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I did the same thing the…

I did the same thing the last couple of nights that I always do when I run out of medicine, I stayed up all night watching basketball and/or football clips. The last two nights it was basketball.

I was in Ann Arbor at the very height of the Johnny Orr era and was mesmerized by the offense we ran back then. When Beilein referenced the "Johnny Orr" playbook, he became my guy forever. I'd sit and watch clips of the best Beilein teams and could only sort of halfway figure out what the hell he was doing ... sometimes. Which was likely the point, I'm sure.

I really like the little bit you can see of Niko Medved's offense and am every bit as confused as Beilein used to get me.

More people should listen to Brian more often. At least when it comes to basketball coaches. I'm sure he would agree.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvAqVTUsy-A

Excellent!!!!!!!!!

The…

Excellent!!!!!!!!!

The stench this program achieved was even too much for Warde to endure.

It will be interesting to follow Warde's moves going forward.

Comments made by guys who…

Comments made by guys who willfully chose to forget that Bo wasn't a "Michigan Man" prior to his hiring, and that Bump Elliot took him around and smoothed out ruffled feathers in his behalf all over the place.

Bump was a class act.

Mostly only Ricky Leach demonstrated that kind of class during the Rich Rod fiasco.

 

Any AD?

I have my doubts.

Any AD?

I have my doubts.

A lot like this.

https:/…

A lot like this.

https://twitter.com/brockheilig/status/1766882689099948120?=42&t=W0iyy_SudiMjbX0JH86PTg

Having gone through all the…

Having gone through all the comments here, despite knowing that I would find plenty of thoughts regarding Warde's inability to get off his ample posterior and complete a task, as well as complaints about the negative ethos within this community when it comes to the Athletic Director, I thought long and hard before posting this thought.

Finally, I came to the following conclusion. Screw it, the guy is an albatross. I'm posting.

Were Warde an influence on Sherrone in his hiring, you would know it for sure. We'd have no staff on D for spring practice.

 

I can't agree with one word…

I can't agree with one word of the above.

"There are considerations about how firing Juwan will affect this roster and the incoming players next year, about whether firing him would damage the school's relationship with the Fab Five, and whether, this far away from their playing days, that would even matter in terms of hurting potential recruits and our overall reputation."

This roster is poisoned and has quit, there is nowhere near enough talent coming in next year to make one whit of difference. Our relationship with the Fabs is damaged to some degree already, thanks to Chris Webber. What any of that has to do with next year's team one way or the other is beyond me. Our overall reputation as a basketball destination is in tatters. Juwan as a recruiter is toast.

"But a decision by Warde to keep him for one more year — after taking into account considerations I myself have no insight on — would hardly be egregious."

Warde deciding to keep Juwan as coach of this team is not only egregious, it's malpractice.

"I prefer to allow the people who's jobs it is to evaluate the program and make those determinations to do so."

Good thing that's your preference, as you have no choice. I do share your preference here, so I guess we do have something to agree on.

Having said that, let me say this FIRE JUWAN !!!!!!!!!!!

He has embarrassed himself and the university ... repeatedly.

Warde has also embarrassed himself and the university by failing to act on his "zero tolerance" position regarding Juwan's inability to control his emotions, and in so doing has cost us one of the very best strength coaches in the country, and an absolute program jewel. And as such he needs to be dismissed as well. Juwan should have been gone for a couple months now, that he isn't is nothing but squandered time and opportunity on the part of "patient" Warde Manuel.

So FIRE WARDE TOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Below is everything you need to know about Juwan Howard as a basketball coach in one extremely representative lowlight.

https://twitter.com/brockheilig/status/1766882689099948120?=42&t=W0iyy_SudiMjbX0JH86PTg

Somewhat similar to an AD…

Somewhat similar to an AD around here congratulating himself for patience.

Thank God we had Doug. No…

Thank God we had Dug. No telling how bad this would have been without him.

Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa 

Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa 

I was placed at East Quad my…

I realize that the is more than a slightly off topic response to this post, but I'm gonna do it anyway.

I was placed at East Quad my freshman year despite not being in the RC ... yet. There were maybe 50 non RC kids placed in the basement of Hayden and Cooley halls. I think in part because we were not RC and as such we missed out on some if not all of the RC events designed to get a kid involved in the place. There was, to my way of thinking, a lot of attrition within that group. Maybe close to 50%, a third for sure after year 1.

The most notable instance was a kid in the room next door. He went to one week of class and then barely came out of the room again until his parents came and got him at Thanksgiving. His roommate brought him a tray or two of that fine swill offered up by the East Quad's kitchen staff. He would come out for the occasional shower when his roommate mentioned the need.

Nobody missed that kid.

I always end this story by saying that it's like the old Cosby joke about his dad telling him, "I brought you into this world, I'll take you out. Doesn't matter to me, I'll make another one that looks just like you.

