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I like McCarthy quite a bit…

I like McCarthy quite a bit but #2 would be a weird spot for him - I don't think he's shown a higher ceiling than Maye, and assuming Williams is taken first it would feel a bit like a reach.  

McCarthy at #4 to Minnesota or even the Pats at #3 feels better - Drake Maye is a really good QB and, selfishly, I'd rather put McCarthy on a team with a brighter future than a mediocre Commanders team where he's going to get sacked a billion times.

Sucks for him, and it is…

Sucks for him, and it is funny that Sabb could have stuck around and gotten his playing time.  But injuries happen and UM at least has some time to figure out the situation.  Wish Moore a speedy recovery.

I think he did his job, and…

I think he did his job, and he shouldn't receive undue praise for that anymore than he shouldn't receive the undue scrutiny and anger by a bunch of people who seemingly believe anything that went against UM under his leadership was due to his incompetence.

In the Warde hatred or his…

In the Warde hatred or his defense as not the worst AD in the history of all time?

I'll save a longer spiel but it's funny how Warde has done exactly what people want for a while now and yet they just keep complaining about something new.

Honestly, a guy who left…

Honestly, a guy who left basketball at Nova because he didn't have the passion or sense he could do the job anymore isn't likely to be a long-term fix for UM and I'd be worried whatever he felt he lost wasn't coming back.  

I get that players and coaches change their minds and all that but my general belief is that once you call it quits that's usually for a good reason and making comebacks and trying it again typically don't work out like you hoped.  So yeah, I'd rather hire a guy who is younger and focused on getting better than a coach who's a couple years out of the game and may not be in the best headspace for the grind.

Sanderson wasn't "sacrificed…

Sanderson wasn't "sacrificed" for Howard unless the belief is that Howard should have been fired 2 years ago after missing the tournament.  Yes, it sounds like Howard and Sanderson didn't get along but the minute Sanderson filed a complaint with UM's HR he was effectively gone and was just angling for a payout.  There's no world in which you fire the coach for what was a verbal altercation and then retain the S&C coach, especially since everyone other than the now-departed HC would surely see you as the reason their HC was fired.  That's not a tenable work environment for anyone.  He clearly didn't want to work at UM anymore but that incident was two guys blowing up and neither handling it well, but Sanderson's attorney has done a better job in the press framing it in one light.

It sucks to lose Sanderson but contemporaneous reporting of the incident made it sound like he called out the team and the culture and even if that's true, that's not something a member of the staff does in front of the team without the blessing of the HC.  But there are other S&C guys out there and I suspect May will bring in a good guy at UM.  

Yeah, I much preferred a guy…

Yeah, I much preferred a guy like May, Medved, etc. over trying to bring a Beilein or Wright-type guy back.  

Also, it'll never end here because hardened opinions based on vibes are almost impossible to displace but in fact Warde Manuel may actually be decent at his job.  

Sorry, I was incorrect about…

Sorry, I was incorrect about the number of seasons Izzo coached.  He's been at MSU for 29 years, not 24.  So in context, let's note that Jay Wright won 2 titles and went to 4 FF in 20 seasons @Nova, Bill Self also won 2 titles and went to 4 FF in 20 years, Williams won 3 titles in his 9 appearances over 33 seasons, and even Calipari (who is also a borderline HOF-type coach) won his title and got 4 of those FF bids in 15 seasons at Kentucky.  Mark Few hasn't won a title but he's gotten Gonzaga to 2 FF in 25 years and at a place that had no real history of success before he showed up.  

I guess that's my point with Izzo - he sticks around long enough to collect these somewhat-meaningless stats such as the final four visits but he's turned all of those into exactly 1 title and 1 more title appearance.  And he's failed to make it out of the first weekend 11 times.  John Beilein didn't win a title but his two FF runs ended in the title game, and yet I don't ever see him referred to (outside of UM circles) as an elite coach or a no-doubt HOFer.  

I guess that's my thing - Izzo is a good coach but he's a plugger moreso than some virtuoso, and yet he's treated like some demigod because he's stuck around a long time.  This was a preseason top-5 team that limped into the tournament and got shown the door by the first competent team they faced.  It was one of the most experienced squads in the country, and yet looked lost and disinterested for most of the season.  Next year is likely going to be just as hairy, if not moreso, given who they're losing.  

