Jason Whitlock: “’Black Lives Matter’ Destroyed Juwan Howard, the Michigan basketball coach. The movement loosed a poisonous and volatile racial animus and victim mentality within one of the best young athletes I ever covered as a sportswriter.
I met Juwan in the Fall of 1992. He was a sophomore basketball player at the University of Michigan. I was a 25-year-old journalist given my first big assignment. The Ann Arbor News hired me to cover Michigan's infamous ‘Fab Five’ team. Chris Webber was the best player on that squad, Jalen Rose had the biggest personality, Juwan Howard was the team's emotional leader -- the rock teammates and coaches counted on as the steadying influence. Webber and Rose reached greater heights than Howard in the NBA but they could not match Howard's longevity.
He played 19 seasons in The Association and earned $151 million. When his career finished in 2012, his on-court reputation was impeccable. The Miami Heat welcomed him into their organization as an assistant coach.
In 2019, when his alma mater named him head coach of the Wolverines, no one who followed Howard's career would predict that his lack of emotional control and anger towards White men would potentially wreck his coaching career. But that's where we are today. Juwan Howard is under investigation once again as the University of Michigan sorts through his latest angry meltdown.
This time there is no film footage. According to reports, on Friday Howard engaged in a nasty confrontation with longtime Michigan strength and conditioning coach Jon Sanderson. The initial reports claimed it was a fight, the latest reports say it was a non-physical confrontation. Whatever happened, the altercation was bad enough that Sanderson did not travel with the team for its game on Sunday with Iowa. Howard's contract at Michigan has a zero-tolerance policy as it relates to his behavior.
There's a reason why... Let me walk you through a bit of Juwan Howard’s history. February of 2022, Juwan Howard struck a Wisconsin assistant coach after arguing with the Badgers head coach in the handshake line. Howard’s punch ignited a brief brawl between his players and Wisconsin players... Let’s rewind the clock to March of 2021. Howard sparked an ugly confrontation between himself and Maryland’s head coach at the time, Mark Turgeon. It took four or five people connected to the Michigan basketball team to restrain Juwan in this incident. At some point, Juwan shoved one of his own players... In December of 2022, he gets into with a referee. White referee, his players have to restrain him. Mark Turgeon is a little White dude he gets into it with. Greg Gard, head coach of Wisconsin, little White dude he gets into it with. The assistant coach he struck at Wisconsin, White dude...
This season, Juwan Howard has yet to coach a game for the Michigan Wolverines. He’s recovering from heart surgery in September. Despite only acting as an observer so far this season, Juwan Howard has managed to get tossed from a game. Can you believe that? With his teaming playing poorly against Texas Tech, Howard argued with referees as his team exited the court at halftime. He received two technical fouls and was ejected. Howard’s incident with Jon Sanderson, White guy, reportedly revolves around a dispute about the rehabilitation of Howard’s son, a member of the Michigan basketball team.
If Howard was a former football player at any level -- if he played football at the pee wee level, let alone the NFL level -- everyone in the media would claim he’s suffering from CTE. They would say this dude is crazy and has no control over his faculties. But since he’s a basketball player, nobody says anything. They say it’s not a big deal, or they make excuses, or it’s ‘racism’, or whatever... Juwan Howard isn’t suffering from CTE, he’s suffering from 'BLM.' Since the death of George Floyd, Howard has decorated the Michigan warm-ups with ‘BLM’ slogans, and has been one of the most outspoken proponents of ‘Black Lives Matter.’ He’s not alone.
The ‘BLM’ disease is rampant among Black people. It’s a mindset that says all Black problems are rooted in the existence of White people and White authority. When Juwan Howard loses a game, he’s programed to believe that White people cost him the points he needed to win. It’s ‘White Derangement Syndrome.’ Academia, corporate media, and the high-profile race-hustlers that academia and corporate media promote have brainwashed Black people into believing White people are God and control the destiny of Black people. 'White Derangement Syndrome' is a mass psychosis crippling Black men.
I’ve watched it with my own eyes destroy Juwan Howard. Thirty years ago, Juwan Howard was one of the best young people in all of sports. In high school he was a part of the National Honor Society. He was Homecoming king. He was president of his high school senior boys council. He was mature, and a steady presence on the highest profile college basketball team of all time. He declared for the NBA after three years in college but circled back to complete his degree in communications alongside his classmates. For two decades NBA teams sought his leadership and intangibles. He was groomed in Pat Riley’s system.
What happened? Why is Juwan Howard so angry? 'White Derangement Syndrome'. It requires Black people to ingest and spew racial animus. That animus drives you insane and takes a toll on your physical health. Howard is an elite athlete who needed heart surgery at 50. Anger is unhealthy, so is a constant feeling of dependence. ‘White Derangement Syndrome’ leads to insanity and lost opportunity. Juwan Howard is an unreliable and volatile leader because he doesn't even believe he’s in control of his own destiny. He thinks he’s a victim. Victims make terrible coaches. This mentality is crippling us. This is not the same guy I met in 1992, and it’s not the same guy I watched go through an NBA career. He was not this angry, he was not this volatile, he was not this triggered by White people... And he is now.'
