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Posted on Thu, Jan 21, 2010 : 12:34 a.m.
Michigan coach John Beilein explains the Wolverines' end-of-game struggles
By Michael Rothstein
Comments
SprBwlB4IDie
Fri, Jan 22, 2010 : 4:59 p.m.
Does AnnArbor.com ever post a video longer than a few seconds? If your servers cannot handle the traffic with larger files, how about some transcripts instead. This is just dumb.
Salinegoblue
Fri, Jan 22, 2010 : 12:47 p.m.
I love Coach B, he's a magnificant person with good morals and integrity bit if we don't get some big time recruits in here it will be embarassing after Harris and Sims leaves.
K.halsey
Thu, Jan 21, 2010 : 2:44 p.m.
Agreed, the system needs star talent and in the last 3 years I can not find one recruit signed by belien that fits that mold. Harris and Sims were there before he came and kids like Stu Douglass, Novak, Perry and the many others are all situational role players in a scheme that is in drastic need of a superstar player. Now Sims has had a great year and at times shown he could be the go to player but they consistently find a way to go away from him for too long during games and as far as Harris he has yet to show anything other than how his "I want to go 1 on 5 and turn the ball over this entire year. I watched him do this at least 3 times in the game last night and it makes you wonder what this kid is thinking. Now I know he leads the conference in ppg and is a good talent but he does not and seems to not want to run the belien system.
SprBwlB4IDie
Thu, Jan 21, 2010 : 2:01 p.m.
"Coach B will take this year's team into the Sweet 16." - Theo212...of the NIT...maybe
81wolverine
Thu, Jan 21, 2010 : 8:15 a.m.
This team has been underachieving all season. And the fact that they are still doing it this far into the season has to be put on Beilein. Granted he can't take the shots or grab rebounds. But players like Lucas-Perry, Douglass, and Novak are playing no better than last year - in some ways worse. This team has no leadership or toughness. Playing on the road in a hostile place isn't easy. But, the good teams find ways to win. This was a VERY winnable game and we played poorly when it mattered most - again.
Ann Arbor Resident
Thu, Jan 21, 2010 : 3:49 a.m.
Even though he has a good track record, you have to wonder if John Belien is over his head in the Big-10. It is a tough basketball league. It plays differently than the east and west coast teams. The types of players he has been successful with, overachievers who can be coached to become competitive role players within his system to complement a star player, might not work that well in the Big 10. He doesn't appear to be able to recruit the fast, talented guards and the physical front-line players (Manny and Sims were not his recruit). His players remind me of the types of players that Northwestern recruits: his results are looking the same. I think the same type of argument can be made for Rich Rod's problems.
Comments
SprBwlB4IDie
Fri, Jan 22, 2010 : 4:59 p.m.
Does AnnArbor.com ever post a video longer than a few seconds? If your servers cannot handle the traffic with larger files, how about some transcripts instead. This is just dumb.
Salinegoblue
Fri, Jan 22, 2010 : 12:47 p.m.
I love Coach B, he's a magnificant person with good morals and integrity bit if we don't get some big time recruits in here it will be embarassing after Harris and Sims leaves.
K.halsey
Thu, Jan 21, 2010 : 2:44 p.m.
Agreed, the system needs star talent and in the last 3 years I can not find one recruit signed by belien that fits that mold. Harris and Sims were there before he came and kids like Stu Douglass, Novak, Perry and the many others are all situational role players in a scheme that is in drastic need of a superstar player. Now Sims has had a great year and at times shown he could be the go to player but they consistently find a way to go away from him for too long during games and as far as Harris he has yet to show anything other than how his "I want to go 1 on 5 and turn the ball over this entire year. I watched him do this at least 3 times in the game last night and it makes you wonder what this kid is thinking. Now I know he leads the conference in ppg and is a good talent but he does not and seems to not want to run the belien system.
SprBwlB4IDie
Thu, Jan 21, 2010 : 2:01 p.m.
"Coach B will take this year's team into the Sweet 16." - Theo212...of the NIT...maybe
81wolverine
Thu, Jan 21, 2010 : 8:15 a.m.
This team has been underachieving all season. And the fact that they are still doing it this far into the season has to be put on Beilein. Granted he can't take the shots or grab rebounds. But players like Lucas-Perry, Douglass, and Novak are playing no better than last year - in some ways worse. This team has no leadership or toughness. Playing on the road in a hostile place isn't easy. But, the good teams find ways to win. This was a VERY winnable game and we played poorly when it mattered most - again.
Ann Arbor Resident
Thu, Jan 21, 2010 : 3:49 a.m.
Even though he has a good track record, you have to wonder if John Belien is over his head in the Big-10. It is a tough basketball league. It plays differently than the east and west coast teams. The types of players he has been successful with, overachievers who can be coached to become competitive role players within his system to complement a star player, might not work that well in the Big 10. He doesn't appear to be able to recruit the fast, talented guards and the physical front-line players (Manny and Sims were not his recruit). His players remind me of the types of players that Northwestern recruits: his results are looking the same. I think the same type of argument can be made for Rich Rod's problems.