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First Quarter: John Beilein was doomed from the start
The short-lived marriage between John Beilein and the Cleveland Cavaliers predictably came to an end Wednesday, months after it was painfully obvious he wasn’t built for the pro game.
He left a comfortable situation at the University of Michigan, where he tired of the atmosphere of changing rosters with transfer players and early-entry prospective draftees and often didn’t recruit the best of the best players, preferring lesser talents he could develop.