It's been four years since Michigan basketball's five famous freshmen from the early 1990s were the subject of a "30 for 30" documentary "The Fab Five", but the fallout from the film is still being felt.
After former Wolverines star Chris Webber recently went on the "Dan Patrick Show" and picked apart the piece, former Fab Five teammate and one of the documentary's producers Jalen Rose called Webber "delusional."
"One dude traveled then called timeout," Rose said of Webber in messages sent to Larry Brown Sports. "One dude lied to grand jury and hasn't apologized. One dude tried to circumvent the documentary to HBO. One dude ignored multiple requests from everyone involved after agreeing to participate. One dude played like (President) Obama and sat in a suite during Michigan's recent title game. One dude slandered Ed Martin after all he did for him and his family. One dude is not in contact with the other four (which is all good). One dude has been doing a rebuttal doc for four years. One dude clearly is delusional and still in denial."
Webber, the centerpiece of Michigan's quintet, went on the "Dan Patrick Show" Wednesday and appeared to take some shots at Rose.
"I love the guys, I think there's so much missed in there," he said on Dan Patrick." But I think it was OK except I think it was . . . it looked like, you know what happens (to) a lot of people after they retire or when they're looking for a job or want to be relevant -- they go back in time and kind of make sure their importance is really known.
"My whole thing has been, it's always been about us five. And so when one guy has a million highlights in there of himself like he was the leading scorer, like when the stories are all after and embellished, it's just a little hard for me. But I think it was entertaining, there was a lot of truth in it."
Webber, who famously called a timeout when the Wolverines had none in the 1993 national title game that led to Michigan's loss to North Carolina, did not take part in the documentary, which gave producer credits to the other four members of the Fab Five -- Rose, Jimmy King, Ray Jackson and Juwan Howard. Webber said the reason he didn't participate in the film was because he was given short notice.
"I'm not saying I was John Lennon or they're the Beatles or anything, but my story's pretty big in there," he said. "You're going to come to me with a week to talk about my story when I've been writing my book and I can't even figure out one day in the week?"
