Anonymous B1G Bball Coach Discusses Michigan's Weaknesses

That is a fair assessment and nicer than some things that could be said about this team.

seems pretty accurate to me.  Beilein recruits country club players, he doesn't recruit players that grew up on playgrounds in the streets or what most would call junk yard dogs.  he passes on talented players that might have some issues to run a clean mostly problem free program

If this is an evisceration then we really are too sensitive a people in 2017.

That sounded like a fairly accurate depiction of the team. I immediately thought of Donnal when he mentioned our pick n roll.

Um, how dare someone criticize our defense and toughness?  Isn't that completely accurate and what we have been hearing (and observing) all year?  That said, the coach also compliments several players and praises Beilen for the offense.  I think we all agree that this team is a bit soft and frankly not that talented.

FAKE TITLE!!!!

Every single person on this board is guilty of mercilessly eviscerating the basketball team then.

Nicer review than mine would be

This is an evisceration? Looks like a very accurate overview of our team to me. 

If this shit offends you, boy I don't know what to tell you except maybe you're just like everyone else in this country who throws their arms up in outrage anytime someone says, does, or tweets something that isn't 100% in line with that they think. 

Although I hate the "doesn't fight back" criticism of Wilson. A few games ago, he DID fight back and punk another dude...and got called for a horrible technical. 

I'd go with "critically describe."  Most of what is in there has been said here by thoughtful people, sometimes even with bad words thrown in.  

It's criticism but seems pretty fair.  I think this team did look at itself in the mirror after the osu game, maybe it was Beilein's words as well.  But they have played a lot better since that loss.  Should have been four in a row.

I can't see Irvin doing anything different or helping the team other than by trying to play sound fundamental basketball (and not shoot jumpers).  The rest of the guys have been playing pretty hard and if we are to make the dance, we are playing about as well as we could hope for.  If we keep up the same intensity, we will get in.

GO BLUE!!

Did you even read the fucking article? It specifically says this in the intro: 

"If you find that these reports are overly negative, that is my doing, not theirs. We already know these teams are good. I wanted to know their vulnerabilities, because that info can mean the difference between a second-round exit and a trip to the Final Four."

The lack of intelligence is just baffling.

Everybody already knows that.  Our inside guys just aren't that strong and can get pushed around a lot.  Donnal looks like he's never lifted weights ever and Wagner looks like he just started lifting over the summer.  Wilson is skinny but not in terrible shape at the 4.  Minnesota had 3-4 guys built like brick shithouses out there.  It's hard to stand your ground and not foul when you are physically weaker than your opponent.

pretty the soft defense is a result of being coached to not foul.  there is not usually a lot of challenging the shot at the rim.

Yeah, this is pretty spot on.  Anyone who even watches half our games and is even half way objective can see this.  This is really not being mean at all.  There are just as many positives thrown out as negatives IMO.

It is interesint to note that the coachs says the time it takes to invest in understanding this offense leaves little to spend on teaching the defensive end.  

But toughness?  There is a fairly large lack of it in most B-Line recruits.

It's a good article, and a relatively unvarnished point of view. You and I have different ideas of the meaning of the word eviscerate, though.

Seems like a pretty fair scouting report, and is complementary in spots.

I think earlier in the season Walton did coast on D. His effort level, along with a number of other Michigan players, has increased dramatically as the season has gone along. MAAR is the one that stands out the most as a guy that was REALLY coasting early in the season, and has now been playing with a lot of energy...maybe not all the time, but much more than in the past.

Still, lack of muscle inside and athleticism on the wings is this team's weak spots, imo, and he touches on some of that.

If you ask me, this is a perfectly rational take on Michigan basketball in 2017 with which many of our own fans would agree.

So basically "they shoot really well but aren't great defensively, and if they don't score enough points they lose games."  These quotes remind me that perhaps I picked the wrong profession to work in, since apparently all you need is a rudimentary understanding of sports to be an assistant coach on a D1 basketball team.

This is a flawed team, but you could say things equally as positive and negative about every other team in the country, as this article does.  It's...fine, in the way people need to fill digital inches and assistant coaches like to be catty off the record, so they'll prattle on about weaknesses of teams they've scouted a couple of times.

Wow, this is truly extreme verbal assault.  A total annihilation of Michigan basketball.  Even I walked away from this article with my tail between my legs.  I don't even have a tail.  Then what was between my legs!?!?

I'd rate this year's MBB team a 4 out of 10, with 1 being the softest.  The Minny game was a game that a tough team wins, even despite the bad referees.  Part of the problem is we have no true "go to" scorer, ala Ethan Happ, that we can go to when we need offense, and that can force opposing defenses to overcompensate to cover.  We need us some Rooster Cogburn grit!

C'mon, FauxMo, you're better than that...

(Unless you meant to downvote in which case I agree.)

But the article is exactly what we as a fanbase and everyone else has been saying, whether it's to our faces or behind our backs. The team is soft on D and if we don't shoot ~40% from 3, we are going to lose most games. I don't care if the opposing coach is butthurt or not, he is telling the truth. Now we are either going to completely flame out in the NCAA tourney in the first round, or make a Sweet 16 run that will have all the "talking heads" showering Coach B and his offense with praise. 

"anonymous b1g bball coach says things, michigan fans nod, shrug"