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Yeah, our basketball program is going to be fine.  Beilein turned this program into a power and there is no reason to suspect that his successor will not have continued success.  I have to be honest, I think our fan-base is being a little soft right now.  He was a fantastic coach but we are an established high level program with a lot of talent, great facilities, recent history to build upon.  This is unexpected, and it will take some getting used to, but I expect us to still compete for championships and think that our program will keep humming.

This is right from Woj's article today:

In recent years, he has become increasingly frustrated with the nature of college basketball recruiting and the retention of top players.

I get it. Everyone in college basketball is cheating and the guys he does bring in that he develops into NBA talent all leaves early anyway. Gotta be super frustrating for him 

If this was a big factor in him leaving, obviously not all, then come out and say that at his Cleveland presser.  He aint coming back to NCAA so who gives a shit about the lame coaching circle jerk that protects all this cheating ...go out blazing, call out the fucked system for what it is.

I totally agree with this....   and aside, I could see him having a Max Cherry moment in the film Jackie Brown, where he is sitting in the recruits house in the middle of nowhere, and know hes gonna lose him to a moneybag, and reflects...

Yaklich should be the hire.  Dude can elite recruit, and the dude can elite coach defense, too.

"recent events, the LSU & AZ coaches not being fired, et al., can only confirm that it will get worse before it gets better in the NCAA."

Yes, and yet I'd still rather have a clean coach with perhaps a lower ceiling than a Pitino type greaseball.  Hopefully we don't have to choose between wins and integrity, but that's why Beilein was so rare.

I thought the same thing when I first saw the news--Beilein is tired of the corruption and cheating in college basketball.  I think it was after the Big Ten Championship (maybe before) when he said it was nice to compete for a championship with another clean program (MSU--which... I would rather have my school pay players under the table than allow rapes).

Seeing the LSU and Arizona coaches exposed on FBI wiretap and still coaching at their schools, losing recruits to schools you know are cheating.  I can understand wanting to coach in a situation where everything was fair/above board.

Or he thinks Morant in his system would murder the league. 

Things can change quickly though.  He'll know tomorrow night if they can get Zion Williamson, for example.

On top of it, if you look at his offense (simplistically), there's a lot of spacing, ball movement, high pick and rolls, resulting in guys jacking up open threes.  

That's what I've been seeing in the NBA playoffs for the past few weeks. His offense will translate well.

I can't wish the guy anything but the best.  He's done too much for the program.  The distress is solely from knowing that we are not likely to get a replacement who is nearly as good.

also a lot easier to draft/sign players for your system than recruit against the bagmen.

Easy. CBB is corrupt at most places. Thanks NCAA.

I had that thought too. If he wants to get closer to home (if he still calls WNY home), then this is the closest american NBA team. Only about 3 hours from Buffalo. OTOH, Ann Arbor is only like 5 from Buffalo if you drive thru Ontario so it's not like he was coaching in New Mexico either