us living rent-free in their heads, in good times and bad. Choosing a username "scum_sucks" is a delicious self-own.
January 12th, 2021 at 11:37 PM ^
Mikey V makes Dickie V look like a genius - a truly humiliating accomplishment
January 13th, 2021 at 12:08 AM ^
Vitale is actually smart behind the character he plays on TV. When he actually bothers to analyze anything it's usually good. He just doesn't do that anymore because the catchphrases made him popular and rich.
January 13th, 2021 at 7:04 AM ^
Agreed. Back in the 70's when he coached U-D he had some good teams. It wasn't just luck and having a few good players.
January 13th, 2021 at 8:13 AM ^
We all crap on various coaches of professional sports teams, but the fact is that you don't get to coach those teams unless you've done some pretty good work in your sport. Dickie V was a pretty good coach back in his day. And before all the catchphrases took over, he was a damn good analyst that was fun and enjoyable to listen to.
I really wish Tom Crean would have stayed in the booth...
January 13th, 2021 at 3:07 AM ^
OMG Pete, I just listened to that and it was the first time I had ever listened to Valenti.
Let me just say that he is a DA and DB, a dumb ass and douche bag. What a miserable, insufferable idiot, he kept going on and on, I can't believe I listened to the whole diatribe.
I now know why everyone on here says the things about him that they say, man fuck that guy.
Also, any guy who wears his hat backwards can't be taken seriously, I mean look at Fatty Matty Patty.
January 13th, 2021 at 4:52 AM ^
Don’t take it personally. His whole Schlick is that he’s a one sided Drew Sharp aimed right at Michigan most of the time.
It’s negative sport reporting that gets him clicks/listeners. I have a cousin who is a Spartan zealot who thinks he’s Walter Cronkite, while my Spartan alum brother can’t stand him and hates that he’s associated with MSU because he recognized what he’s really doing.
January 13th, 2021 at 8:01 AM ^
I don't like him, but I think he's actually smart and this is part schtick to get people riled up, which this thread and others proves. His ratings (were, pre-covid) by far the best in town.
January 13th, 2021 at 9:08 AM ^
I personally think it's all an act.
January 13th, 2021 at 9:26 AM ^
I think we've learned that getting people riled up is not always a good trait to have.
Also, they're the only sports radio game in town. Their old station manager passed away last week and he's the true genius behind Valenti's success. They decided to go with a caller-driven format so those guys basically pick a few topics and they talk about it for four hours with the callers. Valenti is over the top and is benefited by M-football's demise and the Detroit 4 sports teams sucking. Everyone wants to vent and the biggest blowhard in radio is with them.
January 12th, 2021 at 11:38 PM ^
Being smart is hard, yo.
January 12th, 2021 at 11:39 PM ^
Someone should email this to him.. But he'll never respond.. But man. That shit would be worth it's weight in gold to see. The Unknown.. Coach Howard is growing.. while mini mouse Izzo is regressing. Tis a shame...
January 12th, 2021 at 11:44 PM ^
Called Howard "a dud of a hire"
January 12th, 2021 at 11:46 PM ^
“This is not how you win games in the Big 10.”
What an idiot.
January 13th, 2021 at 8:03 AM ^
Hey Mikey V., I'm sure Michigan BB is now up 12 or maybe 13 fans right now!!!
January 13th, 2021 at 8:10 AM ^
Hey Mikey V., just checked, we're up to 15 fans right now!!!
/double post fix
January 12th, 2021 at 11:46 PM ^
The silver lining of 2020, besides working from home instead of a 40 mile (each way) commute, is that I have not listened to a single second of that radio station since the middle of March. Even if/when the commute returns, I am 0% interested in ever tuning in again. Small blessings.
January 12th, 2021 at 11:50 PM ^
Would you look at that. a guy in his 40s with a backwards Yankees hat is being a gigantic tool
January 12th, 2021 at 11:56 PM ^
Detroit sports talk radio listeners deserve better than this guy.
January 13th, 2021 at 8:17 AM ^
Do they, though? I mean, isn't he still #1 in ratings? Which puts him #1 in most fans hearts...