He's not a bad coach by any means but I've just never gotten the degree of reverence he's received compared to his actual accomplishments.  

Yeah, I mean I guess there's…

Yeah, I mean I guess there's analysis going on there but my ears were bleeding pretty quickly so not sure how long it went on.

Izzo is a "Hall of Famer" in the sense that if a baseball player plays 22 seasons to collect 500 home runs, I guess they should be considered "Hall of Fame" worthy.  He's been a pretty good coach at one school for 24 years but outside of that 2000 title I'm not sure I ever saw a team he coached realistically challenge for a title.  He's made 2 title games in his career and had long stretches where he'd make one long run to, say, the final four surrounded by a bunch of early exits.  And now he doesn't even have those final four runs.

He's a solid coach but it's weird he gets talked about with names like Coach K, Roy Williams, Bill Self, Calipari, etc. because he's. not come close to accomplishing what they have.  Hell, Jay Wright seemingly gets less respect nationally and his teams won multiple titles.

You can read Dylan's writeup…

You can read Dylan's writeup at UMHoops where he goes into detail about May, but the gist is that he has an offensive system that is pretty talent-independent (they shoot more 3s than 2s) and his defense is about forcing shots in isolation via drop coverage and not letting teams get out into transition.

Also, FAU is not a magnet for high level talent, so he's been doing this with guys he develops via recruiting.  It's not a flash-in-the-pan team nor one that just overwhelms with NIL and talent acquisition.

I've learned that to a…

I've learned that to a subset of UM fans the only games UM football have played the past 3 years are MSU and UGa in 2021 and TCU in 2022.  So it only makes sense that the NW game by FSU would be the one to focus on.

Yeah, Barzo wasn't great but…

Yeah, Barzo wasn't great but I thought he played equal to Augustine.  He officially gave up 5 goals but as we've noted here 1 has never been allowed according to any rules of hockey ever played, and even the one with under a second to play was a bit wonky and could have easily been overturned.  Augustine gave up 4 and it should have been 5, and he's supposed to be one of the best goalies in the country.

UM needs better goaltending in general but tonight he gave at least as good a performance as Augustine and if the refs called the game correctly UM wins going away.

I said this in the live thread but I can't wait for UM to play games not officiated by the shitty refs in this league.  I'm sure they suck elsewhere but this has been just a banner year of stupidity for this conference and these past couple weekends we've seen UM be on the wrong end of some terrible calls that could have/did cost them games.

It's sort of crazy this is…

It's sort of crazy this is the year they really came on, as the last couple of Minnesota and UM teams would have dog walked them off the ice.  They're a solid team but them winning both th conference and tourney titles says a lot about how down the other perennial powers in the league were this year.

I think MSU will be a solid team going forward but this type of season doesn't feel easily reproducible.

I'm excited to see UM play…

I'm excited to see UM play in a game not officiated by B1G refs because this has been a banner year for these jokers being the worst.

Also, MSU has gotten something like +4 goals in their favor during this tournament run from ref calls.  It's pretty amazing.

A top guy on the market and…

A top guy on the market and credit to Warde for nabbing him quickly.  No idea if it'll work out but I like that UM is being aggressive in the market for a new BB coach.

MSU leading at the end of…

MSU leading at the end of that period is absolutely bananas, but when the fix is in I guess you can't be that surprised.

Thanks for season-long…

Thanks for season-long updates on the team.  It sucks it ended this way but I didn't see them beating USC so not an unexpected end.  The future does look solid with the recruiting class and maybe some COVID shirts.

Yeah, the only thing with…

Yeah, the only thing with Jamison is he's co-DC at Illinois and if that's not just an honorific he might not want to go back to "just" a DL coach.  But I really like him especially given how well Illinois has been on the line given their talent.

My big issue with hiring…

My big issue with hiring Pope is that BYU just rolls out these super-old teams and then they get bounced early in the tourney seemingly every time.  

I feel like there were…

I feel like there were issues snapping with Bryce Young as well but Young was able to handle it better.  

McLaughlin is a good blocker but he clearly isn't consistent snapping the ball and OSU either needs to accept that and move him elsewhere or stop trying to draw attention to the fact he sucks at it.

I've never gotten why Izzo…

I've never gotten why Izzo and MSU are treated like this blue blood program and why he deserves so much deference.  He's won one title and been to two more finals in his 25-year career.  He's gotten to the same number of Sweet 16s as Juwan Howard has over the last decade.  People are not tuning in to see his 9th-seed team maybe make it out of the first weekend less frequently than we have presidential elections.

