CC: Luke Yaklich
If UM misses on all the home run candidates why not just keep it in-house? He's basically a defensive version of John Beilein in that he started as a high school teacher and coach and has worked his way up to a college bench. He's our best recruiter, a tireless worker, an elite defensive tactician, young, understands Michigan, and would be relatively inexpensive so you could surround him with a great staff of assistants. He would also likely keep the current recruiting class in place and the same offensive and defensive systems. That's huge for continuity. His lack of head coaching experience at the college level concerns me but not enough to preclude him from being hired. It sounds like Beilein would like to take him with him to Cleveland, and if that happens it wouldn't surprise me if he gets on NBA head coaching radars once there. Thoughts?
Didn't we have this exact, or close to it, post yesterday?
Fucking stop.
Yes. Please ban this Maizen version again. Tired of these shit posts.
also, did you guys know that JB has never been an assistant coach and that Charles Matthews transferred from Kentucky?
thanks for the breaking news
And that Duncan Robinson was the first D3 blah, blah, blah
Lol what a brand new idea. Nobody has ever thought of that before
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I like starting threads because it makes me feel like I'm important
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I’m starting to believe that a lot of the users starting these post right now are trolls
I have been thinking the same thing...or Warde starting posts to try and see what people think about certain coaches. I hope its the former and not the latter.
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I hope our AD doesn't give a rat's ass about what we all think on this board about who to hire as our head basketball coach. That would be real cause for concern.
I mean if the argument is "If we don't get any of the guys we want we should hire someone we don't" then sure.
Joking aside, Yaklich might end up being a great coach. But we really don't know and that's not good enough to be Michigan's head coach. And no, he's not going to be on NBA head coach radars simply because a first year HC wants him as an assistant. There are tons of actual NBA assistants who haven't made it on HC radars.
Joking aside, Yaklich might end up being a great coach. But we really don't know and that's not good enough to be Michigan's head coach
But don’t we know? Top-3 defenses that resulted in two 30-win seasons. At the very least, the probability of him doing well at Michigan should be substantially higher than the Ed Cooleys, Mike Whites, Shaka Smarts, Porter Moses of the world. Which, after the guys who will never come here, that’s who you’re dealing with.
This is where I'm at. And when you factor in his age and recruiting ability what upside do these other guys have that Yaklich doesn't? Shaka for example has been recruiting lights out at Texas and can't even make the tournament half the time, let alone compete in the Big 12. Why would it be any different for him at Michigan.
Again - if you're already conceding that we won't get any of the real coaches, fine. But I don't think most of us are ready to move to Plan C just yet. And I don't think we should have to.
Who are the real coaches that we could get?
I would be happy with Yak if we can’t get any of the top guys. He is 1000 times better than most of the B retreads out there. And continuity should not be underestimated to build on Beilein’s structure.
There is world of difference between the 18 inches from the assistant coach's chair to the head coach's chair. It's not the same job. Not even close.
Could he be good? Yes. But absolutely nobody knows that (think of all the can't miss football coordinators who missed) and regardless there will be a lot of "growing into the job" with him. I find it hard to believe, even with the poor timing of Beilein's departure, that Michigan can't get better.
Yak yak yak
This is what I think of when I think of Yaklich: At Michigan, his 3rd- and 2nd-ranked defenses led Michigan to back-to-back 30-win seasons for the first time in program history and a Final Four appearance.
Head-coaching experience is a plus, but it’s not the end-all, be-all. What’s more important: Head-coaching experience or experience in winning at Michigan?
Add in his familiarity with the players, recruits, program, culture, etc., how sharp a mind he has, and how high his ceiling is, he’s a much better option than those who have had 1-2 successful seasons in their coaching career.
Outside of the guys who will never come here, any choice brings risk. Having a near guarantee of a top-10 defense year after year mitigates that risk substantially. Every other option below my Yak line would be a complete unknown on everything.
Exactly. It's like if Oklahoma football didn't hire Lincoln Riley because he didn't have any head coaching experience even though he was a lights out offensive coordinator. So Yaklich doesn't have a medicore head coaching record like these other tier 2 and 3 guys do, who freaking cares. What he does have is a defensive system that is elite, familiarity with the big ten and Michigan, recruiting chops, and the ability to have a seamless transition from Beilein. How many other candidates can say that?
Once again why do Michigan fans not think the Michigan job is a valuable job? And before anyone goes further when you suggest a guy who has barely been an assistant with no head coaching experience at the college level it says exactly what my first sentence states.
So, if Harbaugh had left after the 2017 season, would you have wanted Don Brown as the head coach just because he was a successful DC for two straight years?
...........Yes. Yes, in fact, I would.
I believe this is the point you are making but one can never be sure on the internet.
Seriously, who would have been available for Michigan after 2017? Looking at the name of coaches hired during that offseason, the only ones who jump off the page at me are Chip Kelly and Joe Moorhead. Don Brown would have been much better than most of the candidates out there, save for the “home-run hires,” kind of like Yaklich is now.
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Michigan under Beilein never had a defense rank better than 37th. Yaklich was given 100% control of the defense. In two years, Michigan’s defense ranked 3rd and 2nd and was the driving factor behind their back-to-back 30-win seasons. Plus, Michigan basketball doesn’t hold the same weight as Michigan football to attract the best candidates and, had Harbaugh left, Michigan could have done a lot worse than Brown.
And Beilein won before Yaklich! We have to stop making a defensive improvement for just 2 seasons sound like he’s worthy of a shrine outside Crisler. He’s a good coach but it’s laughable how some people are making him sound like a can’t miss and he’s the next Jay Wright. Ant Wright had it best, we know Yaklich can put together a good defense so why put more on his plate than you have to. Elevate Saddi in that case, and keep Yaklich as the de facto Defensive coordinator.
To make it a fairer analogy, you'd have to have Harbaugh's teams be terrible at defense for years, before Brown suddenly makes them nationally elite on that side of the ball - and Michigan has to reach the national title game.
Nope.
Want the home run.
Want the proven quantity.
Back-to-back top-3 defense’s that was the driving factor behind Michigan’s first back-to-back 30-win seasons in program history and a Final Four appearance is pretty proven.
As a defensive assistant. He needs to be able to recruit, we need him to be able to coach offense and attract big time assistants. He needs to be able to run the program. He is not at all proven.
Every other thread is this goof. Good lord stop.
Reminds me of someone else a few years back
These CC's make me yearn for Wolverine Devotee's UFR on the JV Cheerleading squad's performance at the women's basketball game.
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Which ex-poster is 1201?
MFrankly, that's an aMaizen question, for which I have at least Old98 possible answers.
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Very well done
Great coach for sure, but there's a difference between getting recruits as an assistant coach and as the head coach. Could get behind a Coach Howard though.
No offense, but I just don’t get this POV. Yaklich never being a head coach completely negates his top-3 defenses that were the driving force behind multiple 30-win seasons and his familiarity with the players, recruits, culture, opponents, etc., but Howard never being a head coach and never coaching in college at all doesn’t matter?