Fire Beilein Snowflake thread

The harsh words and hysterical overreaction (not to mention the shots at Warde, who is in year one of the job) undermine a lot of the argument for Beilein's dismissal here, in my opinion. I understand this is the Fire Beilein snowflake thread, but the hyperbole is just over the top. Makes me wonder how rational this really is.

Don't get me wrong, I'm open to arguments about why a coach should be fired in the first season his team missed the tournament after a reasonably successful run of tournament appearances, including a fair number of wins and, you know, some incredible deep runs. 

But people who suggest that he has no idea what he's doing genuinely mysify me. It's possible to know what you're doing and still need to be let go. The idea that Beilein, who is a brilliant offensive mind (and, it should be said, whose offense is statistically perfectly fine this year) doesn't have a clue about basketball offense is hogwash.

One could argue that this player mix makes the offense too high variance without someone that can reliably drive and score in the paint (Beilein certainly deserves criticism for the personnel that have come through since the FF run). One can certainly argue that his defensive work has been bad, or that he isn't adjusting to modern basketball theory on how he rotates players, or that he doesn't coach his players to be tough enough.

The anger and the rage feels good, but it makes for poor arguments. I appreciate the more level-headed voices. Their suggestion that a change needs to be seriously considered after the season are far more persuasive than hysterical flaming.

"So lucky."

So Beilein really has no idea what he's doing, he just got lucky? Isn't it possible that his philosophy and coaching were fine, but that he struck out and/or failed to develop the next class of talent? This is what some of us "not so fast" people mean. Not that Beilein needs another three-year contract, but that people are acting like two consecutive deep NCAA tournament runs were a mistake because Michigan isn't that good anymore.

C'mon.

Irvin was Mr. Basketball in Indiana, and Walton looked like a future star his freshman year (I laughed darkly watching the MSU game when the announcers talked about his great game at MSU his freshman year, because that was pretty much the highlight of his career). 

Both recruiting and development since then have been a disaster. Tellingly, guys in the program have regressed or stayed stagnant. Walton is good, but not a worldbeater--if you had told me that Walton would start a full season as a senior, I'd expect Michigan to compete for the B1G title. Aubrey Dawkins (remember him?) looked set to break out last season, and instead was a mess. Kam Chatman hit one shot of any significance in two years despite being a top 50 recruit. 

Oddly, this doesn't necessarily apply to Irvin, who has grown every season and would be a perfectly acceptable success story... if he weren't expected to be the primary offensive option for the team. He should be a complementary piece, but there is no Burke/Stauskas alpha to his beta.

I don't think that asking "how did he manage Burke/Stauskas/THJ/GRIII/McGary" is a productive question. He did it. He did a lot of stuff right. 

It's more productive to ask if he is still doing that stuff right, and the answer is, apparently not.

Unless you want to bet against Harbaugh - a man that wins everywhere and just recruited two straight top 5 classes. The past decade was indeed brutal though.

Basketball is on a steep decline and it's sad...Beilein is a good man, just can't recruit with the big boys.

I don't know enough abou the other sports except that they are not winning.