Well, I've been told by a…

Well, I've been told by a number of MSU fans, as well as a subset of UM fans, that in fact Martelli has already been the coach for years so it would be weird picking a guy who just went 8-24.  But hey, maybe he's got a comeback in him!

My counterpoint is that…

My counterpoint is that going from CUSA to AAC is a jump competitively; per KenPom the AAC is closer to the MVC while CUSA is closer to the Big West/WAC.  I'm not saying he's a sure-fire hit by any means and I'd be happy with Medved but even a "down" year for FAU sits them at 41 per KenPom while CSU is 38th.  

Also, MSU was a top-4 team to start the year and have absolutely no business being a 9 seed so I think this year showed there were quite a few flaws with the ranking systems.

We're getting dangerously…

We're getting dangerously close to "CC: Keith Jackson" territory already.

I think Brian has a good handle on what a good basketball coach needs to be at UM but the devil in the details is finding that guy who can be successful doing his system at Michigan.  Lots of guys on paper look like they'd do well and then can't, and I'm not sure anyone is particularly adroit at doing so.  Look no further than Dave Brandon, who hired both John Beilein and Brady Hoke as head coaches.

To be fair, Dan Hurley won…

To be fair, Dan Hurley won the title last year at 50 with UConn and Dusty May is 47 and got FAU to the final four.

I agree there aren't a ton of younger coaches that pop but I feel like that's also just a bit of timing; guys tend to win more as they get more established and so we don't necessarily remember how we felt about them when they were younger.  Like, I think of Tom Izzo as an old troll but he won his title when he was 46.

I think that's a bit unfair…

I think that's a bit unfair to May and Nedved.  Those are talented coaches who have done well at places that don't always enjoy success.  This isn't taking a flyer on one-year wonders as much as pulling a guy with some track record of success as an HC.  

No truly elite basketball HC is going to want to step into a bad team that is always going to play second fiddle to football at UM.  Beilein coming to UM was very much him going from a lower-tier BE team to a B1G program with upward mobility.  Hell, WVU had missed the NCAA tournament the year UM hired him.

Agree, with the caveat that…

Agree, with the caveat that you have to also consider the historical performance of their past stops when taking into account winning rate.  The example I think of is in football that Sean Lewis only won 44% of his games at yet he's also won their only bowl game in history and made them consistently competitive ever.

So if there's a coach with solid performance compared to expectations I'd give him a look versus, say, a guy at a Dayton or Liberty who has structural advantages that don't necessarily translate in more competitive environments.

Sure, but my larger point is…

Sure, but my larger point is that the ongoing narrative that he left UM for NIL purposes wasn't the driving factor.  I'm sure he makes a bit more at KU than UM just because of the economics of how BBall is viewed at KU vs. UM, but his departure was clearly motivated by a number of factors and not just money. 

Sure, but my larger point is…

Yeah, that was my understanding as well.  A bit more money and a better chance at national acclaim but he didn't leave for hundreds of thousands of more dollars.

Once he was suspended I sort…

Once he was suspended I sort of assumed he was gone, so not a surprise.  He has some limitations but showed improvements at UM and I suspect he'll be a solid contributor on a team that can hide him defensively.

I mean, no surprise.  Guys…

I mean, no surprise.  Guys aren't going to stick around for unknowns when they have options.

Yeah, I'm fine with Warde…

Yeah, I'm fine with Warde being fired for good reasons - his handling of the Mel Pearson saga was atrocious and should be the first line of his termination letter, and whatever happened with the volleyball coach wasn't a good look.  Letting Harbaugh hire idiots like Shemmy wasn't good either.  I don't think there was any reasonable path for UM to retain Bakich given baseball's mid-major status in the North but if you want to ding him for that I guess that's fine.

But yeah, a lot of the hate is just directed at him as some totem, some avatar for perceived slights that never materialized.  And some of the attacks have gotten weirdly personal in a way I don't really get - for example, multiple people have repeatedly gone after him for his weight, as if him being a heavier guy is an indictment of his leadership.  Just bananas stuff that sounded tired in the 90s.

 Warde is blamed for things and then never given credit when those things turn out to be fine.

