Jaylen Brown To Cal
Uh, okay?
Jaylen Brown tells Scout that he has committed to California. Story coming.
— Evan Daniels (@EvanDaniels) May 2, 2015 The lesson, as always, is that Tennessee is bad at having college sports. It would have been real, real nice to grab Brown but Michigan is still looking at a very deep roster that should see them have a nice 2015-16. C'est la vie.
Not to mention, he had the supposed advantage of being an adidas school in his back pocket.
Im fine with it, since Michigan will most likely never see the kid, so best of luck to him, wish he had picked Michigan, but if I have learned anything over my 29 year Michigan fanhood it's that Michigan doesn't get breaks, we are the home of the never ending dong punch.
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I love Beilein and I love Michigan Basketball, but I yearn for the day when we are good at football again.
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FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
We got it way too good for me to worry about this dude. Gotta keep livin' man, L-I-V-I-N.
At this point it's hard to deny Beilein's staff struggles to pull in elite recruits. McGary is really the lone exception
How many 5-star recruits from out of state do you expect Michigan to pull in? We're not Kentucky, Duke, Kansas or Arizona. People's expectations are ridiculous. We're a top 15 (at best) program and we recruit at (sometimes above - McGary) that level. The fact that we had a shot at one of the best players in the nation who was from Georgia is itself a testament to Beilein's recruiting avility.
I love Beileins basketball IQ, and his integrity. But for some reasons all these players are not buying what he's selling.
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Err... double post. See below.
I am so sick of reading the reason Beilein can't land elite recruits is because "we aren't Kentucky, Duke, or Kansas". It's an excuse Michigan try to believe to mask over the fact that Beilein has struck out on every single top 10 players except McGary.
It's not an excuse. It's about realistic expections. Michigan is a cold-weather state. We don't have bagmen to help. The support of the basketball program, historically, has been sub-elite (really, below par). In players lifetimes, we've had 2-3 years of top ten basketball. We made 1 final four. We aren't elite. We didn't make the tourney this year. Or the NIT. Sorry, but when you compare that to Duke, it's miraculous Beilein is able to get into the final stages with many of these elite recruits.
You can't just say "This is Michigan" and therefore we accept nothing but the best. I mean, you can say that, but you're not living with realistic expectation and you're going to be disappointed more often than not.
Competitively in the last 6 years, sure. However, they made every tournament from 1985 to 2009. During that time period, we went 10 years without making the tournament.
Arizona is a basketball-first school. Their games are always sold out and they know basketball down there. Their fans have very high hoops-IQ and create one of the best playing atmospheres in the country. Throw in the great weather and I see Arizona as a top-10 program. Maybe not top 5, but top 10. Whereas, I think we're now getting back to top-20.
If you define it by production, you are wrong. Beilein has how many NBA guys to his credit? Beilein has a National Player of the Year and a Big Ten Player of the Year to his credit as well.
In hindsight, a lot of Beilein's recruits have really been 5 stars. Dawkins, LeVert, Stauskas, Burke, Morris, etc. are all guys that have exceeded expectations significantly. He is getting the talent he needs to win championships. That's elite.
Cheer up.
Look at the football team. We got Jake Rudock...a legitimate top half B1G starting QB. We got Lyons. We got an Australian Punter. We will finally see Peppers. We return A LOT of talent. We got Harbaugh and a top notch coaching staff.
LOL
So I don't know, I don't feel that bad. I was ready to bitch about bagmen and corrupt college sports rabble rabble rabble.
Berkeley is an awesome place, gorgeous weather, the SF Bay area is one of the most desirable places in the US to live (maybe you'd rather be accessible to Detroit, so to each their own, but most people given a choice would rather hang in SF), and the school is considered the top "Public Ivy" (though budget cuts to the UC system have been savage, that matters less if you're not paying tuition). Surprised folks are having this much trouble understanding why a kid might want to go to school there for a couple of years playing on a team without Michigan's depth,esp. at wing.
Good luck to the kid, and Michigan is in great shape with kids who know the system.
I'm a Cal grad, live in the bay area, but a diehard Michigan fan and have been dreaming of Brown in Ann Arbor for a couple months now. I've been upset since I saw the news and have had to field texts from buddies giving me crap about the commit.
But enough with the negativity towards Brown and Coach B. Cal has had some good bball teams and good players including Jason Kidd, Kevin Johnson, Ryan Anderson.
From what I can see this kid has got his head on straight and will be a great success - my guess is that the relationship with Rabb along with the academics, weather, and living near SF were the difference. It's all speculation though.. I just hate to see the sour grapes from some of the fans who are suggesting he got paid or is stupid for this decision.
Let's not go after Coach Beilein either. the man has been a Godsend and obviously has built this program up from scratch. Without the injuries to McGary and Levert in the past couple of years, our program would have been even more successful and we would've likely landed some more 4-5 stars.
Regardless, I expect both Michigan and Cal to be in the top 20 next year and it would be fun to face them in the tourney. Until then, I can't wait to see the Coach B do his magic and see the unbelievable development in our guys over the summer. Go Blue!
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Do you really think a kid like JB, or any elite one and done, picks a school for the academics? This kid will stop going to class as soon as Cal is eliminated from March Madness next spring. He might earn nine credits from Cal before he drops out.
there's a lot of pride in going to a top academic school.
now, whether or not it means anything at all, now that is a different question.
We need to stop complaining every time a recruit doesn't go our way, it's embarassing. The only thing worse is the accusations that other schools are bribing recruits, as if the recruits would never go somewhere else except for bribes. Talk about arrogance to the extreme
Stupid fans/alumni having pride in their school. What's wrong with us?
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We . . . we . . . we just don't understand.
We thought we had something special between us, Jaylen.
Oh, no. You don't just walk away from us like that.
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