John Beilein departs and what's next for Michigan hoops?
The Michigan Insider
247Sports, Michigan Football, Michigan Wolverines, Michigan, Michigan athletics, College Football
4.6 • 855 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2019
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In an emergency podcast, Lorenz and Shaw breaking down the stunning breaking news that saw Michigan basketball coach John Beilein leave the Wolverines to become head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. They break down how shocking the news was to us, why leaving for Cleveland and the NBA overall does and does not make sense and what some of the key differences are.
The two also look at John Beilein's legacy, breaking down how and why he was so successful at Michigan, unpacking some of the more impressive things he accomplished in 12 years and what's going to make him so hard to replace.
Finally, they crack open their list of potential replacements, taking a peak at which big- and small-name coaches could be good fits for the Wolverines and how Michigan should approach the search.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. |
| 0:15.4 | I'm your host, Zach Shaw. Steve Lorenz is on the phone lines with me, as always. |
| 0:18.9 | You can check out all of our stories at the Michiganinsider.com, |
| 0:21.5 | Michigan.247 sports.com. |
| 0:23.8 | Loyal listeners of the podcast know that we released a podcast last night, |
| 0:28.2 | and about eight hours after we released it, |
| 0:31.5 | we were prompted to do another one because probably one of the bigger news items |
| 0:36.2 | we'll see all year for Michigan sports |
| 0:38.8 | occurred when John Beeline, Adrian Wode-Norowski of ESPN, reported this. |
| 0:46.7 | John Beeline taking the Cleveland Cavaliers head coaching job, ending his 12-year tenure with the Wolverines. |
| 0:54.0 | It's really, I mean, stunning news. |
| 0:58.8 | I think most reporters, you don't think, oh, stop it. |
| 1:04.8 | Only, okay, no, this is the way I said it, because I've, of course, I got a mix of texts from friends of mine who are |
| 1:13.8 | Michigan fans, and then I got my standard concern troll text from friends of mine who cheer |
| 1:22.1 | for rival programs. I'd say this was out of left field, but are, is it, I mean, aren't we in agreement that if the Pistons had offered him the job last offseason that he may have taken it, correct? |
| 1:36.1 | He may have, but. |
| 1:37.6 | Right. |
| 1:38.0 | Okay. |
| 1:38.7 | So, yes, we'll talk about that in the moment. |
| 1:41.8 | Yes, there was always the possibility. |
| 1:43.9 | It sounds like Ward Manual felt like there was always the possibility. It sounds like word manual |
| 1:45.1 | felt like there was a possibility based on the discussions last year. Nobody, I mean, |
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