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MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen

In the Trenches 125 - Warde Manuel

MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen

The Varsity Podcast Network

Football, Ncaa, College, Wolverines, Michigan, Jon Jansen, Sports

4.8754 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Jon catches up with the Donald R. Shepherd Director of Athletics Warde Manuel about a number of important topics, including the following: the process for student-athletes' return to sports (1:30), the importance of everyone being accountable for their actions as student-athletes get back to campus (9:45), his early impressions on attendance at games this fall (23:45), the murder of George Floyd (33:45) and the impact of new entities like the Big Ten's Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition (42:00).

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0:00.0

Today on In the Trenches, we are joined, as I promised earlier this week by the Donald R. Shepard, Director of Athletics, Ward Manual, and we cover a lot of topics.

0:10.1

We get a chance to talk about the resocialization and the introduction of the student athletes as they appear back in Ann Arbor, getting them tested, and the plan moving forward, what it might look like in the fall,

0:21.4

as well as Ward Manuel's reaction to the murder of George Floyd and moving forward what

0:27.1

it looks like for the athletic department. We talked earlier in the week to Hunter Reynolds

0:30.8

and Adam Schibbley about their involvement in the anti-hate, anti-racism coalition.

0:40.4

Ward Manuel will talk about all of that up next here on In the Trenches. Let's go in the trenches with John Jansen. The former Wolverines captain

0:47.4

in Michigan Sports Hall of Famer will take you inside the locker room with players and coaches.

0:52.1

But health and safety are going to be always the first decision point for me.

0:57.2

I want to play sports.

0:58.8

That would be great, but I want to make sure we can do it safely.

1:03.1

Once again, here's John Jansen.

1:06.0

Welcome back to In the Trenches.

1:07.5

And as I promised earlier in the week, we are joined by the Donald R.

1:11.9

Sheppard, Director of Athletics, Ward, Manuel.

1:15.1

Ward, thanks for joining us.

1:16.6

How are you doing this week?

1:18.3

It's been a busy week.

1:19.7

Yeah, it's been a very busy week, John.

1:21.4

Thanks for having me on.

1:25.4

Busy week in that our student athletes started to go through a re-socialization plan that we put

1:33.1

in place.

1:33.7

They actually started with our staff and a couple of student athletes, a handful of student

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