Jordan Poole: Beilein leaving etc Nba playoffs snowflakes
I don't watch much NBA, honestly if I wanted to watch a glorified 3 point contest...I digress
After watching 2 halves of Jordan Poole in the playoffs, I totally understand why Beilein left for the Cavs.
Sophomore Poole with a year of Camp Sanderson and a modicum of defense? Final 4 team all over. he would have made the leap ten fold.
But he left (not his fault he got 1st round money and is going to be a star) But it would have broke me as a coach
April 21st, 2022 at 10:59 PM ^
Huh?
April 21st, 2022 at 11:10 PM ^
Underrated comment lol
April 21st, 2022 at 11:12 PM ^
you can't have one without the other, even if they're out of order:
April 21st, 2022 at 11:00 PM ^
Title is weird, content is weirder
OP, Bolivia awaits thee.
April 21st, 2022 at 11:00 PM ^
User name checks out! Quit drinking (rum) and go to bed!!!
April 21st, 2022 at 11:06 PM ^
Yep shockingly the guy who does a weekly cocktail post, been drinking on a Thursday night.
time to go to bed..
Thought the title was pretty clear though. People should know what they were getting into.
Were people expecting Dickinson on a Thursday night at 11?
Brian, anyway you can get a breath-alyzer hooked up for the website? So if folks are past the legal limit then they cannot post drunk shit-posts.
This would be fun for the internet in general. Not that I think you should be prevented from accessing the internet if you were drunk but it would be nice for the rest of us if there was just a beer mug that showed up in your posts/emails if you were 🍺
April 21st, 2022 at 11:04 PM ^
Poole left after his sophomore season? Please at least know what you're drunkenly ranting about before you start doing it
Yeah. I read the post. Then I read it again. And then I thought, ‘Yeah, I’ll throw my little neg on that flaming tire fire!’
Truth is that in that situation there was no wrongdoing, least of all by Poole’s family. Everyone was just trying to do the best with the cards they had been handed. There’s a lesson there for all of us. For me, for you, and for Amurrica.
Let’s pick up that ball and run with it. We can still run far, Amurrica, we can still run far. But it has to be with just a little bit of compassion, with a little more love in our hearts!
April 21st, 2022 at 11:05 PM ^
Sophomore Poole with a year of Camp Sanderson and a modicum of defense? Final 4 team all over. he would have made the leap ten fold.
We got to see a sophomore Poole. Wasn't a Final 4 season, but a Sweet 16 trip isn't too shabby.
April 21st, 2022 at 11:12 PM ^
Yeah I'm wrong. I'm going to claim Mandela effect. But I'm just wrong.
Didn't think it was a rant, more of a holy shit Poole is good, I would have loved to see Iggy and Poole etc back in school another year
No fault of theirs.. They got the money they deserved. More of if I'm Beilein I understand why he left because after they left, I would have been frustrated.
April 21st, 2022 at 11:25 PM ^
It's all good. Just add a year and think of it in terms of a junior Poole and a sophomore Iggy. That would've been nice. But nope, can't blame Poole for getting paid. Or Beilein for being frustrated.
April 21st, 2022 at 11:09 PM ^
So you're upset Poole went pro, to get drafted in the 1st round, instead of staying for another year, pre-NIL?
April 21st, 2022 at 11:13 PM ^
Nope.. he got drafted in the 1st round.. he got the money he deserved and worked his butt off to be this good.
More of man what could have been.. and a reason why Beilein really left
April 23rd, 2022 at 12:04 AM ^
Okay, you're getting better...
April 21st, 2022 at 11:13 PM ^
Goin' up, on a Thursday
April 21st, 2022 at 11:13 PM ^
I too wish we could have seen a sophomore Poole. I bet he and Iggy would have made for a good scoring combo in 2018-19.
