Baumgardner: Beilein Provides insight on assistant search
The quote about Patrick hardly warrants "it won't be Patrick." That is the precise quote I would expect for any candidate who has not yet been officially named. Not saying it will be Patrick, but you are clearly jumping the gun based on that quote.
I just read it as Beilein pumping the brakes a bit.
Patrick is so underqualified for this job. It would be laughable, albeit not all that surprising, if he got the job.
Yeah he needs to be an assistant at a lower level D-1 school first.
It would surprise me quite a bit. I like to think Beilein has more character than that. If he's the best candidate available, then okay, but I don't think he's even close to that. I could of course be very wrong, as I have only seen him coach against his dad.
It just seems like the typical uninspiring move that I've come to expect from the basketball program. Quite frankly, none of the names mentioned inspire too much confidence, though I do think Jermaine Jackson would bring a certain attitude that this program is sorely lacking.
I'm pretty disillusioned with the basketball program right now. I just hope that whatever JB does, that he makes the best possible decision(s) for our current situation.
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May be Stringer Bell has issues with the product on the court: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPS9YKGaKQE (embedding disabled on this video)
in your posts that we could pretty much start to write them for you.
Can you name a current coach whose hiring as JBs assistant would, in fact, inspire you?
John Gruden.
An attitude of cheating?
you're the worst hoops poster on this site. always negative
Need a big time guy. Le moyne to Michigan is a big step up and it is not proven what kind of job Patrick would do. I would take the harbaugh route and look at nba guys like Greg Jackson or Wheatley coming from the pros.
Wheatley and greg jackson arent qualified. More football type guys than basketball guys.
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Greg Jackson helped the defense. always taught good coverage.
That's not what I meant. I'd rather hire some assistant from the nba like harbaugh has done with his staff with guys like Greg Jackson and Wheatley.
Assistant coach aren't going to take a pay cut on a step down move to be the assistant coach in college level
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They did it in our football program.
That's the exception to the rule though... Basketball isn't the same as football
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And no one does that anywhere... it's two different sports.
You're much more likely to find someone who's promoted a HS coach or a DII or DIII coach than someone coming down from the NBA ranks to coach college basketball.
It's not even close. You can kill that train of thought now, it just doesn't work like that. Maybe if your head coach in the NBA brings his assistants and/or they've worked in college before.
Let's get Luke Walton. It would be a step up from the coaching job he just accepted.
...and get Phil Jackson while you're at it
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Might as well give Pat Riley a call too
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Steve Kerr's not picking up his phone?
Then he's in. I hear he's bring Steph Curry as a shooting coach.
Draymond Green is not happy about all of this!
in there.
at this stage in each of their careers I'd rather have Beilein.
As you know, I was joking...
...but to say that you would rather have JB over Phil Jackson is ridiculous. While I agree, Phil Jackson is past his prime, so is JB. Phil Jackson would bring instant credibility, and recruits would come big time.
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Serious question though, people always talk about how college coaches can be great in college but it may not translate to success at the pro level but has there ever been a solid NBA coach step down from the NBA to coach college
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Larry Brown is one. Maybe Rick Pitino, depending on how you evaluate his NBA career - he was pretty good with the Knicks and awful with the Celtics.
Both have been blatant rule violators though.
Mike Dunleavy Sr. just took the Tulane job.
not to be a dick, but that's a pretty uninformed question for a Mich blog. L Brown coached a championship team just down the street (Pistons), then coached a college team (SMU) that Mich played this past year.
not to be a dick, but questions are by their very natiure uninformed, given that the asker is seeking information that he does not possess (discounting rhetorical questions).
This is one of my favorite comments of all time.
and Bobcats all fired Brown before he made his way back to college.
The Pistons didn't fire Brown because of his on-court performance, needless to say (two conference championships and an NBA title in two years).
That said, Larry doesn't seem to care much for NCAA rules. Seemingly gets busted at every stop.
Calvin Sampson
The rumblings on another site about who the coaches are going to be would end up being fantastic hires.
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Do tell
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I posted in the Cornell Mann thread that it was going to be Saddi Washington and Bill Donlon. Official announcement soon.
Wright State's firing of him was nuts unless he did something bad behind the scenes (I have no reason to think he did). Winning 22 games there amounts to a very good season.
Donlon generally had good defenses at Wright State. He could be the defensive guy Coach Beilein is looking for.
People are getting too into the assistant coaches 'issue.' If I gave people in here a dollar for every current college assistant they could name in two minutes...I'd need to break a $20. That's it. He'll find someone good.
Said that the final scholarship will not go to Spike Albrecht, which was difficult for him. But a reality as UM has no room for a 3rd PG
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) May 2, 2016
Beilein also said he wouldn't rule out more roster attrition/transfers at this point. As he said "Things happen in May"
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) May 2, 2016
Here's Baumgardner's story on the assistants: John Beilein says assistant hires coming soon, fresh ideas and defense are priorities
Saddi Washington and Chris Hunter are two distinct possibilities.
Juwan Howard. Now.