New Michigan Hoops Coach popular in certain NBA Circles
Adrian Wojnarowski from Yahoo Sports wrote an article on January 12th that suggested Beilein’s offensive system would be ideal for the NBA.
Nobody gets more out of less, and nobody has coached better in college basketball over the past five years than WVU’s coach.
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The more everyone watches West Virginia, the more they ask themselves: What would ever happen if his talent was even comparable to those teams he’s beating over, and over and over?
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Beilein has made West Virginia a Big East power without Big East recruits, gone to the Final Eight and Sweet 16 in back-to-back seasons without a current pro on his roster. He lost his top four scorers to graduation last year, signed a relatively unknown class of prospects and West Virginia is still somehow ranked 21st in the polls with a 13-2 record and a 3-1 start in conference.Beilein beats Connecticut and Villanova with players those powers wouldn’t have ever bothered recruiting.
It’s an intriguing mix: a system that has been very successful despite not having great talent, but is based on an offense that should appeal to high quality prep talent due to its appeal to NBA executives like Rod Thorn and Jerry West. Michigan athletic director Bill Martin has at the very least hired a safe candidate who can take the program to the next level by making the NCAA Tournament on a fairly consistent basis. If John Beilein can recruit talented players from the area who fit his system then he has the potential to make Michigan basketball an elite program once again.
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