MAZandBLUE

January 2nd, 2013 at 7:36 PM ^

"John Beilein is the recipient of the Jim Phelan Award mid-season coaching honors....The Jim Phelan Award is presented annually to the nation's top Division I coach."

GOLBOGM

January 2nd, 2013 at 10:23 PM ^

Beilein has done an amazing job.  We used to be a joke of a program now not many can say their future (or present) looks nearly as bright as ours!

Not a bad hire!

michfan4borw

January 3rd, 2013 at 11:29 AM ^

that "all that matters is final fours and national titles. That's all anyone cares about. Without those, you can't be a great coach like the great tom izzo.  So let's all cool it on calling Coach Beilein a great coach until he gets Michigan out of the first weekend."

Meanwhile, College insider says:

"Any conversation about the best coaches in college basketball should include the name "John Beilein""

 

Before finding m-wolverine on mgoblog, I was pretty sure Beilein was a great coach.  Now, I'm not so sure . . . (    /s)