![]() Immediately following the devastating loss to North Carolina in the 1993 championship game, Jalen waited for his coach (Steve Fisher), put his arm around him, and told him that he loved him. Lesson 4: Being there to pick others up during moments when they were down… focusing on Coach Fisher and Chris Webber after the team lost their second straight national championship game. This incident led to much negative media attention, and during Jalen’s next game at the University of Illinois, he was showered with anti-drug chants, such as “Just say no!” Jalen used this negative energy as fuel and responded with his best game of the season. Lesson 3: Responding positively to adversity… having his best game of the season while being verbally attacked by fans.ĭuring his sophomore season, Jalen was playing video games one day at a house when police came in and arrested one of the people there because he had drugs on him. who could have given Ray a jacket, Jalen was the one to step in and offer one of his own. It’s interesting that of all the people - coaches, seniors, roommates, etc. When Ray was in need of a coat, Jalen was there to provide him with it. Lesson 2: Providing for a fellow colleague in need… providing Ray Jackson with a jacket.Īt one point in the documentary, Ray Jackson - one of the other Fab Five freshmen - talked about how he was from Texas and wasn’t accustomed to Michigan’s cold weather. While he could have just sulked about the shorts, Jalen led the charge to get baggier shorts for the team - which not only allowed them to be more comfortable, but it also completely changed the style of basketball attire to this day. During their first season at Michigan, Jalen and the other members of the Fab Five were uncomfortable with the - in Ice Cube‘s words - “panties” that they potentially had to wear, which was a problem because they needed to be comfortable in order to play at their best. ĭuring the 1980s and early 1990s, basketball shorts were much shorter (and tighter) than they are now. Lesson 1: Initiating change and progress toward a solution when he saw a problem… short shorts. One of the things that jumped out at me was Jalen Rose‘s tremendous leadership abilities, which are especially impressive because he was still a teenager in the documentary. My favorite documentary in ESPN’s 30 for 30 series is The Fab Five, which is a fascinating look at the Michigan Fab Five, their ups and downs, and the impact they had on college basketball and American culture in general. A virtual slap fight, if you will, and one with no clear winner.Key Takeaway: Jalen Rose showed tremendous leadership by initiating change when he felt change was needed, providing for a friend in need, responding positively to adversity, “picking up” his coach and a teammate emotionally after a loss, and standing up for what he believed in. That’s two guys with two very large egos going toe-to-toe without mentioning each other by name. ![]() One dude clearly is delusional and still in denial.” One dude has been doing a rebuttal doc for four years. One dude is not in contact with the other four (which is all good). One dude slandered Ed Martin after all he did for him and his family. One dude played like (President) Obama and sat in a suite during Michigan’s recent title game. One dude ignored multiple requests from everyone involved after agreeing to participate. One dude tried to circumvent the documentary to HBO. One dude lied to grand jury and hasn’t apologized. Rose addressed that, among other things, in this scathing takedown on Wednesday night to Larry Brown Sports: Webber opted to sit in a suite, away from the spotlight. Rose and other members of the Fab Five sat in the stands, basking in the spotlight and perhaps stealing some thunder from the team on the court. In 2013, Michigan played Louisville in the National Championship game. ![]() Webber didn’t mention this incident specifically, but it may have been the start of their rift. So, when one guy has a million highlights of himself, as if he was the leading scorer, and all the stories are, like, embellished, it’s just a little hard for me.” “My thing is, it’s always been about us five. Ouch, hell of a shot across the bow from Webber. ![]() “I think it was okay, except… I think it was… it looked like… it looked like, you know, what happens, a lot of people, after they retire, or when they’re looking for a job, or when they want to be relevant, they go back in time and kind of make sure their importance is really known. ![]()
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