While I don't think it's fair to say that the university doesn't care about the kids, I do think that at The University of Michigan, and all big time institutions, for that matter, it's real damn easy for a kid to fall between the cracks, particularly here with a state of Michigan kid that's paying that low, low discounted tuition the administration likes to promote to Michigan families as in, "Look at how little you are paying for a world class education when the foreign and outstate kids are paying so much more to attend here."

Look into the expansion of administration over, pick your term of years, it's impressive. There are a whole lot of mouths to feed around here now days. And they are getting paid pretty well, regardless of position, unless maybe you're a TA or whatever they call that position now. Internally, it's about the bucks. Maybe it always was.

And yes, I had people that allowed me to latch onto them and were powerful help in getting me through. Aurthur Southwick showed up in a huge way for me when I was struggling, Jane Heirich at the RC was wonderfully helpful despite the fact that I was a very odd duckling in her circle to be sure. But, the university is a huge and crowded place, and overall a kid that's inclined to disappear is unlikely to ever be missed.

I love The University of Michigan, but I directed my oldest and youngest to Calvin partly because they were D3 quality athletes and wanted play at the college level. I pushed my middle kid at Hope because he has enormous cajones and wanted to write comedy and do standup for a living. Their theater program was conducive to that particular adventure.

I was as street a kid as a middle class white boy could be when I showed up in Ann Arbor, with the natural arrogance that does help in fitting in around here, and as such didn't have a problem walking into somebody's office and asking questions. That was my salvation here.

I caution everybody that wants to talk about the university in terms of sending a kid, if your kid wants to be in charge of something, even if it's the party, it's probably worth giving it a shot. But if there are any tendencies toward the wallflower thing, think long and hard and then monitor at a high and consistent level if the decision is yes.

And with regards to the real topic at hand, I came here because I wanted the money. I studied accounting because I wanted to be able to efficiently count my money. Then I went into the real estate brokerage business, a trade where you only had to pass a simple test to get in.

Getting the money, in my experience is mostly about wanting to get the money. I got over loving my job pretty quick. I am really good at having fun which was my salvation while pushing for the wealth that I was able to obtain. In reflection, the one thing I got right was quitting the second instant that I was able. I didn't see the first instant go by until it was too late to catch it. 

No. I'm on record all over…

No. I'm on record all over the place as being a supporter of Harbaugh.

I do want Warde fired. 

I feel badly for Juwan, but ... business.

False, it makes a bunch of…

False, it makes a bunch of sense. If it's a deal you really want, you go and pay the price. If it's a deal you want but need some other kind of a win to go with it, you screw around like our guy Warde, until you tinkle the deal away.

"If Michigan can't keep…

"If Michigan can't keep Herbert when NFL S&C jobs are basically nonexistent—quick, name the most famous NFL S&C coach—then it is time to put Manuel in the rocket and fire him into the sun."

Why wait?

Dear Lord, I hope so!!!!!

Dear Lord, I hope not!!!!!

" ... it’s Manuel’s job to…

" ... it’s Manuel’s job to take this slow and get the contract details right ..."

False, it's Manuel's job to get the contract details right.

He's already a year late in this cluster doodle.

Maybe two.

Nicely done.

I watched the…

Nicely done.

I watched the Rose Bowl through a crack in the door from the basement to the den where my wife and kids were watching the game. I'd watch a little, go downstairs and pace, watch a little, pace, watch, pace, pace some more, watch. I was in agony the entire game.

I'm not sure you're aware of this, but we don't always win on New Years Day in Pasadena.

This paradox has not been…

This paradox has not been explained.

We are lame at every aspect…

We are lame at every aspect of the game. Ok, Free throws were not horrible.

Embarrassing!

Lol.

Agreed

Lol.

Agreed

Despondent is on the way.

Despondent is on the way.

What's more troubling here…

What's more troubling here is that Juwan was such a stout rebounder and defensive presence as a player. It's not like he doesn't know both how and why.

Kupic.

Aside from that,…

Kupic.

Aside from that, agreed.

Kupek

Double post ... oopses

Nobody, he never got around…

Nobody, he never got around to voting.

 

Pitino's hair wasn't that…

Pitino's hair wasn't that color when he was young.

 

Really well done, Seth.

Really well done, Seth.

Agreed, his claim is that he…

Agreed, his claim is that he ... and here is where it gets dicey for Mel ... thought/assumed/decided that he had it.

She says he didn't.

I'm going with assumed being the correct verb for Tucker.

Assume ... Ass out of U and me.

And again we don't know, and are only hoping one way or the other.

Hadn't seen the USA Today…

Hadn't seen the USA Today piece.

Still, we're all forced into following our individual prejudices here, as none of us were there.

I have no problem disclosing here that I don't believe anybody involved in this cluster doodle on any part of it excepting those parts where everybody is in agreement on the evenings events, there is just way too much money at stake at every level, particularly at the institutional level.

I'm sort of like Clouseau here, as I also am not actively disbelieving anybody involved at any level, although I am absolutely pulling against both Tucker and Sparty only because I don't like em.

