November 28th, 2019 at 10:46 PM ^
Ha. Sorry. What WAS Howard...
(I know, “Stop drinking and go to bed.”)
November 28th, 2019 at 10:54 PM ^
I believe he was either calling a defensive set like the football team does with the poster boards on the sidelines or trying to motivate the team.
November 28th, 2019 at 11:34 PM ^
He was doing the Mitch....
November 28th, 2019 at 10:56 PM ^
Just downloaded the photo and zoomed in. It was a lady arguing with a cat about whether or not Epstein killed himself.
November 28th, 2019 at 10:56 PM ^
Pretty sure it was D Wade. Not exactly sure what it signified, but it worked like a charm, over and over again.
November 29th, 2019 at 1:45 AM ^
Not sure what it meant but it was PJ Tucker.
Given that anyone holding up a sheet of paper will be edited into oblivion it might as well be D Wade in our memories.
November 29th, 2019 at 7:52 AM ^
I think we should at least consider whether Juwan Howard has brought in a famous magician who hypnotized the players' minds to respond to certain images. Juwan is an innovator.
November 29th, 2019 at 10:55 AM ^
More like a super anonymous CIA hypnotist a la Jason Bourne / Treadstone... Players are going to start doing parkour and sick kung fu.
November 28th, 2019 at 11:01 PM ^
Listened to the postgame show on the radio and Coach Howard said it was a Picture of PJ Tucker calling out defensive assignments during a team USA scrimmage. Said he felt the team was too quiet on defense during the ISU game, so he had that picture to remind them to always communicate on the defensive end.
November 29th, 2019 at 7:13 AM ^
Awesome, so instead of constantly yelling at his team to communicate, he told them a story and then used the picture to reinforce the story repeatedly during the game.
Interesting approach. I think this Juwan guy might be alright.....
November 29th, 2019 at 7:52 AM ^
Why didn't he just publicly humiliate the kid on national tv, get in his face, tell him to fuck off and clench and raise his fist???
Because he's not an angry midget?
November 29th, 2019 at 8:17 AM ^
Every coach, from Little League to the pros, KNOWS that actual teaching and communication means screaming and yelling, so that doofus announcers will extol your "passion."
November 29th, 2019 at 8:19 AM ^
Yeah, I mean it's so basic, but this is brilliant and makes me excited about Juwan's coaching style. The idea is simple and it's probably not new, but I can't remember seeing a bball coach do this - have you?
If done right, it can help the players to adopt what you are trying to teach them because they've seen what it looks like from your stories/examples. You can't be always telling/yelling at them what to do, you need to teach them what your concept looks like and what that success looks like. Plus you can communicate a strong msg very quickly to the entire team at once. Smart.
I hope he continues to do this throughout the season. It will be interesting to hear the stories for why he chooses different pictures. I mean, PJ Tucker? And with Juwan's *decades* of experience in the NBA at different levels, he'll have so many odd/fantastic/insider examples to pull from.
November 29th, 2019 at 9:25 AM ^
"Plus you can communicate a strong msg very quickly to the entire team at once."
And you do so without appearing to crap all over some guy on national TV because you're yelling at him to communicate. I like this.
November 29th, 2019 at 11:21 AM ^
I get the picture.
I was holding out full throttle on Juwan until I saw the juice. I am drinking with pleasure today and will not stop until sometime in March. This is no koolaid either. This is Teske/Wagner/Simpson/Brooks/Livers juice that tastes like Hubbard/Green/Grote/Baxter/Robinson Juice...Sorry work... I have some drinking to do. I'll take a Hardy off the bench we have to finish this comparison off. Beat the effing Zags... Basketball schools beware... there's a new paradigm in town... and it's a lot like the old old old one.
Bring it home. Just win.
Can't wait.
This has the makings of an epic day for Michigan sports. No jinx... just beer and excitement.
Go Blue!
November 29th, 2019 at 11:43 AM ^
This is awesome. Juwan isn't a screamer and some kids don't respond to screamers. So he comes up with a different approach to motivate and get his guys focused. Just awesome. This is like some advanced psychology stuff
November 28th, 2019 at 11:52 PM ^
Is this Terrible Thread Week or something?
November 29th, 2019 at 12:31 AM ^
Pool or pond? Pond be good for you.
November 29th, 2019 at 2:56 AM ^
It's a good question with a good answer right above yours.
November 29th, 2019 at 10:00 AM ^
Well with all the extra company, we're just trying to make you southerners feel at home.
November 29th, 2019 at 12:59 PM ^
It could be terrible thread week but I haven’t been on any osu boards to see for myself. Each time I visited I’d have to burn my clothes because of bed bugs.
November 29th, 2019 at 8:44 AM ^
Pj Tucker...Chris tucker....flew on the Lolita Express with Epstein, who was murdered by Bill Clinton and Donal Trump as a coverup. I think yooper is right and Juwan was sending us all a signal
November 29th, 2019 at 12:50 PM ^
It was dwade bc we're recruiting his son