Awwwwwwww hell. Why John? 

I honestly don't understand these moves, but I'm not a major college coach. 

It just seems that if he stays he still makes bank, and has tons of job security and tons of respect; vs. going to a pro team.

Then again.... the way most college fanbases are, maybe it just gets old listening to the bull crap. 

This quote from ESPN:  

Beilein has run model programs in the college, free of scandal and impropriety. In recent years, he's become increasingly frustrated with the nature of college basketball recruiting and the retention of top players. The impending loss of freshman Ignas Brazdiekis with Charles Matthews and Jordan Poole to the NBA draft dented what might have been a national championship contender.

That pretty much sums it up for me as well... I was just about quit of College Football and Basketball during the NCAA tournament and I'm more quit now... I love U of M, but fuck all of this.

I hate this.

Like, my Monday morning productivity was always low because me and coworkers had to talk Thrones, but this...well there goes my whole day at least.

i eagerly await the reheated "pitino pitino pitino" bullshit we heard the last time around.  he's available, ya know.

This is the worst. Just the stinkingest worst.

This is not awesome, we will not have subs....

Coach B deserves a chance to test his mettle against NBA and try out some fun ideas. But like others have said, there had to have been better options there. Nevertheless, this has to be a 3-and-done retirement move at some level.

Thank you to Coach B for making this a relevant sports school during the dark post-Lloyd days.

Hopefully we can fall forward into an even better coach.

Go get Brad Stevens.

I would have respected this move a lot more if he wouldve taken the Pistons job last year instead of this job. Detroit actually has some pieces to work with. And yes, he respectfully turned the position down and so Casey was named HC.

But, I thank JB for all he has done for the basketball program. Wonderful man and a great leader, but, this is still a very dumb move.

Next HC? Are we sold on Yaklich? He’s never been more than assistant at the college level. Saddi Washington stepped in when Beilein was ejected. Wojo at Marquette? Dawkins at UCF? No mid majors guys pop out at the moment. Steal Oats from Bama?

Best of luck coach.

*criesinthecorner*

Well shit.

I bet if he is being honest the way the college game has changed from a handful of one-and-done's to "anyone that might be drafted eventually leaves right now" probably is frustrating to a pure coach like Beilein. I wish him all the best... but I doubt that the prima donnas in the NBA are going to listen to him.

Went to a couple NBA games this year. It is just the ugliest basketball imaginable - completely contrary to Beilein's offensive style to date.  On the other hand he has always been willing to adapt his style and learn and improve himself - from the 1-3-1 gimicky defense to the defensive changes he has made recently, etc.

But in summary, Fuck Ohio.

Thanks Coach, and good luck in the NBA. 

Also people who are giving him a hard time for this choice are dumb. 

My honest opinion is he was just sick of it.  Sick of losing out on recruits because of bag men.  Sick of losing to coaches in the tournament who cheat their fucking balls off, cover up actual crimes, and nothing ever happens to them.

Hire his son and keep Yak.  This would be ideal, I think. 

This has to be an April Fools joke, right? Right?!?

It's been 51 years and six coaches since the last time the Michigan head basketball coach retired voluntarily at Michigan: Dave Strack in 1968.

Orr: left for Iowa State

Frieder: left for ASU

Fisher: fired

Ellerbe: fired

Amaker: fired

Beilein: leaves for NBA

And Strack didn't even retire completely at Michigan: he was associate AD at Michigan after he retired from coaching, but left in 1972 to become AD at Arizona.

This hurts.  This REALLY, REALLY, REALLY hurts. 

I don't think I'll see a sadder tweet this whole year...

This is why we can't have nice things.

DAAAAAMMMMMMITTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I guess we are a football school again...

Good luck coach. The NBA is tough but he’ll get some sweet paychecks. I think he will probably be successful while he’s there. 

Stunned for sure. He is a class act so I'm hoping this opens a chance for Yaklich or one of the assistants to take over.

But for John, he's taking an absolutely crap job. The Cavs are awful and have little chance of being any better next year. I imagine Kevin Love is happy, and Colin Sexton better be up for it. The rest of the roster is contracts up after John's first season. So he'll have whatever high draft pick they get next year and another high pick the following year after they suck again this year.

This makes me very sad, a great man who made great players and young men.  But he was here a long time and did great work.  Take the money and run to retirement Coach B!

This really sucks. Beilein was perfect for Michigan. One of the only people that could rebuild Michigan basketball and absolutely, 100%, no question, do it the right way. He brought exciting offenses to Michigan, and when that wasn't enough, brought exciting defense too. He was a fantastic ambassador for the school, and for that, I will always appreciate him. I just really wished he could have retired a Wolverine.

All that said, this seems like an awful fit. There isn't an owner I dislike more than Gilbert. I hope Beilein has a say in managing the roster, but transitioning from college to NBA as a coach alone is hard enough (let alone doing it from an identification standpoint). The NBA is so cutthroat too, that many times you're drafting the next guy's player. And there are lots of great NBA minds that go bust because in the end, the most important thing in the NBA, even more than college, is the roster. There are a select few great talents that make everything tick, a few well built teams, and otherwise you should be tanking to try to get to that point. The Cavs are in no position now to get to that point in the near term, which puts Beilein in a bad spot.

Beilein has great offensive chops. But those are largely limited at the NBA level. It's not like he's head and shoulders above his competition, a lot of them are doing the same things (so again, it's roster). On defense, fine, he learned he had to hire someone for that. Now he has to find a great defensive coordinator, but at the NBA level, where he has no experience and fewer connections than most. None of this makes any sense from a Cavs standpoint. There is too much risk, and in the end, extremely little upside with an old, forever-college coach. I get it a little from Beilein's perspective, it's a new challenge, it's away from all the recruiting BS and players leaving early, he went from the bottom to the top, always a head coach. But even that, I only understand a little. From the Cavs standpoint, this seems like an awful hire. You're better off swinging for a young, NBA guy that you might get lucky off.

Not a promising assessment by Beilein of this team’s championship potential. That rubs.

Met him randomly on a flight after last year’s NC loss. Said the team was “blessed” to have made it that far.

This decision seems like a Poole step back 3, but best of luck to him.

Let the Pitino era begin! Dad, not Junior. /s  Poole probably may wish he'd stayed now if there's a more wide open offense with a new coach.