Maybe we should give Amaker a 2nd chance. Shaka’s record at Texas after 4 years is not much better than Amaker’s done here, considering the rebuilding job Amaker has to do.
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I hope that the hot name tomorrow will be Prohm.
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I take Yaklich over Shaka. Not the other two you mentioned. Shaka’s entire reputation is staked on one tournament run (see Porter Moser).
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Of course you want the right coach. But an outsider is a gamble too. Some guys are a bad fit. Texas thought it hit a home run with Smart and now their fans want him gone. With Yak you don’t have to worry about whether he likes it here or can fit in with the roster/recruits.
I mean obviously if you can get a home run like Donovan you hire him. But it’s tough to get an accomplished guy.
The notion that Smart’s reputation is based off of one run is false. VCU went to the tournament 6 straight years under his watch and had a few pretty high seeds thrown in there. I will be the first to admit that things haven’t gone according to plan at Texas. But lets have some perspective here. He is still a young coach and the Texas job was his first power 5 opportunity. That is a huge jump up from VCU and I think it is wrong to judge him at 42 years old based off some struggles at Texas (Some of which is not his fault at all, see injuries and early entries). Smart is not my first choice but if we got him I would feel confident that we will recruit well and I would feel confident that he could keep the program moving in a positive direction in general which is a different from what he had to do at Texas.
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Day 1: Porter Moser
Day 2: Juwan Howard
Day 3: Shaka Smart
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Who we got for day four? Prohm has to be due, no? Or will it be all in on Cooley?
VCU has two successful coaches before Smart. It’s not like he built that program. Not that he would have to do that here, but I’m just not impressed with a guy taking over a quality program in a bad conference and continuing success.
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Yep. His success at VCU was solid, but it wasn’t some amazing herculean task… And there’s zero excuse for how poorly he has coached at Texas. He would probably get much worst talent at Michigan than he did at Texas, what would we expect to happen?
Wierd world where M would pay more for Nate Oates than John Beilein!
I in no way want to hire Smart, but curious why the talent he would get a Michigan would probably be “much worse”?
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He’s pulled in elite classes literally every year, which is probably impossible at Michigan. Texas is a much better recruiting ground as well.
Apparently there is some info that Manuel didn’t talk to Beilein for 11 days after Beilein said he is gonna talk to NBA teams.
So yeah ReegsShannon is right that Warde is bad at this job.
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im still dreaming all of this is an elaborate goose chase where wright, bennett or stevens is secretly being acquired and all these other names are a coordinated smoke screen from the AD to michigan media community to make sure we fans dont blow it
a boy can dream
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I am also dreaming this
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I am very mad at myself for dreaming this nonsense
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I am hoping this is over soon so we can all turn focus to football and get a mental break from this wildly disappointing offseason
(Seriously, no matter the outcome, I think we all need a break)
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Absolutely ridiculous that another AD was on vacation during a major time.
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lol warde must not be a savvy dater, classic rookie mistake
Clearly football has more importance to Warde than basketball if that is all the communication he had with Beilein. Disappointing to me, but fits the stereotype that Michigan is a football school first and foremost.
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I don’t expect Michigan to be one of those stories you hear about the school denying permissions or refusing to negotiate buyouts. Doesn’t seem to be a sustainable or wise strategy to try to trap good people in their jobs. But there’s surely a happy medium between that and the Martin-on-a-sailboat strategy. Show the guy some love. The no-buyout-in-the-contract thing also suggests the same hands-off approach when some degree of the opposite might be good. I dunno for sure about this stuff – maybe there are reasons it all makes sense that aren’t common knowledge. A layman’s perspective though suggests good reason to be disappointed in Manuel.
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