All the Buzz Has Bacari Alexander Going to U-D

Submitted by BursleyHall82 on

This was partially covered in the post yesterday about Ray McCallum being canned, but all the buzz today has Bacari Alexander (a U-D alum) as the lead candidate to replace him. Any thoughts on who we get to replace him if that happens?

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BursleyBaitsBus

April 2nd, 2016 at 3:24 PM ^

Maybe Bacari would be more successful if his head coach didn't run a semi-gimmick all or nothing offense that barely utilizes big men for what they want to do... 

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Space Coyote

April 2nd, 2016 at 3:34 PM ^

This is like calling the spread a semi gimmick. Just because Beilein doesn't utilize a lot of back to the basket offense or mid-post face ups doesn't make it a gimmick. Depending who you talk to it may even be better. And Beilein still runs one of the most successful and consistently successful offenses in the country and has for years now. That doesn't happen with a semi gimmick. Call it unfriendly to post players if you want (they still need to be able to finish in the post and the pick and roll is fundamental to the offense) but please don't call it a semi gimmick

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Muttley

April 2nd, 2016 at 11:40 PM ^

is that guys like GR3 who want to play the 3 get pushed to the 4, which is hurting us in getting more guys like GR3.

It sure hasn't hurt non-elite recruits like Hardaway, Burke, Stauskas. and soon LeVert (if he can stay healthy) get to the NBA.

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rainingmaize

April 2nd, 2016 at 4:43 PM ^

They already have a talented roster, including a potential NBA player (that's if Patrick Bass gets his head out of his a** and grows up). But they are very limited due to the fact they are a private school with declining enrollment, attendence, and facilities).

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LSAClassOf2000

April 2nd, 2016 at 2:21 PM ^

Yeah, he was only out of work about a week before the UCF job came along, as I recall, but although I think a few people threw that name out there as a potential assistant when he was first canned by Stanford, it was a longshot at best - no, it was wholly unrealistic really. It didn't seem like he'd take the step down to being an assistant, and but more to the point, it will be interesting to see what he can do with UCF's program.

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JBE

April 2nd, 2016 at 1:43 PM ^

Not long ago Bacari was beloved on this blog. Shows how fickle fans can be after one season of not making the tournament a couple years ago.

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rainingmaize

April 2nd, 2016 at 4:55 PM ^

Talent doesn't develop on its own. Look at LSU, they have 2-3 NBA draft picks including a top 2 pick, and they got worse as the season went on. Remember Jaylen Brown, he was awful by the end of the season. Don't even get me started on Ben Howland. Do you think Stauskas magically blew up his sophomore year on his own? No, it was a combination of S&C, coaching, and hard work.

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BroadneckBlue21

April 3rd, 2016 at 10:20 AM ^

McGary didn't figure it out on his own, and he credited Bacari for teaching him things. Michael Jordan didn't just figure it out on his own one day. He learned how to lead from Jackson. McGary finally figured out what coaches were teaching him, and his talent shined. Your view ignores the huge fact that most talent, in any field, needs teachers to help hone skills.

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April 2nd, 2016 at 4:34 PM ^

Can't wait until you're part of the horde of posters calling for Harbaugh's head and condemning his "gimmick weird tactics and behavior" when he only wins 8 games one year. What is wrong with you people? Does nobody remember how good these teams have been? There's been one bad team and one mediocre team in the better part of the last decade, and this somehow indicates that the coaches are terrible at their jobs and running a gimmick offense?

Come on. Beliein has his flaws. So does Calipari. So does Harbaugh. Doesn't mean Belein should be fired or that his assistants have somehow accomplished nothing. 

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bacon1431

April 2nd, 2016 at 5:06 PM ^

Using a single elimination as a measurement tool is pretty silly. Anything can happen. Heck, we could have easily gone to the Elite 8 this year had we beat ND. Does that mean we were really all that better over the course of the season? Not really. Was our 11-12 season a failure because we lost to Ohio in the first round? No, we won a share of the conference title. And we probably won't beat MSU next year (at least at the Breslin) because they're gonna be a lot better.

I prefer to use the conference standings as a measurement. Making an ultimatum around a single elimination tournament is silly



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April 2nd, 2016 at 1:54 PM ^

Hmm interesting I will say Morgan had a good run at the end I'll give you that but Michigan hasn't had anyone who could shot block since Bacari has been here, teams have lived inside Michigan's paint. Really though Wagner? He had a few spurts at the end of the season, he still couldn't stop players from getting inside fouled a lot and had many turnovers. People are excited because Wagner LOOKS like he'll be a player but he hasn't arrived yet. As far as Donnal I'll just leave this here.....



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MGoBender

April 2nd, 2016 at 2:22 PM ^

Yeah, but he had those same issues last year. People just don't remember it because we all fall in love with the hope of the next big thing. He was just as undersized at the 5 last year as we was this year. He was in worse shape. He actually defended better this year than last year. The big difference is he had a couple big offensive games early on in the year and that's all that people remember.

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rc90

April 2nd, 2016 at 9:58 PM ^

This is an interesting point. Morgan is probably the program's shining example of development of a big man. He wasn't at all physically talented, and he couldn't shoot from beyond five feet. He still became a solid enough big man, running the floor for cheap points, playing the pick and roll well on both ends, and playing good post defense.

But there was a stretch during his junior year where Morgan looked like the worst player in history. Perhaps not coincidentally that was when McGary emerged, and started looking like a future lottery pick. The pop psychology explanation for Morgan's slump was that he had lost all confidence because he saw he was going to lose playing time. I don't know if that is a valid explanation, but it does suggest that Belein's rule against playing two big guys at once could use some refining.

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bacon1431

April 2nd, 2016 at 5:10 PM ^

Just look at his FG % around the rim and his TO rate. Both plummeted drastically this year. Doesn't mean he was great last year, but he looked competent for large portions last season (on offense). Didn't at all this season. So idk why you are arguing that he didn't regress this season when the numbers suggest he did. He went from slightly below average to well below average.



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