Yak Expected to Take Texas Offer
Well this sucks.
This aggression will not stand, man.
Did his wife tweet back denying it? One can hope right.
I think she owes that dude a $100.
She wasn't saying he definitely wouldn't end up somewhere else, just that they hadn't yet decided. But yeah, she and the fam will probably have more $100s that they do now.
No shit. I wonder if he'll tweet back at her, unless of course, he is blocked. The funny part is, people on the board wanted Yak back, but did Juwan?
I don't remember how vague Moss' prediction was but maybe I need to stop fucking with him.
No need to stop, Chalky. Stating that you know the outcome of a yes/no, A or B situation does not make you some kind of genius. It is literally like predicting a coin flip. Tweeting that Beilien will be taking the Cavs job when there has been zero talk of him leaving = impressive reporting. Tweeting that a coach who has just interviewed for a job will take the job = lame speculation.
Did you not read much of this thread, 4Roses? Moss was the first one to report the dollar figure of the Juwan contract that's been widely reported since. There is nothing coin flip about that.
His comment wasn't a prediction, though. He said it was decided and that he had a source. Amy Yak refuted that it was decided because I'm sure it wasn't decided. That didn't mean he wouldn't and up at Texas once it was decided, but it didn't make him correct at the time.
It's not that hard to make say something about a 50/50 thing and then claim you knew if you called heads correctly. Doesn't mean you knew, just means you took a guess and it turned out to flip your way.
Well this wont help with Jalen Wilson. Isnt Washington a little redundant coaching the bigs with Howard on board?
Saddi just coached bigs under Beilein. He coaches everything.
Oh ok. Would you consider Saddi a good recruiter? Wonder if Haynes stays?
He's the instate guy. He's responsible for Brandon Johns and David Dejulius so... yeah I'd say he's a good recruiter lol.
Honestly, I'm a big basketball fan but I dont follow who recruits who as much as I do in football. Doesnt seem like theres as much coverage of that and maybe that was Beileins choice. If he has ties to Michigan, hopefully he stays on then.
Saddi covers Michigan, Yaks' chop is in Chicago. Juwan gets name recognition in Michigan but is deeply rooted in Chicago.
Where does Haynes recruit? I know he primarily coaches the guards and Howard was looking at Tim Hardaway and Howard Eisley so I'm not sure where Haynes fits in there.
Better have Tim Hardaway to replace him . This sucks
I'm not worried.
Yak would've prolly only been here 1 more year and be gone.
Lets get the pain out of the way next year, when we will take a step back anyway.
Even when things go well, they don't go well for long. Best of luck to Yak on this new endeavor
My opinion:
I think pride/disappointment is blinding him...
Look at it from his perspective. If Beilein had remained at Michgian, Yaklich is probably 5-7 years away from becoming HC of Michigan - a historically top-15 program before turning 50. (He's 42 right now.) He was essentially de facto HCiW and was in the process of building an impressive resume as DC of M Basketball. Beilein's departure screwed him on that timeline.
After Beilein's unexpected departure, Yaklich interviewed for the Michigan HC job but was not promoted despite having a credible claim. (We can reasonably say the defense would have been elite year after year.)
But given the increasingly high stakes of big time athletics, ADs are less and less likely to promote internally. They like the comfort of hiring an established brand name HC with a stellar resume. But promoting Yaklich would not have been different from Michigan promoting Frieder's assistant Steve Fisher to HC or Sparty promoting Izzo to HC after Heathcote retired.
Manuel decided against this move and that probably bothers Yaklich a lot.
Not saying this is a poor take. It's a good take. I'll point out a couple things.
1. I think it inflates Yaklich's record/known abilities a bit.
2. I think it is a little insane to think that Yaklich was willing to wait around for 5-7 years for Beilein to retire. In fact, that is almost laughable. If Yak was Beilein's assistant for 5-7 more years, you'd have the same coaching search dilemma in hiring a guy that has not been a head coach in a very long time.
3. Sure, he probably is a bit upset he didn't get the job. But he seems rather pragmatic to me and he knows it was a bit of a long shot. If Beilein left early in the hiring season, Yak would not have been seriously considered.
I think it's quite the big jump to say that Yak is leaving bc he's bothered by Manuel's decision. He's leaving because he got a good offer and it will springboard to his next job, which will be as a head coach almost for sure.
So what about all that Jeff Moss is a liar stuff?
