December 2nd, 2019 at 4:47 PM ^
You can still see the pain in his eyes when he mentions that Simpson was committed to him at Xavier. Of course, during the tournament, one of the announcers suggested that Xavier was going to Iowa State before Beilen swooped in. Personally, I recall he was headed to Wisconsin before switching to Michigan. Did he make a lot of verbal commitments or just too nice to say no?
December 2nd, 2019 at 6:13 PM ^
Interesting to hear a coach who broke his commitment to Xavier lament a player doing the same.
December 2nd, 2019 at 7:05 PM ^
I'm 99% sure he was headed to Wisconsin when Coach Beilein swooped in and offered him. But I don't know whether he was ever committed to Xavier.
December 2nd, 2019 at 10:04 PM ^
He's got way too much swag for Wisconsin basketball
December 2nd, 2019 at 8:46 PM ^
I thought him decommitting from Xavier and committing to Zavier was due to a Big Ten rule?
/s
December 2nd, 2019 at 5:08 PM ^
Thanks for sharing. Interesting insight about how he judges whether coaches at this level get it or not as that you can tell Howard gets it by how his players respect him and how they act (looking at others in the eye was mentioned, just as someone said on Twitter the other day).
December 2nd, 2019 at 5:15 PM ^
This coach here is a pro on the microphone. Just a good talker and speaks honestly. Very refreshing. Would love to see one of our coaches to be this polished.
December 2nd, 2019 at 8:03 PM ^
Did you see or hear Juwan’s interview after the Gonzaga game? It was as honest and refreshing as they come. If you haven’t, do yourself a favor and check it out, I believe Brian embedded a tweet with a video of the interview in his basketball post today.
December 3rd, 2019 at 2:47 AM ^
Would love to hear you just state your bitch with Harbaugh instead of trying to be clever with your subtlety.
December 2nd, 2019 at 5:35 PM ^
UL opened as 8.5 point favorites, but the way Chris Mack was talking it sounded like we were double digit favorites that they might hope to beat, IF they got lucky. I was wondering if this was some sort of head game...didn’t seem like it though.
December 2nd, 2019 at 6:00 PM ^
Not a head game.
Just part coach-speak and part Mack isn't an asshole like other big time coaches.
December 2nd, 2019 at 5:47 PM ^
What I really like hearing is how other coaches see the impact JH is making with the team. I'm no coach but there are two things that have impressed me most:
1) JB's system was primarily to create open looks off the pass. JH and staff have kept some of that (ergo, open looks from 3 off the pass) but have stepped up the dribble drive game (thus the open lanes and layups that had DICKIE-V-BABY screaming about how mad Few and Huckleberry Hound had to be with their defenses). That's next level offensive scheme. Looking at you recruits.
2) On D, they've used zone as the perfect change up during games - seemingly timed perfectly. Often zone is a "we have to change something" move, but so far, that's not when/how it's been deployed and it's been extremely effective IMO.
Btw, Mack does know one of their national titles is fraudulent, right?
December 2nd, 2019 at 6:01 PM ^
Holy shit, Louisville is coached by NoHo Hank?
December 2nd, 2019 at 6:27 PM ^
He thinks Michigan is a Barry good program.