Think about who our starters play against in practice every day. We has subs!
I listened to coach B at the presser. He says they will practice this week as if they had lost.
January 26th, 2014 at 9:35 AM ^
January 26th, 2014 at 9:39 AM ^
YES! And it was CRAZY!!!!
January 26th, 2014 at 9:44 AM ^
He didn't sound super thrilled about our ability to regularly challenge his teams.
Go Blue!
January 26th, 2014 at 1:30 PM ^
Maybe the injuries are karmic justice for him running up the score on our hapless Ellerbe/Amaker teams.
January 26th, 2014 at 9:45 AM ^
5...5 players...5 players who are subs who can play at any time...any any any...Michigan still going strong.
January 26th, 2014 at 9:51 AM ^
"We had Subs. It was..........."
January 26th, 2014 at 9:53 AM ^
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January 26th, 2014 at 5:49 PM ^
January 26th, 2014 at 10:27 AM ^
If I ever meet you, I'm going to wear that shirt just for you.
January 26th, 2014 at 1:28 PM ^
Nothing Beilein says gets old. A dispenser of timeless wisdom is he.
January 26th, 2014 at 2:48 PM ^
January 26th, 2014 at 10:06 AM ^
UMHoops covered the presser here, if anyone is interested (LINK)
Regarding his message to players, here's how he actually put it (there is more to this quote, but this is the more relevant portion for the OP's statement):
"We just want our guys to approach each game individually. Just win that game. So we’ll just go back into that approach. I guarantee we’ll have two days of practice like we lost this game. We’ll get better.”
January 26th, 2014 at 10:57 AM ^
January 26th, 2014 at 12:59 PM ^
This team is eight deep. It doesn't mean they can't play 5-on-5 in practice, but right now there are eight players who can be trusted to play with no appreciable drop in quality. Hopefully, "Eight is Enough."
January 26th, 2014 at 1:47 PM ^
Sadly, only about 15% of the Mgoblog community will get that joke. Also sadly, I'm not getting any younger.
January 26th, 2014 at 2:35 PM ^
janu-any any!
January 26th, 2014 at 3:03 PM ^
I always felt that very thing is what helped Spike develop fast last year. When your going against a NBA lottery draft pick, all american, and player of the year in practice every day, you're gonna get better.
Competition breeds greatness.
January 26th, 2014 at 3:19 PM ^
January 26th, 2014 at 7:30 PM ^
Michigan State did expose a defensive strategy on us that could work - which is packing the lane and forcing us to shoot deep triples. We didn't get a lot of the same mid range open jumper looks we were seeing against Iowa and Wisconsin (part of that I'm sure aided by their ability to be extremely physical with us without being called for it) and were much more reliant on having to shoot threes. I'm curious to see how many other teams will try this against us as it seemed to be really effective for the most part.
But the thing that is more meaningful to me is I have so much confidence in Beilein. These players get better every year. I hear people talk about how he finds recruits that fit his system but honestly you don't think there isn't a coach in the country that wouldn't want Burke, Hardaway, Robinson, Stauskas, and McGary? He finds recruits that are undervalued, coachable and he TEACHES them. How to run the pick and roll, how to come off a ball screen, how to run the curl effectively but most importantly the proper form when you shoot. If you look at how our shooters shoot, their form is exceptional. Credit for that goes to the assistants as well, but I just have so much confidence in this team and their coach that I find myself basking in how exceptional this has all become.
I think we should just sit back and marvel at how good these players have become. More importantly is there anyone that doesn't have confidence in our coaching staff perpetually finding not only the right type of players, but coaching them up to be great? That in and of itself...is amazing.
January 26th, 2014 at 7:36 PM ^
Play to your potential!