I met Juwan in the Fall of 1992. He was a sophomore basketball player at the University of Michigan. I was a 25-year-old journalist given my first big assignment. The Ann Arbor News hired me to cover Michigan's infamous ‘Fab Five’ team. Chris Webber was the best player on that squad, Jalen Rose had the biggest personality, Juwan Howard was the team's emotional leader -- the rock teammates and coaches counted on as the steadying influence. Webber and Rose reached greater heights than Howard in the NBA but they could not match Howard's longevity.
He played 19 seasons in The Association and earned $151 million. When his career finished in 2012, his on-court reputation was impeccable. The Miami Heat welcomed him into their organization as an assistant coach.
In 2019, when his alma mater named him head coach of the Wolverines, no one who followed Howard's career would predict that his lack of emotional control and anger towards White men would potentially wreck his coaching career. But that's where we are today. Juwan Howard is under investigation once again as the University of Michigan sorts through his latest angry meltdown.
This time there is no film footage. According to reports, on Friday Howard engaged in a nasty confrontation with longtime Michigan strength and conditioning coach Jon Sanderson. The initial reports claimed it was a fight, the latest reports say it was a non-physical confrontation. Whatever happened, the altercation was bad enough that Sanderson did not travel with the team for its game on Sunday with Iowa. Howard's contract at Michigan has a zero-tolerance policy as it relates to his behavior.
There's a reason why... Let me walk you through a bit of Juwan Howard’s history. February of 2022, Juwan Howard struck a Wisconsin assistant coach after arguing with the Badgers head coach in the handshake line. Howard’s punch ignited a brief brawl between his players and Wisconsin players... Let’s rewind the clock to March of 2021. Howard sparked an ugly confrontation between himself and Maryland’s head coach at the time, Mark Turgeon. It took four or five people connected to the Michigan basketball team to restrain Juwan in this incident. At some point, Juwan shoved one of his own players... In December of 2022, he gets into with a referee. White referee, his players have to restrain him. Mark Turgeon is a little White dude he gets into it with. Greg Gard, head coach of Wisconsin, little White dude he gets into it with. The assistant coach he struck at Wisconsin, White dude...
This season, Juwan Howard has yet to coach a game for the Michigan Wolverines. He’s recovering from heart surgery in September. Despite only acting as an observer so far this season, Juwan Howard has managed to get tossed from a game. Can you believe that? With his teaming playing poorly against Texas Tech, Howard argued with referees as his team exited the court at halftime. He received two technical fouls and was ejected. Howard’s incident with Jon Sanderson, White guy, reportedly revolves around a dispute about the rehabilitation of Howard’s son, a member of the Michigan basketball team.
If Howard was a former football player at any level -- if he played football at the pee wee level, let alone the NFL level -- everyone in the media would claim he’s suffering from CTE. They would say this dude is crazy and has no control over his faculties. But since he’s a basketball player, nobody says anything. They say it’s not a big deal, or they make excuses, or it’s ‘racism’, or whatever... Juwan Howard isn’t suffering from CTE, he’s suffering from 'BLM.' Since the death of George Floyd, Howard has decorated the Michigan warm-ups with ‘BLM’ slogans, and has been one of the most outspoken proponents of ‘Black Lives Matter.’ He’s not alone.
The ‘BLM’ disease is rampant among Black people. It’s a mindset that says all Black problems are rooted in the existence of White people and White authority. When Juwan Howard loses a game, he’s programed to believe that White people cost him the points he needed to win. It’s ‘White Derangement Syndrome.’ Academia, corporate media, and the high-profile race-hustlers that academia and corporate media promote have brainwashed Black people into believing White people are God and control the destiny of Black people. 'White Derangement Syndrome' is a mass psychosis crippling Black men.
I’ve watched it with my own eyes destroy Juwan Howard. Thirty years ago, Juwan Howard was one of the best young people in all of sports. In high school he was a part of the National Honor Society. He was Homecoming king. He was president of his high school senior boys council. He was mature, and a steady presence on the highest profile college basketball team of all time. He declared for the NBA after three years in college but circled back to complete his degree in communications alongside his classmates. For two decades NBA teams sought his leadership and intangibles. He was groomed in Pat Riley’s system.
What happened? Why is Juwan Howard so angry? 'White Derangement Syndrome'. It requires Black people to ingest and spew racial animus. That animus drives you insane and takes a toll on your physical health. Howard is an elite athlete who needed heart surgery at 50. Anger is unhealthy, so is a constant feeling of dependence. ‘White Derangement Syndrome’ leads to insanity and lost opportunity. Juwan Howard is an unreliable and volatile leader because he doesn't even believe he’s in control of his own destiny. He thinks he’s a victim. Victims make terrible coaches. This mentality is crippling us. This is not the same guy I met in 1992, and it’s not the same guy I watched go through an NBA career. He was not this angry, he was not this volatile, he was not this triggered by White people... And he is now.'
