John Beilein to Michigan

Tricky_Falcon · Post by **Tricky_Falcon** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:48 pm

The buyout alone I read somewhere else before for Beilein was somewhere around $1 million.

http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/6636638

West Virginia coach John Beilein is finally leaving Morgantown — for Michigan.

Beilein, 54, who is coming off an NIT title earlier this week, has accepted the Michigan job, according to sources close to the situation, and will be introduced at a Wednesday press conference.
Beilein is 104-60 in his five seasons in Morgantown and has made an Elite Eight and Sweet 16 appearance. He was close to taking the NC State job a year ago — if not for a hefty buyout in his contract.

Beilein replaces Tommy Amaker, who failed to take Michigan to the NCAA tournament in his tenure in Ann Arbor.

Beilein made about $750,000 per season with West Virginia and will, according to sources, make in excess of $1 million at Michigan.

Jeff Goodman is a senior college basketball writer for FOXSports.com. He can be reached at [email protected].

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:05 pm

So Suzy Merchant didn't get the job? I'm confused...

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:18 pm

The buyout was 2.5 million. As a Michigan fan, I'm happy to see somebody with Big East success get the job. I wonder if he'll bring the goofy defense and offense to AA, and get the recruits to stay.

JimmyZ11381 · Post by **JimmyZ11381** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:10 pm

As a Michigan fan...I also like this hire. I like the fact that his teams always seem to be able to knock down the three...and his 1-3-1 defense has proven to be successful. Only time will tell though, I guess.

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:31 pm

JimmyZ11381 wrote:As a Michigan fan...I also like this hire. I like the fact that his teams always seem to be able to knock down the three...and his 1-3-1 defense has proven to be successful. Only time will tell though, I guess.

Anything would be better then Amaker's zombie-like players and paint-dry offense. They've been painful to watch the last few years, and promising young talent just didn't develop at all.