Questions for Beilein and Livers
MICHIGAN NIGHT AT THE PISTONS is this Saturday, March 11th versus the Pacers. It comes with a nice quarter-zip.
Also there WILL be a Q&A with Livers and Beilein after the game. The Pistons have given us permission to come up with some questions to sprinkle in and keep the Q&A interesting. Feel free to put them in this thread, and I'll collect and pass them on.
I'll be in Section 214.
Ask them if they can explain this years basketball team. Please?
-Beilein left Michigan to coach the NBA... No one forced him out.
-This is the state of the sport. One and done. Moussa. Houston. Jet?
-Michigan administration is partly to blame... All the hoops and hurdles just to play at Michigan.
Get over it.
I somehow doubt Beilein is gonna whine about admissions standards.
You Howard excuse makers are an interesting bunch.
So Michigan Administration is responsible for going 19 fucking minutes of a half scoring 1 field goal against world beater Rutgers???
The excuse making is indefensible.
FIRE ONO!
March 10th, 2023 at 10:32 AM ^
Was there a question in there?
March 10th, 2023 at 10:42 AM ^
As an alum I'm glad we still have some semblance of admission standards.
March 10th, 2023 at 11:08 AM ^
So is Illinois. They hope you enjoy their post season,
Ask them if they have any eligibility left.
Livers, no. But Beilein . . .
March 10th, 2023 at 11:30 AM ^
a literal "coach on the floor"
Don't think it's too much of a mystery. The team is very young, has paper-thin depth and a glaring hole at the 4 spot.
Will subs be served?
This thread is going to go great.
How do you navigate a team playing better without one of its overall more talented players - who in small sample size happens to make for poorer team play and potentially chemistry?
What’s a movie you hate starring an actor you love
How bad are B1G refs
Will we see a new Tool album this decade
How much do you hear the crowd
Is home court advantage really a thing
March 10th, 2023 at 12:39 PM ^
This post made my day.
Mine is name up to 20 things that MGoBlog got completely wrong about your teams, and one thing we got absolutely right.
March 10th, 2023 at 12:50 AM ^
Even when UM sucked under JB early, I said he was their best X and O guy in my life.
And you nailed it!
March 10th, 2023 at 10:44 AM ^
His coaching track record proved he could build a winner from the ground up. I wasn't too worried.
March 10th, 2023 at 10:53 AM ^
20 things MGoBlog got completely wrong? He'll never get to the thing you got absolutely right.
(I kid, I kid. Well, mostly.)
How great did it feel to prove all the idiot’s wrong who wanted you fired?
March 10th, 2023 at 10:44 AM ^
"Idiots".
what qualities (basketball skill and mentality) do you look for in 1-and-dones
what qualities (basketball skill and mentality) do you want to see in 4-year players?
which would you rather coach?
A: Guys who can score and make the team better on an immediate scale
B: Guys who can score and make the team better on a longer range scale
C: Guys that are gym rats
I would be very interested to hear Coach Beilein opine on how he'd approach roster management with the game as it is now.
Ask him why he left for the Cavs
Please ask if he’s ever been an assistant coach. I can’t believe that nobody ever addresses this.
For coach B: When you were coaching in college what were the top 3 things you looked for in a recruit? If you were building a roster for an NBA team, would those three things be different?
For Livers: was there anything that you learned at Michigan that helped prepare you for the NBA more so than players from other schools?
March 10th, 2023 at 12:51 AM ^
Wrap those ankles
Good questions. I added them--had something like these already but changed my wording to yours on the 2nd.
Can you come back coach B?
March 10th, 2023 at 12:52 AM ^
He's too old...but not old enough to be president ..
March 10th, 2023 at 10:46 AM ^
He'd make a great president.
March 10th, 2023 at 12:52 AM ^
Did Warde Manuel do ANYTHING to try to get you to stay when you let him know the Cavs were interested in you?
Who was your favorite player to coach at Michigan?
What was your favorite Big Ten win?
Who was the recruit that exceeded your expectations the most?
March 10th, 2023 at 12:55 AM ^
All Burke. Burke against KS. Burke POY. But Novak and Morgan were both under the radar guys that were awesome.
Will you please show up often enough to games so we can bring back the "Bee Line"?
For Coach B: Since he's never been an assistant, would he consider coming to Michigan as an assistant to Coach Howard? I don't know how hard it would be to make that transition but if anyone can do it it's Beilein.
For Livers: What's been the hardest part transitioning to the NBA? I've watched a lot of Pistons basketball this year and they're god awful but you can see the start of something blossoming and I believe Livers has a place there.
Sorry for the run on sentences.
Ask Isaiah if he's willing to come back next year. We'll change his name to, oh, I dunno, Kidneys. Yeah. And say he's older because he's been out of the country on a mission. Yeah, that's the ticket!
Coach B - who was your favorite glue guy? Or what does it mean to the team to have a energy guy like Zack Novak?
Someone ask Livers if he can ever stay healthy? Great player that can’t handle the weight and pounding on his body
Coach B, what is your favorite food after a big win?
For Livers: You don't happen to have a thing for older women, do you?
Asking for the MGoGirlfriend, who's been an ardent fan of "her Isaiah" since that last tournament run, when he was injured but was still cheering on his teammates from the bench. "That's leadership," she says, "and the fact that he's adorable doesn't hurt."
For Beilein: You don't happen to have a thing for older men, do you?
Asking for a friend
Considering the state of college basketball, and especially college basketball recruiting (NIL, etc), are their still two viable models to building sustainable winning programs--namely, (1) identify non-NBA types and develop skilled teams over time (lots of seniors, lots of in-program player development), versus (2) successfully recruit enough high-talent ("one-and-dones") and focus on year-to-year team-building (that is, get stars to play sufficiently as a team to win), with "player development" focusing on "preparing for the NBA"--or are one or both of these models no longer viable? Are there other models?
Can you confirm that the block was clean and so was the team?
March 10th, 2023 at 10:17 AM ^
For coach B - was the block clean?
For Livers - how many times have you re-enacted the inbounds pass to JP’s buzzer beater?