Desmond Howard tweet

Boards not gonna like this..

@iwilly said:

Boards not gonna like this..

Stir the pot baby haha

Michigan4Life19 said:

I agree... Whether you hate or love him, Warde Manuel & crew deserves some props

We have won more under Warde than any other AD in history. Let that sink in....

Someone tell Dez that Warde is responsible for allowing a lot of that drama he mentions.

Michigan4Life19 said:

I agree... Whether you hate or love him, Warde Manuel & crew deserves some props

Sometimes you succeed because of leadership, sometimes in spite of it. (Unfortunately, I have to acknowledge this about my kids' successes also.)

Desmond was a teammate of Warde at Michigan, so no surprise here.

Michigan4Life19 said:

I agree... Whether you hate or love him, Warde Manuel & crew deserves some props

FIRE WARDE. The team won, not Warde he had Dusty fall into his lap. The good does not out weigh the bad IMHO.

This entire thing is not that complicated.... Is Warde good at his job? YES!!!! Is Warde bad at his job? YES!!!!

Michigan4Life19 said:

I agree... Whether you hate or love him, Warde Manuel & crew deserves some props

Blue_J said:

Someone tell Dez that Warde is responsible for allowing a lot of that drama he mentions.

This is my problem with Desmond's statement. Sure, Warde deserves some credit. But most of the drama was his doing! You don't get extra credit for overcoming obstacles you created.

Oh no - this will generate some controversy.

I think Warde is making the rounds and extolling the Athletic Departments accomplishments in an effort to preserve his position with the new President or increase his settlement. My instinct (and some info) tells me he is still likely to be replaced. There is more to the job than the teams winning and multiple incredible failures have occurred under his leadership. I guess we will all know soon enough.

DAnnunzio said:

Sometimes you succeed because of leadership, sometimes in spite of it. (Unfortunately, I have to acknowledge this about my kids' successes also.)

Right. We aren’t winning because of Warde. At best, Warde is winning adjacent and being pulled along by choices he begrudgingly made with his hand forced. That’s as generous as I can be without being wholly unrealistic.

@iwilly said:

Boards not gonna like this..

Depends on how you can handle a different opinion.. Love Des....but he's hardly non-biased here, as JimS pointed out. I disagree with him on Warde...but that's fine.

Michigan4Life19 said:

I agree... Whether you hate or love him, Warde Manuel & crew deserves some props

I think the findings from the investigation will lead next steps more so than the epic success the AD is having on the fields/courts/etc.

Michigan4Life19 said:

We have won more under Warde than any other AD in history. Let that sink in....

Wait till you hear under whom the Russians conquered more territory than anyone else in their history... It's almost as if there is more to evaluating someone than one metric. And let's not forget that there are and have been alternatives to Warde at AD. It's hard to say if the median alternative AD (much less a top alternative AD that a place like Michigan could have gotten) would have had the same level of feet-dragging in NIL and handling of the Sherrone affair. It's hard to imagine the median AD doing worse on those fronts, but who knows.

Michigan4Life19 said:

I agree... Whether you hate or love him, Warde Manuel & crew deserves some props

The things he's done well he's done really well. The things he hasn't...

Warde didn't hire Jim, nor did he really get Dusty. He got lucky...

JL_Wolverine07 said:

Warde didn't hire Jim, nor did he really get Dusty. He got lucky...

I'm confused how did he not hire Dusty?

Michigan4Life19 said:

I agree... Whether you hate or love him, Warde Manuel & crew deserves some props

Adversity dealt with was caused by WARDE!!!!!!!

Michigan4Life19 said:

I'm confused how did he not hire Dusty?

It has been well documented that he wanted to Keep Juwan for another year and then some from BOR had to step in and tell him to get it done. He also needed Beilein to intervene with the hiring of Dusty.

What has he actually done well? He was forced by Ono into opening up with NIL. Literally dragged to the NC event in Houston to get that done. He looked like a total clown during the Harbaugh events and didn’t handle anything during the investigation well. On top of that, the university is getting sued by former staffers all in part because he acted foolishly and supported terminations. He ovesees a department riddled with issues from last football coach as well. When coaches leave many leave with a bad relationship with him in part because he acts like an asshole. Oh and he was forced into the May hiring when he wanted to hit the easy button and land the old Providence coach. So what is he good at?