Juwan Howard’s anger problems embody Black Lives Matter insanity

Black Lives Matter destroyed Juwan Howard, the University of Michigan basketball coach.

The movement unleashed a poisonous and volatile racial animus and victim mentality within one of the best young athletes I ever covered as a sports writer.

I met Howard 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. Howard was the team’s emotional leader, the rock teammates and coaches counted on as a 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 have predicted that his lack of emotional control and anger toward white men would potentially wreck his coaching career.

But that’s where we are today. 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 nonphysical confrontation. Whatever happened, the altercation was bad enough that Sanderson did not travel with the team for its game on Sunday with Iowa.

Juwan Howard thinks he’s a victim. Victims make terrible coaches.

Howard’s contract at Michigan has a “zero tolerance” policy as it relates to his behavior. In February 2022, 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. The Big Ten suspended Howard for five games.

In March 2021, Howard sparked an ugly confrontation between himself and Maryland’s head coach. It took four or five people connected to the Michigan basketball team to restrain him.

In December 2022, Howard exploded on a referee in the final minute of a loss to North Carolina. Howard’s players struggled to restrain him.

This season, Howard has yet to coach the Wolverines. He’s recovering from heart surgery he had in September. Despite only acting as an observer, Howard has managed to get tossed from a game. With his team 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 Sanderson reportedly revolves around a dispute about the rehabilitation of Howard’s son, a member of the team.

A crippling affliction

If Juwan Howard were a retired football player, the media would claim he’s suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy — CTE.

In reality, he’s suffering from BLM. Since the death of George Floyd, Howard has decorated the Michigan warm-ups with BLM slogans. He’s 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 Howard loses a game, he’s been programmed to believe 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 black people’s destinies. As a black person, if you do not believe white people control your destiny, academia, high-profile race hustlers, and corporate and social media will smear you as a sellout. Your family and friends will join in the smear.

White derangement syndrome is a mass psychosis crippling black men.

I’ve watched it destroy Juwan Howard. Thirty years ago, Howard was one of the best young people in all of sports. In high school, he was part of the National Honor Society. He was homecoming king. He was president of his high school’s Senior Boys’ Council. He was the mature, 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?

Juwan Howard lived the American dream. He worked hard and used his God-given talents to elevate his station in life. From the age of 12, the basketball world wooed Howard and provided him with financial, educational, and emotional support.

Why so angry?

White derangement syndrome 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.

Since the rise of social media, black people have been programmed to view the world through the lens of race. It’s called being “woke.”

Our ancestors were, for lack of a better description, “asleep.” Or were they? This generation is locked in a self-destructive trance. We have abandoned our ancestors’ values for the values of the secular. Our ancestors fought for a society that evaluated life and people based on a set of agreed-upon biblical principles and values. Their fight led to freedom and progress.

White derangement syndrome leads to insanity and lost opportunities.

Michigan is looking for an excuse to fire Howard that would allow the school to avoid being called racist. It’s the same exit strategy Michigan State employed to get rid of its football coach, Mel Tucker.

The truth is that 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.