Mrs. Yaklich didn’t say they weren’t going to Texas, just that’s a decision had not been made
Maybe she should have just kept quiet if it was still on the table.
Yea no kiddin', goddamn women runnin they mouths, don't they know by how to stay in their places?!
/s for the daft.
She said it was on the table. "It's no secret that we have options", she said before informing Moss that no decision has yet been made and that he is full of shit.
He wants to be a head coach one day. They would have liked to stay here and their son is not happy about moving. But sometimes you have to do what you have to do. Good luck to the family and thanks for what you did here
Moss made a shot in the dark about a week ago. I doubt a decision had been made yet. You don't get credit for taking an educated guess about someone's life.
Do you honestly believe that nobody inside speaks to him and he just takes random guesses, hoping to get lucky? He was the first person to say the contract was 5 years, $10 million. Was that a lucky guess?
I get it. The guy isn't likeable. But somebody plugged in obviously talks to him. If you do some research you can come across something on the first year of this very blog and can make the connection for exactly who his source is. I'll say no more.
Do you honestly believe he knew more than Yak’s wife about her husband’s future?
I picture Yak coming home like, “Honey, I think I’m going to take the Texas job.”
And then she’s just like, “Shit. Well just wait a week to announce it.”
Please, get a new username.
No.
Do I honestly believe it is possible Yak's wife was engaging in falsehoods? Yes.
I'm sure he has "sources" in the sense that one or more people in the AD talk to him; people are human and want to feel important when they share information the public doesn't have access to. Hell, Gregggggggg Henson had "sources" at UM who knew stuff about the Harbaugh hire before others. Knowing a contract's terms that may well have been leaked beforehand? Sure. I'd assume a source at the AD would have access to paperwork. Of course, the contract wasn't necessarily a simple 5 yr/$10MM; it had accelerators and performance bonuses and buyouts and all that fun stuff (which he probably didn't know), but sure, in broad strokes he got that right. I'd assume nothing less of a source; I'm sure Brian had multiple connected people telling him the same thing. I would like to point out that had he reported the Beilein move earlier, that would have been a more impressive sign of his source's knowledge.
But do I think that Moss knew that Luke Yaklich had officially announced to UM his intentions to leave Michigan basically the day that Howard signed on? No. My guess is Yaklich was unhappy about not getting a HC gig and could read the tea leaves in terms of the type of coach Howard was. And Texas had already been sniffing around. He made an educated guess, which is something a lot of people had done already. But the ink wasn't yet dry on the contract and I'm assuming that Yaklich was grappling with the decision and wanted to talk to Howard first. Again, it's all playing the percentages; it's making logical deductions based on available information, but it's not knowing absolute truths as much as his sources saying "Yak seems pissed and is probably gone" and turning that into a tweet.
If you do some research you can come across something on the first year of this very blog and can make the connection for exactly who his source is. I'll say no more.
What is this, the Da Vinci Code? Either say what you know or don’t bother with this cryptic nonsense.
Go back in time. Grab all of the infinity stones. Snap your fingers. The source will appear. Profit.
I read on here that Michigan has control over who stayed as JH’s assistant coaches. If so, I hope Yak is taking less money at Texas and just wanted a fresh start.
If the above was ever the case Juwan Howard isn't the right coach. You don't hire a guy then say "We are going to pick your assistants" That was laughable to even assume was true.
The podcast says UM offered 2 years at 500k, Texas offer 350k.
"sources" = Moss??
no modifier, e.g. inside sources, athletic dept. sources, boosters, someone close to the program, to Yakich's agent,
some guy I follow on twitter
????
If those figures are true (who knows?) then he left because he was butt hurt. Not wise.
Oh well. Best of luck to him. Hope he doesn’t move down there and have to find another job after one season. Smart has got to be on his last leg.
He would probably be on the short list to get the job in that case. Wildcard bitches!!
Yes because it's so common to promote an assistant to full time head coach after the previous guy got fired.
Well, to be fair, Yak WAS on the UM shortlist.
Questionable decision to take the Texas offer when Shaka will probably be fired in a year, but it's his life. Good luck Yak.
Time to get this new era underway with Howard. I take it Washington and Haynes are staying with a new assistant?
Texas will owe Smart a buyout over $10M if they fire him after next season. That's a massive amount in CBB, not likely to happen.
Texas sneezes $10M.
For football yes, for basketball ehhh...