If Beilein wants to return to college. A crazy thought I have, NW and beilein would be really good fits for one another. Beilein loves challenges, keeps him in the midwest, seems like a guy that would hate the politics and fish bowl environment at iu, and he truly enjoys coaching at high academic schools.
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Bye Shaka, hello Beilein?
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Thatās actually not a bad guess.
Beilein, Yaklich, Bacari Alexander and Billy Donlon lead Northwestern to a National Runner-Up in 2023 and then he leaves to become the head coach of the Sacramento Kings
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As long as itās not a B1G school
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Dang I set the o/U at 1.5 seasons and the under will hit easily!
Gotta hope Archie Miller gets Indiana into the tourney. I donāt want to see them can him and go after Beilein. Thatās one place I could see him land, if he is parting ways with the Cavs. He recruited Indiana and Ohio a bit better than Michigan.
For as smart as Beilein is, I just never understood why he took that job. There was zero chance of success.
How it all ended was just completely baffling from sending a text to the Athletic Director and the Athletic Director never even responding.
How did he not see this?
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It was ultimately just kind of a pride thing. Or a curiosity thing. Not sure which one was better or worse. The Cavs are an awful franchise and it had a very low chance of working out. Iām guessing he was honestly a little ignorant to just how poorly run it is.
He wanted a chance to coach the best players in the world. I hate it didnāt work out cause I feel like I know him personally
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There was way too much evidence that the Cavs without Lebron are the biggest joke of an organization.
The owner is a complete moron as well.
All this was visible.
Hate that a man this smart made a decision this awful.
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Michigan really should have been his last job. Heās in his late 60s, had a bypass operation a couple years back, and he runs a complex offensive system that takes a couple of years to fully implement. Cleveland was a train wreck but JB has always been a guy to tear down the existing foundation and build it back up, causing him to start slowly. Heās not a hired gun who can step in and win right away. If he takes another job, I donāt think it will go well, at least not in the first couple of years, and by that point heāll be pushing 70.
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Itāll be interesting to see what happens, but I certainly donāt want to see him back in the Big Ten.
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If he comes back, I would love to see him at UCLA. He is welcome to build a powerhouse out west and reestablish their power while Michigan largely not having to deal with it much
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By the time that job opens up again, he will be in his 70s so itās pretty unlikely. By that time he will either be officially retired or be at another school.
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You think Cronin is pretty secure there? That wasnāt my impression
In the words of Michigan State Spartans coaching legend Mark Dantonio, āpride comes before the fallā
Wouldnāt Texas be a reasonable guess? Nice job that should be open soon. And hell even Yak is already there (though heāll be a HC soon)
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This was a bad fit for so many reasons. Never made much sense to me.
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I donāt know what kind of job would be a good fit. I just canāt really see him at a program like Texas. Just seems like a weird fit. He usually goes to rebuilding projects, but maybe he thinks he only has 4 years left so he should go big. Northwestern honestly makes the most sense out of what Iāve heard but I donāt think heās want to coach against Michiganā¦ or maybe Iām naive.
From my extremely selfish point of view I hope he retires. And it sounds like itās been an incredibly tough few months so maybe he will. I certainly donāt think he ever planned on coaching in college again
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Cronin is in year one
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