fredsdeadfriend
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Yeah, as much as I prefer my teams to be winners, when we struggle, sort of like Michigan is struggling now, I can at least fall back on the fact that my favorite team's coaches are class acts. Fleck for football has really shined so far in that regard, and our alum Coach Johnson seems bound to do very well, as well. We had very low expectations going into this season and he's far exceeded those so far. Academically Minnesota's entire athletics dept has broken records for it's GPA for at least 8 straight semesters, and the football program has been a factor in that regard. The whole dept is determined to keep that streak going, so I'm assuming that was part of the conversation they had when bringing Ben Johnson on board, and I know Pitino had the bb team doing well academically, and I believe Johnson will do his part to make that continue. UMn's had too many black eyes in it's past, mostly in the cbb program, with a similar bb brawl way back in the day to start the program down that path of being scandal ridden. It sucked big time. Loved winning under Musselman and Dutcher and Haskins, but hated having some of those wins retroactively stripped. All of our bb hires since Haskins have been people thought to be morally/ethically viable and so far none of them failed in that regard, unfortunately none were able to turn the team into winners. Tubby came close, as did Pitino, but close isn't good enough in the B1G, the B1G is too good at bb. I'm sure it's why Michigan has tolerated Howard's flaws, figuring him to be a winner. But the combination of his not winning AND acting like a jackass could see him having to pack his bags? Michigan would be smart to part ways with him. If they don't, they better force him to get involved in some kind of hard core anger management program the whole time he's suspended? And Shame on the NCAA if they let him coach during the post season.wow. first three I didn't know about. This guy is gutter trash........
What a model citizen, great character.............
michigan................. nice top shelf good morals coach you chose there.