It won’t, but it would be nice if his walking away from guaranteed money could shift the tone of the narrative from Beilein getting fired to Beilein proactively making a choice to move on.
I truly believe Coach B is the most honest and ethical coach in America. This sounds exactly like what JB would do. Having said that, there is no way he should (in my humble opinion) be walking away without getting paid at least part of what his contract calls for him to be paid. There is literally no one in America who would not expect a buy out of some sort. I truly believe, though, if everything we are reading is true, that Coach B is looking back and saying, “What, on earth did I do?” “I left a great university and a great situation for this?”
Again, and this is just me, just a fan, just a guy who appreciates everything Coach B brought to our basketball program, and having seen a lot over the years, and knowing what he could bring in the future in terms of character and integrity, I would love to see our university ask him to come back in some administrative capacity. And you know what, I’ll bet Juwan would welcome him back in an administrative role, too!
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Tournament success is only part of the picture and the 17-18 run had a lot of luck involved with avoiding playing many of the top seeds on our side of the bracket. Consistently winning conference championships is more reflective of how dominant a program is IMO.
I wish I was a fly on that wall, but hard to believe Coach B is giving up. If he feels he can turn the program around in a reasonable time frame yet he is being shown the door why on earth would he or anyone take less than what was negotiated at time of hiring?
Boston College being mentioned as a potential landing spot. That could make some sense too.
Yeah, I’ve thought about this a lot over the last few days, and, yep, I’m pretty sure he won’t be able to give it up. It’s who he is. But I’m a little selfish in wanting him around our athletic department. There just isn’t enough honesty and integrity in the world anymore and John Beilein has a whole bunch of it! That’s a valuable commodity!
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All true, but Josh Christopher is one year guaranteed. Nik Stauskas has a much higher expected tenure but (turns out) much higher variance.
Plus it’s not two years of Stauskus vs one year of Christopher.
It’s two years of Stauskus vs one year of Christopher + one year of his replacement.
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Who is also likely to be a 5* if trend continues.
That’s tough for Howard Eisley if true. Sounds like he had his eye on the job as an alum but it would be really hard to turn down JB in that situation
“Likely”? Adding more letters to post
Woj bomb
Opposing teams realized early that Beilein had scrapped his offense shortly into the season and retreated to more traditional NBA sets.
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That’s one of the biggest mysteries of this whole thing.
And the most tragic part. His principles are everything.
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What a wild 9 months for JB
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Not that mysterious. Reading the tea leaves of the Cavs players pissing and moaning about his coaching style, it’s not surprising he tried something like that. Unfortunately, he was coaching a clown car of a roster so nothing he tried was going to matter.
I’d enjoy it if the Cavs lost every game for the rest of the season.
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Only fuels my athletic hate for the state of Ohio.
Doubt the 100% real story will ever come out, but it had to be completely fucked up there for Coach B to only last half a season.
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I hate the Warriors. Hate. And I’m still pissed that they choked away a title to Cleveland because I hate the latter that much more. Yes I’m salty that one of the worst professional franchises out there had a once in a generation superstar happen to be born close by.
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