Alas, we will never know 😢
Well, if you were WATCHING THE GAMES you could have seen a sophomore Jordan Poole. But here's a brief resume of what happened during his sophomore year from Wikipedia:
"On November 17, 2018, Poole's career-high 22 points helped Michigan defeat George Washington 84–61.[45][46] On November 28, Michigan defeated (#11/#13) North Carolina 84–67 in the ACC–Big Ten Challenge, as Poole contributed 18 points, including 5-for-8 three point shooting.[47][48] On December 1, Michigan defeated (#19/#18) Purdue 76–57 in its Big Ten Conference season opener. Michigan was led by Poole with a game-high 21 points, including 5-for-5 from three-point range.[49][50] On December 3, Poole was recognized as Big Ten Player of the Week for his performance against these two ranked teams.[51][52] On December 8, Michigan defeated South Carolina 89–78. Michigan was led by Poole with a career-high 26 points.[53][54] On December 30, Michigan defeated Binghamton 74–52. Poole posted 18 points, including a career-high six three-pointers.[55][56] On January 13, the 2018–19 Wolverines team defeated Northwestern to establish a school record for best start at 17–0 and tied the school's record 17-game win streak.[57][58] Following the season, he was a 2019 All-Big Ten honorable mention selection (coaches and media).[59][60] On March 23, Michigan defeated Florida 64–49 in the second round of the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. Michigan was led by Poole with a game-high 19 points earning its third consecutive the Sweet 16 appearance and second consecutive one keyed by Poole.[61][62] Following the season, on April 9, 2019, Poole (along with teammates Iggy Brazdeikis and Charles Matthews) declared for the 2019 NBA draft with the intention of hiring agents.[63]."
It was fun. It was really fun. The rest of us enjoyed it.
April 22nd, 2022 at 10:13 PM ^
Whoooooooshhhhhh
April 21st, 2022 at 11:43 PM ^
What is this
April 21st, 2022 at 11:56 PM ^
I don't know why everyone is piling on. The guy is musing about "what could have been.." had Poole stayed (and likely others) and that he can see why it would be frustrating to recruit a guy and have him leave for the NBA well before he's reached anywhere near his potential.
Doesnt mean you can't wish that guy well but as a college coach it can still be frustrating, I imagine.
April 22nd, 2022 at 12:04 AM ^
The first rule of Mgopoints...is
Really? You don't know? You sound like the people here who used to say "Maizen has a point!"
The original post is a multi-level train wreck. Some semblance of content can be extracted but it's not worth the effort.
April 22nd, 2022 at 12:13 AM ^
Coach Beilein spoke at my sister's graduation a handful of days before he left and he spent an inordinate amount of time talking about Jordan Poole. He referenced him by name a couple times and while each instance was usually working toward a big laugh it did feel a bit odd at the time and especially looking back. Coach Beilein is very good with an audience, as I'm sure most HCs have to be, but the first time he brought him up was in regard to "young people" making decisions and not always knowing if it's the best move at the time.
It was never mean or talking poorly about Poole but both times used in an example of a younger person having to try to always make the right decision. It felt like a bit of support and a tiny, tiny, tiny bit of sour grapes about his leaving. As I said, JB is terrific with a crowd. It was a terrific speech. He killed it and I'm sure he had spoken at a million of those ceremonies while at UM. The timing of it all just made a few awkward moments seem all the more awkward looking back when he left for The NBA a bit after that ceremony.
Beilein's subtle criticism (that's my interpretation of his comments) of Poole's decision-making is ironic, considering his subsequent move to the Cavaliers.
April 22nd, 2022 at 12:21 AM ^
Love gettin’ sauced, dude.
April 22nd, 2022 at 12:51 AM ^
That was Awesome!!!
Hey look…a shiny rock.
I can't fathom the thought process that led to this post.
That OP broke me.
There is no way that you remember posting this when you wake up tomorrow.
Actually I did, but the couple drinks and cold medication were not the best mix.
Jesus H Fiddlesticks
Shut up and go to bed
Why post this??
We got sophomore Poole. It wasn’t that great. Poole needed to get with an NBA team ASAP. Some players specifically have pro-game and not college-game and he was one of them. He was not suited for the patience and precision required for a JB team either. Poole at Kentucky might have been a different story.
Young players grow, mature and get better-more consistent. Jordan was a very gifted player when he was at Michigan. Here, the coach's most important task is to catalyze those individual talents and employ them to the benefit of the team...this did not go particularly well. Things are often not as simple as they appear. This story has many iterations.
This is definitely a take. Not sure if I'd consider it a good one but it's definitely one.
Poole stuck around for 2 years; a big issue people had with him jumping to the NBA (and I include myself) is that he never really made that sophomore leap, instead being pretty inconsistent as an offensive player. He then went to the NBA where he again struggled for a year before turning it around the last 1.5 seasons. It's funny but at one point people actually thought he was a bust in the NBA because he was still a bad shooter and poor defensively. To his credit he improved quite a bit in both departments and now is flourishing. I'm really glad for him, but acting like Beilein left because of "kids these days" is trite.
April 22nd, 2022 at 11:04 AM ^
This is a dumb post for like 14 different reasons
April 22nd, 2022 at 11:18 AM ^
The NBA product is the best its been....ever? I don't understand people complaining about it.