January 13th, 2021 at 10:24 AM ^
I listened to him because he didn’t bore me, not because he was #1 in my heart. Probably shouldn’t do that because he is beyond disrespectful when talking about anything UM, but I just couldn’t resist.
I was banned from texting the station after I suggested they do a poll about who was/is the best ever radio personality in Detroit, & who was the worst. Then I gave them my opinion. Hands down for me it’s Ernie Harwell & Valenti.
January 13th, 2021 at 12:04 AM ^
Not too many people make me feel like rubbing their face in the dirt just by hearing them speak.
He is one.
January 13th, 2021 at 12:10 AM ^
Mike is a piece of shit but I actually think Rico is worse. The guy sounds like a flat out dumbass when he speaks
January 13th, 2021 at 9:52 AM ^
When mike Sullivan left the show and Rico joined it’s been hard to listen.
January 13th, 2021 at 12:13 AM ^
Pure Gold , Dug and Gator should play that tomorrow when they are introducing Valenti's show.
January 13th, 2021 at 12:14 AM ^
Michigan has more Quad 1 & Quad 2 wins, eight, than any team in the country.
January 13th, 2021 at 2:33 AM ^
Why that's as many wins as MSU has, total.
January 13th, 2021 at 12:27 AM ^
This is hard to even listen to because he is obviously trolling. Do people not realize that everything is recorded, saved, revived these days or are people just becoming that much more stupid?
January 13th, 2021 at 12:49 AM ^
Only in America could a guy like this make a living being so wrong.
January 13th, 2021 at 12:52 AM ^
Sorry, but there’s no debating it. Didn’t you hear him say “full stop?”
January 13th, 2021 at 7:31 AM ^
If I could punt a term out of conversation/ writing it would be this. Boards and the even featured writers here use it
Every time I see it I just think ok Full stop. Ill stop reading. Why discuss anymore. Its just grating to me
January 13th, 2021 at 8:03 AM ^
My wife was a big fan of “non-negotiable” when talking about conditions for things she wanted to do for the house or for things associated with vacations. She stopped doing it when I explained continually getting non-negotiable conditions for those things basically made me decide not to bother with doing them. She now says, “I would really like it if X” I know it still means non-negotiable, but it doesn’t immediately bring out the “Screw you” response. I think people don’t always think about the response to these pieces of rhetorical flare.
January 13th, 2021 at 8:22 AM ^
Settle down... When you pull up to as stop sign at an intersection, it means 'come to a full stop'. Yet, you don't do that, do you? (Unless there's a traffic - then you do!) No, you don't. Nobody does. You do a 'rolling stop' and head on your way. Nothing different here...
When you hear someone say 'full stop' slow down, look both ways to make sure nothing is coming, and go on your merry way. No sense in getting bent out of shape about it!
January 13th, 2021 at 8:02 AM ^
He said “full stop” and listened to him. What an ass. Never listened to him before and certainly won’t in the future.
January 13th, 2021 at 12:53 AM ^
It's more than just the head coach's coaching abilities or experience. Not enough has been said about Juwan choosing outstanding assistant coaches. The entire staff deserves credit.
January 13th, 2021 at 1:18 AM ^
Beautiful
January 13th, 2021 at 2:08 AM ^
valenti is a complete idiot
January 13th, 2021 at 4:48 AM ^
Coach Howard seems to have learned on the fly quite well. ??
I’m not a huge basketball fan, but my Dad was. I’d watch the games with him during the Fab Five era and just beyond. I remember thinking how bummed he’d be during the down times in the aughts. I never figured we’d be here again. My old man would have loved this. now I’m watching with my son.
Thanks Juwan. ?
January 13th, 2021 at 5:10 AM ^
I stopped listening to 97.1 in 2004. Good gawd is Valenti still around?
January 13th, 2021 at 12:04 PM ^
Right? If you were to tell me back when I was in high school that "The Sports Inferno" on 1270 with Mike and Terry would still be on in 2021 (minus Terry), I would have never believed you. Unreal that Valenti is still on.
January 13th, 2021 at 1:58 PM ^
If you want a preview of what hell would be like, listen in on a Sunday afternoon when Mike and his callers pick apart the corpse of another Lions game. I bailed on sports radio several years ago and don't miss it.