This sort of encapsulates my whole issue.  People acted like retaining Harbaugh in 2020 was lazy and uninspired, ignoring the fact Warde and UM were able to cut his buyout and his salary while still showing faith that, maybe, a season coached during a pandemic with a safety's coach Zooming in from his home wasn't instructive of Harbaugh's ability as a coach.  The easy way out in 2020 would have been to can Harbaugh and go hire some totally amazing coach like Tom Allen, Matt Campbell, or a slew of other totally-successful-since-2020 coaches that fans wanted to hire.  Warde seemingly looked at the totality of the situation, saw there was still a chance Harbaugh turns it around but gave UM a much easier way of getting out of it if he couldn't, and somehow was blamed for being lazy and then not given credit for helping UM win a national title 3 seasons later.  We'll see what happens with basketball this cycle, and maybe he does something boneheaded in the hiring process, but for a fanbase clamoring for Warde to do what they want he never seems to get credit when he does.

Dickinson also said after…

Dickinson also said after the fact that while money played a part, it wasn't dispositive

Dickinson told ESPN that his decision to transfer to Kansas was basketball-driven: Of the schools recruiting him, the Jayhawks had the strongest track record of winning championships, and of getting players to the NBA. He has one remaining year of college eligibility after 2023-24.

"If I wanted to just go to the highest bidder," he told ESPN, "then it wouldn't be Kansas."

He mentioned earlier in the article he wasn't making 6 figures at UM, which I feel is unlikely given numbers we've heard thrown around but I'll take his word on it.  But he didn't commit to KU until 5/4, and there were alarm bells around Love not being admitted in April that likely pushed him over.  I remember reading (and you can ignore insider chatter because they tend to be wrong) that Dickinson had entered the portal but was giving UM a chance to build a better roster around him and Love not looking viable really hurt because the rest of the guys didn't look like a title contender while a team with Dickinson and Love was more dangerous.

The larger point is that him leaving probably wasn't a direct indictment of UM's NIL system unless, again, we are led to believe that Love and Shannon were so much cheaper than Dickinson that UM's paltry offerings were appealing.

You might want to ponder…

You might want to ponder that.  You just wrote almost 600 words defending a well-paid, secure, unelected administrator.

I mean, by this logic it's weird that this place features thousand-word articles calling for the firing of well-paid, unelected coaches and opining about who said unelected administrator should hire.  We're all weirdo fans here; virtually nobody here wields any lever of power or influence over UM sports, so why not post our dumb opinions?  

Honestly, I wrote 500 words decrying the general hive mind around here that over the past couple of years has latched on to dubious, at best, beliefs around stuff like NIL, Michigan's approach to football not being sufficient to compete for a national title, the AD's inability to do basically anything right for any program, etc.  Hell, a couple weeks ago people were pointing to the Naurato's hiring as being a terrible one because the hockey team was poised to miss the tourney despite ample evidence that it was more than just coaching that had caused the downtown.  Now 3 weeks later they're firmly in the tourney and have a chance to win the BTT title again because they finally got some luck to swing back their way and also started to play better.  Haven't seen a lot of people come back with the mea culpa there.

My bigger point, and one I've generally harped on around here for years, is that BPONE is the worst fucking thing to take hold in this fanbase because everything becomes super-negative and everyone is out for blood.  Hell, this site posted multiple articles about takes about how Warde was definitely not going to fire Howard, then he did in a very timely fashion and there was no self-awareness or reevaluation of those priors, just a flippant "they should have done it earlier, like how OSU did" and moving on to how Warde's going to screw up the hiring of the next guy.  Warde is not an elite AD, but he's pretty average and I swear if people looked around college sports they'd realize that.  Nailing a coaching hire is a part preparation and insights but also a ton of luck, and we remember the successes because of survivor bias moreso than all the times "sure thing" hires fall apart.  So that's what I'm pushing back again, this idea that everything is going to suck and everyone else nails it 100% of the time.  If Warde comes in for some shelter as a result so be it, but I'm old enough to remember "Dave Brandon's Pimp Hand" around these parts and how that completely blew up.  We don't know what the future holds but as a fanbase I think we'd be a lot happier if we dwelled less on the faux-foreboding future and instead the somewhat meh-but-fine present.  

