Here is a thread of some Mike Valenti quotes when Michigan basketball first hired Juwan Howard:

“This absolutely to me is a dud of a hire.”

“You’re not gonna come into the big ten and win basketball games like this.”

“I don’t get lost in the light show, I care about what’s real, and I think this search is kind of a bust.”

“What other elite program would act this way with a head coaching hire?”

“You scrambled. You got caught with your pants down.”

“If there’s one thing Michigan fans love, it’s a Michigan man. They just love crawling up the ass of a good Michigan man.”

“You‘ll (fans) look all of the deficiencies he has in his resume because he’s a Michigan man.”

“To me, you were better off hiring Yaklich.”

“Hiring Juwan Howard to me is nothing more than a PR stunt.”

“You’ve seemingly gone for the publicity. You’ve gone for the sizzle not the steak.”

“If you think Tom Izzo and Matt Painter are shaking in their boots on this one, you’re out to lunch.”

“I don’t want to hear about being some secondary assistant in the NBA, I’m talking about being the guy.’”

“If you went out and hired some small college coach, you wouldn’t be able to unify this goofball fan base.”

“What is this, a popularity contest? Give me a basketball coach.”

“If I’m a Michigan basketball fan I’m bummed about this.”

“If I’m a program that’s been to a couple of national championships, I’m gonna further what Beilein built.”

“You’d like to think that Beilein built this thing where coaches, no matter where in the cycle, would line up to take the job.”

Also, these quotes don’t begin to do justice to the arrogant tone Valenti has when talking about the matter.

Have an opinion, that’s cool, but don’t act like you are Messiah when giving an opinion. Otherwise, you get exposed.