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Beilein's big plans for Michigan

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03:23 PM ET 12.03 | ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- A tiny, maize and blue storage shack stands directly adjacent to John Beilein's basketball court. Inside his office, Beilein, the Wolverines' second-year coach, beams as he shows off yet another of his innovative tools. Next to the shack, a foldable miniature basketball court sits on top of a coffee table-turned-Lazy Susan. This, Beilein says, is where the master plan for how to revitalize Michigan's downtrodden basketball program undergoes constant construction. The process -- one of Beilein's favorite words -- of fusing his system with the personnel he inherited a year and a half ago has been slow, but he remains confident that the vision he formulates on a surface slightly larger than a Monopoly board eventually will be carried out on courts of the life-size variety.

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John Beilein, AP John Beilein, AP
December 3, 2008  11:21 PM ET

John Beilein is outstanding!
http://michiganbasketball.wordpress.com/

December 4, 2008  02:53 PM ET

Hopefully Michigan will get something good out of West Virginia because it sure is not happening on the football field.

December 4, 2008  04:33 PM ET

Michigan got Fielding Yost from WVU, I would say that was a pretty good grab...

December 4, 2008  04:35 PM ET

Belein is at least a good human being and good coach unlike the fball head coach who is a good coach but a horrible person.

December 4, 2008  05:08 PM ET

Go Blue!!

December 6, 2008  05:12 PM ET
QUOTE(#2):

Hopefully Michigan will get something good out of West Virginia because it sure is not happening on the football field.

First year dude. Ya cant freak out and sell all your stock when they take a dive. Ya gotta let them mature a little bit more and then ya got a nice little portfolio.

December 6, 2008  05:38 PM ET
QUOTE(#4):

Belein is at least a good human being and good coach unlike the fball head coach who is a good coach but a horrible person.

why...Im guessing its just because he changed jobs... because Im pretty sure that he's never had any off field or personal fiascos that deserve him being called a horrible person

December 6, 2008  08:22 PM ET

Harris is a G. Sims is pretty sweet too. UM is gonna be ranked for the first time in like a decade

December 7, 2008  12:04 AM ET

Belein has Class - like the Duke coach and a hand full of others. He keeps his cool and does not appear ticked off when something goes wrong. He's a "mature" professional, and that instills trust and confidence into the players. Michigan played truly a great game and showed everyone what they're capable of. Now they have to build on this and gain consistency. A job well done.

December 8, 2008  01:20 AM ET

Go blue, those WVU boys will make michigan become a "texas-like" school. Successful in both hoop and football.

December 8, 2008  09:06 AM ET
QUOTE(#2):

Hopefully Michigan will get something good out of West Virginia because it sure is not happening on the football field.

Coach Rod's first year with West Virginia, he was 3-8. Next season, 9-4. He'll have Michigan as class of the Big Ten again, if yall are patient with him. As for him being a bad person, yeah, he is that. So be prepared for the discipline level of your football to team to drop.

Beilein is a tremendous coach, and a great person. Yall are lucky to have taken him from the Mountain State. He has already done good things, and Michigan will continue to get better.

I say these things as a proud WVU fan.

 
December 26, 2008  11:21 AM ET

rich rod told UofM fans to get a life? he can get bent. and i dont know if you know this 9 - 4 isnt good enough around here.

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