Absolutely. I'm sure some fans will lose their shit, but he's moving to the next level after bringing the first championship to UM in 37 years. Can't blame him. (Had he jumped to another college team, though, that would have been a completely different story.)they got a banner out of it. I'd sign up for that
If Cig accepted a job to coach the Dolphins or wherever, I'd be disappointed but I wouldn't hold it against him. He gave IU fans the best season we've enjoyed since at least 1987 ... and maybe ever.
Time to push hard to get Estrella! He was between IU and UM!
Should maybe sit the rest of this convo out, because you're way off base, as others have pointed out.Masai Ujiri is running the Mavs. Cuban just keeps his floor seats next to the Mavs bench and is out of the picture. Ujiri has hired Mike Schmitz as GM who made his name as ESPN draft analysis before moving to Blazers front office. Now Dusty.
When you have a 27% stake in a franchise valued at 5.5 billion, you will always have a seat at the table and a voice in the room on the headline decisions.
brad stevens going to the title game twice at *BUTLER* is exponentially more impressive than anything may has done during the NIL era where Michigan spent in the top 15 (at least). come on.
Yep. And this wasn't Butler from the Big East. This was Butler from the Horizon League. Had Haywood's shot fallen against Duke in the championship game, that would have been hands down the greatest championship game/run in college basketball history.
@ohio-guy ya but this ain’t horseshoes. Dusty will go down as a champ Brad will not. And MI beat the piss out of everyone this year, let’s not forget that. He dominated college bball this year.
@ohio-guy ya but this ain’t horseshoes. Dusty will go down as a champ Brad will not. And MI beat the piss out of everyone this year, let’s not forget that. He dominated college bball this year.
All that matters is who won the last game of the year. Pearl, Matta, and Painet are great coaches but it just rings (pun intended) different when you hang a banner. And the fact that he did it in years with a completely rebuilt roster is very appealing to NBA GM's.
Didn't see this thread.
This. Is. Crazy. I know college is basically the g-league but damn.
I usually think winning a NC cements you staying put, especially when you have a realistic shot at repeating. I guess not. Would like some depth if possible.
It seems the current free for all crazy state of college bbal was a big driver. I am sure he will not be the last to bolt either. Its only going to be certain coaches who can put up with the current state of college for decades on end.
State of college basketball driving coaches out
In talking to multiple sources close to May on Monday, I was explicitly told that the state of college basketball played a serious factor in May leaving for Dallas.
"There's just too much uncertainty in college athletics," one source said. "Parents are relentless, calling and checking in, doing what they do. Every day it's dealing with shit. And there are hundreds of coaches doing what they think is best for themselves, not what's best for the game."
May met with Mavericks leadership over the weekend and eventually agreed to the deal after some internal back-and-forth over whether to leave his roster almost three months into the offseason. I'm told it was extremely difficult to say yes, particularly given Michigan's intense roster churn after winning the title and its reward for doing so: Michigan is widely viewed as a preseason top-five team heading into November.
Absolutely. I'm sure some fans will lose their shit, but he's moving to the next level after bringing the first championship to UM in 37 years. Can't blame him. (Had he jumped to another college team, though, that would have been a completely different story.)they got a banner out of it. I'd sign up for that
If Cig accepted a job to coach the Dolphins or wherever, I'd be disappointed but I wouldn't hold it against him. He gave IU fans the best season we've enjoyed since at least 1987 ... and maybe ever.
Also probably way less of a headache than college currently is. Who can blame him.
"No," he admitted. "I can't see myself doing this for too much longer."
By that he meant: running a college basketball program when roster prices were increasing by 300% every year. The constant roster churn, the lack of the NCAA's institutional control over college basketball, the way the system stole some of the fervor and celebration windows from Michigan's coaching staff after pulling off one of the best seasons of the past two decades.
May told me he aspired to coach in the NBA someday. He craved to know if he could do it and felt compelled to eventually find out — especially if the state of college basketball was going to be perpetually chaotic. I left him wondering how long it would take for that day to arrive.
Forget three years. He didn't even last another three months.
There's another thing that happened from that day that explains so much of why one of the college game's best coaches is leaving the sport. It took place as I took this picture.
This is May talking to a highly regarded player in the transfer portal. The player called May, so he popped out of his chair and had to put our interview on pause for a few moments to see what was happening. During his conversation, the player verbally committed to play for Michigan next season. A huge development. When the call was over, I congratulated him, then he chuckled, saying something to the effect of, "Just because he committed doesn't mean he's coming. We still have to deal with the agent."
The story gets even stranger. This player verbally reinforced his commitment to May two more times in the ensuing weeks.
The agent was a handful, though.
And so Michigan never got him.
He'll be playing elsewhere next season.
That's the portal recruiting experience in a nutshell.
I dont care the reasons. This is good for us. LOL
So Cuban helped entice him to Dallas so Cubans spending here is more likely to be successful.... Thats thinking!
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He gave IU fans the best season we've enjoyed since at least 1987 ... and maybe ever.
Maybe ever???????
Rumors are he’ll be the second UM coach in the past few years to get out of town to avoid investigation & sanctions after winning a championship…
@cavanagh Yeah but there’s a big difference in doing it at MIchigan and doing it at Butler. Kind of like the difference in Day doing it at tOSU and Cig doing it at IU.
Just imagine we could presently be forming a search committee. Little more vindication for AD Dolson?? Thought is not dead.
@hoosier-clarion We'll see. IU may have dodged a bullet now, but May won a title and left. Indiana is sitting with DeVries entering a year where, if he's on the bubble again, they will likely need a search committee. I am sure many fans would trade places.
Michigan had to have known for a little while and they named Boynton interim head coach, while they can conduct a search in the background, while giving their in-house option a full audition.
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