Michigan didn't lose…

Michigan didn't lose Dickinson because of NIL; they lost him when Love was denied admission and it was clear UM wasn't likely to be better than average, at best, and Dickinson wanted a chance at competing for something more.  It was clear in the timeline of events, and so that's why I never blamed him for leaving if he didn't believe the transfer would work.  But on the NIL front UM somehow convinced both Love and Shannon, two guys with a ton of interest, to come to UM initially and I'm fairly certain it wasn't just because Howard has pro connections.  We need to stop acting like NIL is holding UM back because we have a ton of evidence both in basketball and football that it doesn't, or at least that whatever UM's process and approach is doesn't hurt them with most players.

"Why didn't Warde fire Juwan…

"Why didn't Warde fire Juwan during the season?  OSU did." is, honestly, a pretty stupid question.  OSU went 5-15 in conference last season and they brought Holtman back, then let him stumble through 7/8ths of this season before finally firing him, only to then elevate the interim coach to full HC because that was clearly the easiest path forward (and as noted in the podcast, they probably just got a little lucky shooting).  That's...not some great show of leadership by either the old or new ADs at OSU, and I must remind you all that Ross Bork at OSU was the guy who oversaw the Ole Miss fiasco under Hugh Freeze and then gave Jimbo Fisher the biggest coaching contract in CFB history at the time and then was forced to fire him (with a massive payout), then tried to hire Mark Stoops from UK before he was almost-violently told no, and then was coerced into hiring Mike Elko before skipping dodge because his days were clearly numbered.  Warde Manuel looks like a tactical genius compared to this guy, but apparently we've all bought into the hype that OSU couldn't possibly do anything wrong because they recruit football players good.

I give Warde credit for how he handled Howard's departure.  I know Howard is the worst coach in the history of Michigan sports and personally offended every basketball fan with not being better than John Beilein was at his height, but not stabbing him in the back during the year and then letting him go basically when the season ended are, in fact, what good ADs do.  We'll see about the job search and what comes of it but the worst decision he could honestly make would be to bring back John Beilein, and older guy who quit CBB 6 years ago because he didn't like the direction it was going then flamed out spectacularly in Cleveland and hasn't been a coach for years now.  That's not a "pipe dream", that's a nightmare scenario.  I don't think Warde was particularly inclined to keep Howard, and a lot of that unfounded fear was because people like JUB with axes to grind pop off on Xwitter or whatever with vague "look at me, I don't know shit but I know if I say Warde is bad I'll get engagement" non-news and that'll filter down.  Warde could well blow this but my assumption is he has names of guys that are good that will make people happy.  I mean, not people here because it would show Warde isn't an incompetent fool, but other people.  

Anyway, I continue finding myself defending Warde Manuel and I don't know why, but I guess we've gotten to the point where, on principle, I am annoyed with people moving the goalposts because their priors were proven wrong and they can't admit to it.  I was wrong about Howard going into this year; I thought he struggled with a lack of experience the past couple of seasons but with a decently-experienced squad this year he'd be better.  Instead they cratered and he's gone, and I missed some warning signs.  I'll cop to that.  But I also don't think Wade is going to blow this hire in that he'll purposely make a bad one; there's no promise it'll work out but that's more the vagaries of college sports than anything else.  But it is a bit exciting to have a chance at remaking this team with a new guy during a normal hiring cycle.

I'm not sure that would have…

I'm not sure that would have mattered in the end; maybe it knocks them down to the 10 line but that would be a "good loss" for MSU according to these analytics.  Seemingly there are some schools/programs where they get ranked high early on and unless they just crater you don't see them drop too much.

Yeah, it's not that I don't…

Yeah, it's not that I don't think they should get some credit for scheduling tough games out of conference but...you gotta win some of them.  I looked at their KenPom numbers and here are their wins away from Breslin - meaning true away games or neutral-site ones:

  1. Baylor @ LCA, 88-64
  2. Maryland, 61-59
  3. PSU, 80-72
  4. UM, 73-63
  5. Minnesota @ BTT, 77-67

That's it.  Baylor and Minnesota are the only teams in that lot to finish with a winning record (and Minnesota only got there because they played a terrible OOC schedule), and only Baylor made the tournament.  Hell, Indiana finished 19-14, same 10-10 conference slate, and have 7 road/neutral-site wins and nobody even thought of them as a bubble team.  Yes, those road wins were all over bad teams but, like, they mostly are the same as MSU's.  

