Ill bring it up Cronin

[Carin's Dad]

i think that cronin was set on leaving uc, come **** or high water. he was, what, the 7th or 8th guy that ucla talked to / offered the job to. mick came off, to me, as just desparate to leave uc. ucls was more a means to an end.

I wonder if UCLA knew about the Big Ten and hired a coach with Midwest recruiting ties.

[longtimefan]

The hard nose style is not a LA staple, just not a natural combination

There aren’t many places where they like playing games scoring in the 50’s or 60’s. You may get in the tournament every year, but at some point you’ll face a team with multiple shooters and have to outscore them, and get bounced out every year.

[Lobot]

I have always thought that Los Angeles would not be a good fit for Cronin. Los Angeles just does not appear to be his style.

I wonder if he like earthquakes. They just had a 4.1 in LA

[red_n_black_attack]

I have always thought that Los Angeles would not be a good fit for Cronin. Los Angeles just does not appear to be his style.

John Wooden was pretty successful and I'd say his style was much more hard-nosed than Cronin; however, I'd also say that Wooden probably fostered an environment of trust in the program where players and staff worked hard together. I'm sure Wooden yelled some too. Rather than say LA is not Mick's style, I'd say the times have changed and players don't respond well to Mick's style in general.

[Joco45215]

I have always thought that Los Angeles would not be a good fit for Cronin.

Los Angeles just does not appear to be his style

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The hard nose style is not a LA staple, just not a natural combination

[leeraymond]

I have always thought that Los Angeles would not be a good fit for Cronin. Los Angeles just does not appear to be his style.

[GoBearcats31]

Speaking of Mick ... not a good look https://burnerball.com/off-the-burner-1-4-24/

[Lobot]

AAU changed things, it became bigger than the high school game....... Mick was really good at finding talent during this time.....he found the guys the were under the radar....what hurt Mick was when the recruiting went heavy on the internet....no as much under the radar recruits with the net blowing everyone up hype wise.......now the NIL is changing things again.......

Your internet comment is spot on. I'd go so far as to say that the Social Media portion of that, specifically Twitter, has made it really, really hard to keep things quiet in recruiting. I say that as someone who benefits from it not being quiet. Sometime I wonder if we'd be better off as a program if it went back to incognito mode.

[Joco45215]

For Huggins, I think there was a change in recruiting because he got is original talent from the JuCo ranks. Or maybe after other coaches saw his success, they took in all of the good recruits. Something changed though.

AAU changed things, it became bigger than the high school game....... Mick was really good at finding talent during this time.....he found the guys the were under the radar....what hurt Mick was when the recruiting went heavy on the internet....no as much under the radar recruits with the net blowing everyone up hype wise.......now the NIL is changing things again.......

[bearcatbret]

For Huggins, I think there was a change in recruiting because he got is original talent from the JuCo ranks. Or maybe after other coaches saw his success, they took in all of the good recruits. Something changed though.

[Bearcat93]

Huggins & Cronin had more than defensive mindedness in common-they both lost many tournament games to lower seeds.

[longtimefan]

Plus, I don't think the fan base ever really got past the Huggins era. Cronin was never accepted completely and couldn't live up to the level of success that Huggins had for more than a few reasons.

People forget that Huggins made only one Sweet 16 in his last 9 years here, and no further.

[Lobot]

i think that cronin was set on leaving uc, come **** or high water. he was, what, the 7th or 8th guy that ucla talked to / offered the job to. mick came off, to me, as just desparate to leave uc. ucls was more a means to an end.

Bohn screwed Cronin over more than a little bit in contract negotiations, so yeah Cronin was out of here. Plus, I don't think the fan base ever really got past the Huggins era. Cronin was never accepted completely and couldn't live up to the level of success that Huggins had for more than a few reasons. None of those reasons are particularly Cronin's fault ,IMO. It was just a perfect storm of stuff the program was dealing with with conference changes, etc.

All that said, I always felt like Bohn was a good guy as AD. As we later found out, looks can be very deceiving. He screwed over UC on his way out the door with Brannen because the Title IX office was closing in on him. The UC Admin should have never let him make that hire.

[D.A.H.]

I figured others would be thinking about this,
I looked at UCLA as a money grab school at best with how the boosters have ran good coaches out of town with even making recent sweet 16's. I dont think John Wooden himself would survive the wrath of the boosters lol
Mick probably would have been better off leaving for the UNLV job than the UCLA..... Probably would have been better staying here than anything....but its his life, his dreams, Im sure when UNC comes calling we will be replacing Wes.....

i think that cronin was set on leaving uc, come **** or high water. he was, what, the 7th or 8th guy that ucla talked to / offered the job to. mick came off, to me, as just desparate to leave uc. ucls was more a means to an end.

[bearcatbret]

As long as H. Davis is doing good we need not worry about CWM leaving. Besides I'm predicting Cronin to Loserville to replace the present interim.

The existing ACC schools are in deep trouble with the addition of Sanford, Cal and SMU. Those three basketball powerhouses will rule the ACC. lol.