Beilein coaching at Michigan vs else where

Submitted by oHOWiHATEohioSTATE on
I know he has won everywhere he has coached and he is the head of the ethics committee. Everyone that supports him talks about when he gets his players he will win big here too. What nobody wants to talk about is every where else he coached the 3 point line was 19 ft 9 in. Now that he is here at Michigan it has moved back a foot. How much does this affect shooters? Is it harder to evaluate recruits whom don't have the same 3 point line in HS that they will in college? Also is it harder to get offensive rebounds now that shooters are farther from the rim? I'm not here to rip on the system, rather looking for what others think about the possible affects and how much better of a team we may have if the line hadn't moved.
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CWoodson

February 18th, 2011 at 5:32 PM ^

He is considered by his peers to be the BEST coach in the nation at doing the most with the least talent, and to be among the best strategists in the entire game.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/collegesports200708basketballprev…

So his peers think he's one of the best, and the fact that he's had more success at FOUR schools than those programs had had recently (or ever) agrees.  That this year's edition of Michigan, picked to finish DEAD LAST in the B1G, is knocking on the door of the tournament suggests many of the same things.

Is he the best recruiter in the world?  No, but he's better than it first appeared.  Would I rather have Izzo?  Sure, him and another 5-6 guys (Coach K, Roy Williams, Self, etc.).  But anyone else who is doing "better" than JB is not facing the recruiting restrictions he does here (from a facilities, recent history, and inability to cheat standard).  In a single game for my life between two teams with equal talent, I'd take him over all but a few coaches.  So yeah, one of the best.

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BraveWolverine730

February 18th, 2011 at 3:25 PM ^

The fact that he doesn't win as much as some other coaches doesn't necessarily mean that he isn't a great game-time coach. I think he's seriously overacheived talent-wise 2 out of the last 3 years and if you switched the two years before that in order, you wouldn't have anyone complaining about him.  You can certainly very fairly argue that he doesn't motivate as well as Izzo or recruit as well as Calipari, but honestly tactically I'd take him over both of those two guys(and I have respect for Izzo).

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MGoBender

February 18th, 2011 at 2:01 PM ^

What?! A thread not comparing Beilein to RR?

This lack of poor comparisons of basketball to football is unbecoming of MGoBlog!

I shall rectify this situation:

Beilein is running a gimmicky West Virginia offense just like RR - we canned him we should can Beilein TOOOOO!!! RARR ramble ramble ramble I AM ANGAR!!!!!!11!!!

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