what in the actual fuck

im fucking floored

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Beileins ethicality has to be preserved

Not sure what y’all have left at this point

bout all i got

lol

Gotta wonder if at his age he’s had enough of all the recruiting stuff.

Can’t imagine I’d want to recruit, run a program, and deal with kids and parents and their bullshit at his age.

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A testament to his skill.

Going to be very interesting to see who Michigan pulls as their next coach.

HAS to be

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Only wrinkle is that Domino might mean Shrewsbury takes that Butler gig after just getting him back from Celtics. Although he's gonna get that Butler job, this might be a year or two too soon

AS LONG AS they keep Yaklich around. if that can happen thats my #1 preference.

every level so why not give the NBA a shot, if it doesn't work out he can always go back to college

The roster turnover was making his job difficult, the new rules will likely only make that even *more* difficult, and he likely doesn't see the FBI investigation actually making any changes to how the recruiting game is run any time soon. So fuck it. Move to the NBA.

>The roster turnover was making his job difficult, the new
>rules will likely only make that even *more* difficult, and he
>likely doesn't see the FBI investigation actually making any
>changes to how the recruiting game is run any time soon. So
>fuck it. Move to the NBA.


yeah if the NBA doesn't workout I could see him finishing out at some small conference school and occasionally upsetting some of the big dogs

He's old at this point-- he'll be paid through age 71. I'd bet the NBA is his last stop before retirement.

>He's old at this point-- he'll be paid through age 71. I'd
>bet the NBA is his last stop before retirement.

Its hard for a lot of these guys to stop, Jim Calhoun is still going at 77. If they're still relatively healthy a lot of these guys just can't sit down and do nothing.

The turnover.

Fuck outta my face.

I missed that quote....anywhere

but for schools that *aren't* blue bloods, if you lose a projected starter or two unexpectedly, that definitely has a big impact on what you're able to accomplish.

when you recruit a top 15 player youre already planning for that

when Burke, Hardaway, Stauskas, DJ Wilson, Wagner, Poole, and Brazdeikis are all leaving after 2 years or less...theres not a contingency plan.

Trey Burke was a nobody, Hardaway was a name, Wilson was a nobody, Mo was a nobody, Poole was a nobody...no one saw any of that coming and its not the most gratifying measure of success for a coach.

I read something the other day that struck me. He actually has a better opportunity to grow a team over time in the NBA than he does in college. If thats what he wants, then thats what he wants. He won more with his players than any other coach in America could have, and that's a fuckin fact. He was also THE most ethical participant in a scummy endeavor, and thats also a fuckin fact. Without the bag he was never gonna get the players that schools WITH the bag reel in constantly. When the players he does get dont even stay long enough to reach the team potential...I get it. Im selfishly bummed, and Im mildly annoyed at his destination, but talking about him "crying" when hes the only one doing it ethically at that level...is wack.

Especially when UK is closing in on 5 years of consecutive top 3 classes and ZERO Final 4s over that time. Underachieving AND dirty is not solid ground to stand on and talk about other coaches and what they think of the game.

"To think that Beilein — a man who worked his way up from a junior varsity coaching position at Newfane High School, to Erie Community College, to Nazareth College, to Le Moyne College, to Canisius College, to the University of Richmond, to West Virginia University, to the University of Michigan, to the Cleveland Cavaliers — wouldn’t jump at the next challenge is, simply, to ignore a personal history of self-belief. Beilein wants to win (or not lose) and test his X’s against the best O’s. That’s it.

As Beilein told me that day last summer: “People don’t know me. They really don’t know me. People think they peg me, but they really don’t know me. But that’s OK.”

At the end of the day, this is a chance for John Beilein to take his two-guard offense to the NBA and use it against the greatest players on earth. Forty-three years of coaching have all led up to this."

I think he'll do well in the NBA

I'm relieved bc he was probably going to kick Holtmann's ass for as long as he was there lol

right about now.

It's a pretty hefty buyout-- I think it's 8 mil, IIRC-- but Oats would 100% be worth the investment imo, and I guarantee they could raise the money if they felt he was their guy. He's the absolute real deal, and I don't think Michigan after the success Beilein has built should try to go cheap on their next coach.

There aren’t many other good candidates this time of year, and I agree that Oats is legit.

Michigan was mostly irrelevant for a solid decade or even a little more before Beilein, which really shouldn’t happen. They gotta get the right guy and keep it going.

He’s been an NBA assistant for a bit now.

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pretty sure we're all trying to do the same within our own respective careers

the whole team almost died in a plane crash 2 years ago, and last year he had open heart surgery

plus after the Pistons flirtation last year he himself intimated strongly (without making definitive statements, in fairness) that this would be his last job

and while i was kinda stunned, i never like...resented him or anything. after amaker righted the culture, Beilein restored the excellence in a way that shouldnt have really worked in modern times. shock shouldnt be taken for lack of gratitude or appreciation. we just assumed he would retire here.

(pleasepleaseplease)

>(pleasepleaseplease)

all Thunder fans on Twitter just kne he was about to be gone. Nope.

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Will be rooting for him *

*except when he faces us and in the final four

https://youtu.be/Zseiem0b6R4

https://twitter.com/JuwanHoward/status/1297937836231008256?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Reports were he was rumored for NBA jobs. He countered on Twitter that he's not listening to anyone who may be calling. Probably a smart move by Howard tbh.

That came out after I asked the question

sports coaches always say they aren’t thinking about leaving until they leave for the pros or other college jobs