With Howard out does Phil Martelli act as head coach? For my money I'd rather go against a Juwan Howard coached team instead of a Phil Martelli coached team.
Bad Coaching Trade Off?
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That seems to be the going consensus here (but most feel losing the players will hurt Mich more than Martelli will help.)
Martelli is a much better coach. This is not a good trade off for Rutgers.
Team needs to have intensity and focus up from opening tip. Try and bury them early, hurt their confidence and take the crowd out of it
Howard is one of the best recruiters in college basketball which is the reason they were so highly ranked at the beginning of the season.Talent matters and Howard knows how to win on the road .Martelli was a good head coach at St.Joseph but never got a higher level job.Howard's problem is anger management but his players support him .
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Rutgers is a physical team.
I hope the Refs don't whistle Rutgers out of the game to prevent another Michigan incident.
I hope the Refs don't whistle Rutgers out of the game to prevent another Michigan incident.
Agreed Howard is a great recruiter think Martelli is an excellent coach who had issues recruiting.
Rutgers commits far too many fouls away from the basket which allows the opponent to get the advantage at the foul line.
You guys are acting like Martelli changes anything from a schematics standpoint.
He doesn't. He changes their timeouts and rotation which is short handed tomorrow
He doesn't. He changes their timeouts and rotation which is short handed tomorrow
He never wanted a higher level job, he loved being at St. Joe's
It's a good point. Martelli was an excellent coach and always seemed like he got the best out of his players at St. Joes. But there is nothing he's going to change in a few days. The players will play hard for him though. He's no wilting flower.
Martelli is an excellent coach. It's correct that there won't be many schematic changes but he will probably be better at making in game adjustments
If I recall correctly martelli turned down an RU offer to coach
You guys are strange sometimes.. having your head coach and multiple players suspended is bad, full stop.
What do you think, they suddenly will be running the “Phil Martelli” system?😂 Please… same sets, same defense, 2 less players. Advantage Rutgers. Just play our game.
Martelli was probably coaching them already--Im guessing Howard hired him as defacto coach yo begin with
Martelli's last 4 years at St. Joes
28-8
11-20
16-16
14-19
Total 69-63
24 years at St. Joe's, 13 years with 18+ wins, 13 times in the post season.
Please consider what Michigan loses in Diabate: 9.25ppg, 2nd best rebounder and shot blocker; best offensive rebounder ( tied with Dickenson). If this doesn't help us win the game; shame on us.
Ok, so in his last 3 seasons, he lost 14 more than he won!
41-55. He doesn’t scare me at all, especially since he’s running the same sets as Howard would be anyway!
The HC and assistants discuss just about everything before making major changes or adjustments. Many times the suggestions come from the assistants. They are consistently communicating on the sideline. There won't be major changes. You don't throw that out there on 3 days notice.
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But he already had a big impact on Michigan’s coaching, especially the X’s & O’s. I don’t see it being a big addition.
Lol no, stop. He has also been playing much better recently and had 28 2 games ago
He scored 28 last week against Iowa, he had been playing better.
Yea Martelli isn't installing some new system. He is probably doing a lot of the coaching, game planning, strategizing anyway already with Howard having no prior experience and being a complete 🤡
Diabete and Williams is a huge huge loss. They have almost no depth with size now. They won't be able to protect the rim and rebound. This is a massive advantage
