Jon Beilein shocked the Big Ten basketball community today when it was announced that he is leaving to become the new head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Personally I admired him as a coach as much as anyone at this level. The way he had a system that he recruited to, perfectly taught and was able to have his teams execute. That’s what it is all about and it is much harder to than it seems. But Beilein excelled at Michigan, particularly in March. I’ll miss watching his teams play, but I will not miss having to face him a couple times a year.
The pantheon of Big Ten basketball coaches in the wake of Jon Beilein leaving for the NBA