But any opinion being offered anywhere on this excrement show is more a revelation of one's rooting interest than anything else.

 

 

 

I guess then it comes down…

I guess then it comes down to ones own individual prejudices then. Particularly since none of us were there. And that is the helluvit.

He claims evidence toward his defense. If he indeed has it, releasing it would be hurtful to her case and humiliating to her person.

What's he gonna do here ... if indeed he has it.

A wise old divorce attorney…

A wise old divorce attorney once told me, There are three sides to every story, his side, her side and the truth."

Tucker is claiming the receipt of a "provocative" picture from Tracy during their "intimate" conversation.

I apply quotes not as an implication of doubt on my part, simply because I am quoting Tucker's statement.

If Mel indeed has a provocative picture of he and Tracy in his possession, then what?

Hoping for her sake, he doesn't, but if he does, I'm thinking he's getting paid, by everybody.

I did like the part about him having a hard time forgiving himself.

 

David Braun new this year,…

David Braun new this year, DC hire at Northwestern and former coordinator of the year at North Dakota State.

https://footballscoop.com/news/northwestern-reaches-head-coaching-decision-for-2023-season-david-braun

I doubt that they're even…

I doubt that they're even reallocating as much as renaming.

You go, Jimmy!!!!!

You go, Jimmy!!!!!

Except for the years I spent…

Except for the years I spent in AA, my dad boiled peanuts practically every football Saturday. We'd sit in front of the TV until there was a small mountain of shells on the table between us. If there were any left at the end of the ceremony, my dad would send them home with me.

Probably my favorite memory of my father.

He had some secret ingredient, ratio or something that I failed to acquire before I lost him, mine are never as good.

Free throw percentage is a…

Free throw percentage is a really interesting idea. Free throw differential also might be worth looking into.

I don't think of Morris as…

I don't think of Morris as an edge rusher. I think of him as a guy that stacks and sheds and can get to your QB if he gets some help from coverage, or you get unsound somehow, be it scheme of technique, maybe he catches your guy thinking move and Morris gets up into him and bullies him instead.

Barring injury, I think he gets some years in the NFL.

I'd be thrilled to get him in the fourth round. He's a solid pick in the third ... my opinion.

This is the second story I…

This is the second story I've heard like this. a friend approached him at a fund raiser for addiction rehabilitation in LA. White freely admitted not carrying the football in and was both gracious and sympathetic, although he wasn't giving back the TD.

I about puked when it happened.

And yes, I was drinking heavily, more so after.

Helluva play by Ron Simpkins there.

I found it to be inexecrable…

I found it to be inexecrable.

But I also am archaic.

 

Nicely done

Nicely done

Space Coyote does…

Space Coyote does relentlessly fine work, regardless of which program he's diagnosing. I've learned a crap ton about both Sparty and Osu's schemes by hitting his site every week or so.

I don't know how anybody can…

I don't know how anybody can rightly be disappointed with Caleb Houstan's freshman year.

He looked like a really good if not stud, freshman, BIG forward.

Yeah, you can see that the world around him got to moving pretty fast for him at times, but this is the BIG, when it comes to basketball it's usually the toughest conference in the country, and in those years where it might not be, it's still in the conversation. The big guys are mostly fast, the fast guys are mostly big, and nights off are few and far between. What little space there is to be found in this league, closes really fast. 

Cliche's aside, the kid played well and will likely play better next year, particularly after another year at camp Sanderson.

Had he played much better, he'd probably be out sniffing the NBA. Which would be a bad thing for everybody ... particularly Caleb Houstan ... in my opinion.

His freshman season is just about a perfect outcome, as far as I'm concerned.

+1 for Moby Grape. A way…

+1 for Moby Grape. A way under appreciated band. Quite possibly the single shittiest management story in the entire history of Rock and Roll. Pause and reflect on that one for an instant.

Saw them live at a club in Oakland before overtime became a thing for venues. It went for hours, everybody was exhausted at the end of it. Excellent show, possibly slightly self indulgent.

Bop (Harvey) - Bread and…

Bop (Harvey) - Bread and Circuses

BR5-49 - BR5-49

The Byrds - Sweethearts of the Rodeo

The Equators - Hot … either or both versions

Mano Negra - Puta’s Fever

The Mavericks - Trampoline

Nick Lowe - Pure Pop for Now People

The Ojays - Ship Ahoy

Parliament  - Chocolate City

I'm gonna go with "step up"…

I'm gonna go with "step up" on this one.

Good stuff, Seth.

 

Good stuff, Seth.

 

"Oh boy, you poor s.o.b…

"Oh boy, you poor s.o.b. missed the 10 year war".

Spectacularly creepy.

So…

Spectacularly creepy.

So far the high point of my day.

Still early.

Oh the weather outside is…

Oh the weather at home is frightful, but the Caribbean is so delightful.

Maybe the pricks won’t be able to throw.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

Written from just off the coast of Cuba.

Kevin Garnett made it.

That…

Kevin Garnett made it.

That almost counts, sort of.

Probably not.