WTKA Roundtable 5/24/2019: If It Ain't Broke Don't Break It
Things discussed:
- Craig survived a session in the studio with Terry Mills and Craig’s Teske Opinion.
- Hard to get the great guys these days: Jay Wright is never leaving Nova, Brad Stevens, etc.
- Brian: Three guys over the Yaklich line.
- Cooley: Craig steals the Bunk Moreland reference from MGoBlog
- Juwan: A guy. Works his ass off, people all love him, developed a couple of bigs.
- Because of one and done Juwan has been coaching guys younger than Teske already.
- Howard is a lower floor than Beilein’s assistants? Higher ceiling?
- Just seven(!) black coaches in the major conferences.
- Recruiting: he knows AAU guys. 5-stars are already showing pics of themselves online with Juwan.
- Jalen Wilson: lost probably unless we retain Yaklich. Odds better they keep Bajema.
- Reasonable expectations for this year: same if Beilein lost all these guys.
- Playing DDJ: Beilein didn’t want to upset the run. John B did listen to our calls to play Castleton.
- Had Johns in the wrong position. He should be really happy about this hire.
- Elements of what Michigan’s been doing in the Heat’s system. Spoelstra connection, they got Dunc too!
- Assistant coaches: coaches usually get at least a guy. Craig wants everyone retained.
- Get them an analyst group!
- Saddi wasn’t originally a big man coach but Beilein thought he could be.
- Nobody at Michigan State could coach at Michigan. Nobody.
- Zeb Jackson is going to prep school in Florida now. 2020 is the year we see if Juwan can croot.
- Warde: we’ll see with the assistants but he did a good job.
You can catch the entire episode on Michigan Insider's podcast stream on Podbean.
Segment two is here. Segment three is here.
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I absolutely love how Craig walked in on Terry Mills’ hour with Sam. Total karma but he took it in stride.
They didn't sound very excited about the hire.
The problem is there wasnt really a homerun hire out there
Wilson would be the best overall player/scorer on the entire team this season. So for the (very) short term he is critical for success. We can overcome this transition within a year or two regardless.
Some people are missing something important here. Howard is not necessarily going to run the same system as Beilein. In fact, he isn't. Isn't UM stacked with big men? Let's assume Johns and Castleton improve then that is quite the front line.
Teske, Livers, Castleton, Johns. You could move Livers to the #3 and go big. Like the good ole days with Howard. Now, they would have to play quality defense to offset 3 point scoring it still is a formidable team. Maybe Nunez develops. Maybe DDJ becomes an offensive threat.
I see an NCAA tourney participant. I don't see a championship team by any stretch but there is plenty of talent. Maybe not Beilein level system ball but for a coach who wants to play down low then there is more than enough. I have seen less talented UM teams who were plenty good.
I love young JH(BB)'s pencil 'stache.
I don't *think* I'm a completely irrational homer, but the more I hear about Howard the more excited I am about this hire. There is star power from his Fab Five days, but it's also buttressed by a 20 year career as NBA player, NBA player emeritus who's really a coach, NBA assistant coach, and up-and-coming NBA head coach. Also, he's been universally respected by everyone along the way. There's never going to be sure thing, but his ceiling as both a coach and face of our program is sky-high
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