John Beilein Appreciation Thread

Submitted by KennyHiggins on

JB arrived after the 2007 hoop season.  He came to Ann Arbor with a keen offensive basketball mind, and a reputation for doing things the right way.

Michigan hadn't been to the NCAA tournament in a decade.  The Beilein decade has been an enormous success in terms of B1G championships (2012, 2014), NCAA tournament appearances (7 of 10 seasons), NCAA tournament record (11-6, including a trip to the Final game, and a heartbreaking loss to Kentucky in the Elite 8), and players developed and launched into the NBA (Hardaway Jr, GRIII, Stauskas, Trey Burke, McGary, Morris, Harris, LeVert).  Haven't seen our players or coaches show up in negative headlines that would embarass the school or the program.

I'm glad he's our coach.  Go Blue!

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umchicago

February 27th, 2017 at 10:07 AM ^

glen rice and the fab five made great runs.  outside of that i have seen a helleva lot of talent got to waste in AA.  i don't say that under JB.  he gets the most out of his players.  if walton and Mo can keep playing at this high level, this team too can make a good tourny run.  even moreso if irvin can figure his shot out.

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snarling wolverine

February 26th, 2017 at 6:25 PM ^

I'm wondering more about those rumors about him going to play in Germany, actually.  I agree that he's probably a year away from the NBA (though that could change), but he could go home, play a year and then get drafted in 2018.

 

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LSAClassOf2000

February 26th, 2017 at 6:29 PM ^

You know, we actually had such a thread about two years ago, if memory serves. As you might expect, people were not exactly appreciative of the idea that someone wanted to appreciate appreciation. I can't imagine why they would react that way (this is a lie), but you know, all you can do as the creator of the thread is try, eh?

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Michigan9

February 26th, 2017 at 6:14 PM ^

There are times during this season where I thought JB was done.  I look at our inconsistent the play, especialy how poor we were on D.  I also looked at the star power and how we do not recruit the elite players or at least what I viewed as elite players.

I was wrong about JB.  Things really seemed to change when Walton took leadership of the team.  It seemed other players stepped up as well.  Moe is the most improved player and we are getting quality minutes out a few bench guys.  It's team ball and coaching that has kept the season alive.

Yesterday's game, the pieces came together and was a huge victory for the program.

GO BLUE!

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remdog

February 26th, 2017 at 6:14 PM ^

the Fire Beilein crowd hasn't down voted you yet. We have a great coach who does it the right way without hookers and bags of money for players. It's too bad many fair weather fans fail to appreciate him.

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ijohnb

February 26th, 2017 at 6:24 PM ^

season was looking ugly man. In conjunction with the last two season, the "fire Beilein crowd" was no longer the lunatic fringe. He is my favorite b-ball coach of all time and I will close to the "when can we fire this guy" stage after the OSU game.

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bronxblue

February 26th, 2017 at 8:45 PM ^

I think questioning the head coach of a team is fine when done intelligently, and for long stretches this team did look a bit lost.  But what got to me wasn't the String Bell's of the world, who had legitimate issues with recruiting and game management.  What got to me, and continues whenever Michigan loses, are the people who talk about how they always saw problems with the team, how they've been calling for Beilein to be let go for years, and prattle on about lost leadership/lack of heart/guys quitting/etc.  All the basest of one-upmanship, of distnacing yourself from the team's performance and trying to win some weird game of fanatic disconnection, that's the stuff that drove me crazy.  Say you don't like the team, but at least own up to it now, not wandering into a thread at the first sign of trouble and claiming you were there all the while.

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Lil boy blue

February 26th, 2017 at 6:17 PM ^

Beilein is a bad man ... bothered by all the chatter to fire him when players were obviously in a serious funk (looking at you Irvin) He and the team made adjustments, players busted their asses to revive the season and now we have an appreciation thread. Go Blue

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ijohnb

February 26th, 2017 at 6:21 PM ^

for this thread, but not worth its own thread - Wisconsin looked like hot garbage today. State played well but not great. The Badgers appear to be fading fast.

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7words

February 26th, 2017 at 6:24 PM ^

Good thing we whooped Purdue, because at this current pace the Wisconsin win isn't gonna look very impressive.  Wow are they on a downward trajectory.  

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MichiganMAN47

February 26th, 2017 at 6:24 PM ^

I'm happy to have him as our coach, he has done a great job with this team. We are playing as well as anyone in the country right now.

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