I don't have a big problem with them getting into the tourney but it probably should have required a stop in Dayton first, but then again UVa shouldn't have even gotten in so the committee seemingly only watched a couple of games this year and then just went by names.

 

Congrats to WBB.  Looking…

Congrats to WBB.  Looking forward to a nice run.

I see why MSU made the…

I see why MSU made the tournament but a 9 seed seems pretty crazy to me.  They're 3-9 in Quad 1 games and 9-14 in Q1+2 games.  NET seems like one of those systems where once you get high enough you never can fall that far because every loss you suffer is considered a "good" loss because the team that beat you gets a bonus for beating a "good" team so unless you just crater nothing really happens to you.  Witness Kansas and MSU seemingly not budging much all year despite being underwhelming.

 

Yeah, the fact ISU and USF…

Yeah, the fact ISU and USF were skipped but UVa, which was the 70th team to KenPom and 54th to NET this season (for comparison UM last year was 44th and 61st to those metrics last year and didn't get a sniff of the tourney), got in because reasons.  Similarly, MSU got a ton of credit for losing to a bunch of good teams and beating a couple, and that's why they're a 9 seed despite a resume that looks far more questionable.

But in terms of Michigan's coaching search I guess it's nice two of the top-ish targets are heading to the NIT, meaning they're likely even more amenable to overtures from UM.  

I honestly feel bad he got…

I honestly feel bad he got fired this year, and between the health issues, the weird transfer blockages, and everything else it's a rough way to go out.  But everyone seems to be handling the separation well and that's a testament to Howard, Warde, and everyone else involved.

I'm sure it's not optimal to…

I'm sure it's not optimal to lose a guy who has some talent but I do think it's telling that Dug was thrust into the starting lineup as a true freshman and played pretty well while the staff seemingly didn't even consider giving heavy minutes to Washington.  So it's not like they're an Izzo-style outlook on playing young guys, and leads me to believe that he is farther away from the P5 level than you'd like.  My guess is he transfers down to a mid-major and does well enough.  He's definitely got the potential to be a good shooter and offense generator, but given his size there's a ceiling for him.

Not a big surprise.  His…

Not a big surprise.  His coach is gone and he couldn't crack a rotation that, at times, had 1 guard available per game.  Wish him luck.

Team looked really solid and…

Team looked really solid and is now on a 7-2 run since they got swept by MSU.  Get one more win at Munn and then get ready to ruin some higher-seeds life.

You're totally right, there…

You're totally right, there's no chance a guy gets worse as a coach as he ages but instead is always capable of repeating the same level of success going forward.  That's why Tom Izzo has multiple national titles and his preseason #4 team is definitely not on the cusp of the bubble.

Again, if you've got actual arguments that you think Bennett can come to UM and win a title by all means share them.  But yeah, right now the difference between UVa and Wisconsin is they won the one NC game they got to while UW didn't, mostly because one played an okay TTU team with 1 draft picks and the other played against a decently loaded Duke team.

Probably the smart move but…

Probably the smart move but I do sort of wonder if this was the easy way out for their AD.  OSU was bad for most of last year and then for sort of got hot to end the year (6-2, including a hot BTT run) but that didn't turn into anything sustainable.  Maybe Diebler breaks the mood and really does let them bounce back but you also wonder if maybe a team that underachieved for 2 years just bounced back a bit and this is also not the type of team they'll be under him.

I don't blame them and maybe he did great in interviews but they fired Holtmann a month ago and didn't even wait until the end of the year to look at a bunch of candidates.

I hear you; I've started to…

I hear you; I've started to look at ticket prices at various New England towns despite not two weeks ago assuming they'd be on the outside looking in.

I do think the team has righted the ship a bit; they're 7-2 since getting swept by MSU and they're doing it as much with stuff like PK and solid 3 period defensive performances as simply trying to outscore their mistakes.  I wouldn't call it ideal but it does feel a bit sustainable.

Fantastic effort by a team…

Fantastic effort by a team that, if they play like they did tonight, can beat anyone in college hockey.

On to Munn.

I think he'll be better in…

I think he'll be better in Pittsburgh than Chicago but I still just don't see how the stuff that has hurt him his entire career - struggling to read defenses and read quickly, plus some accuracy issues - will be resolved on a team that hasn't been particularly good on offense for a while now.  

Still, it's such a low-risk play I get why the Steelers would take it.  I also assume that means the Bears are going to take Caleb Williams.