Coach Cronin 300 Wins

[WAITE HOYT 2]

Originally Posted by Bearcat_NTS

Mick strongly considered UNLV. Anything is possible.

Lots more to that story then is being told I suspect

[#BearcatNation]

Originally Posted by Bearcat_NTS

Mick strongly considered UNLV. Anything is possible.

Dude....if you didn't see that move as leverage, then I don't know what to tell you. Everyone I've heard from that is relatively close to the program says he never had any actual plans to leave. The new arena was still in limbo and he didn't feel the program was getting what it deserved to succeed. He stood up for the program. I really don't want to open a whole can of worms here, but being mad at Mick over the UNLV thing is just preposterous to me. It was a good thing.

[jacobkdoyle]

Originally Posted by WAITE HOYT 2

We were also in the big east then

That's when Gottfried took the NC State job. Idk. Nm. Doesn't even matter.

[ZCat]

They said on the Tulsa telecast that he reached out to Mike Brey a few years ago to learn offense from him. Glad he was big enuf to admit he should do that. I didnt think he had it in him. Apparently he has been in contact with Brey some after that too. I know he tightens up in close games, but he has definitely adjusted. There is no denying our adjO is way better.

[ZCat]

Ding, Ding, Ding, we have a winner!

[ZCat]

Originally Posted by jacobkdoyle

So it's meaningless bc Coach K was younger...but age doesn't matter bc of longevity, so go by the first 14 years...well Cronin is ahead of Coach K by 25 wins through 14 years. Is that good?

LOL. Are you toying with him?

[TheShoeFits]

I know a lot of people don't care much for Lance but I thought this write up was spot on.

http://espn1530.iheart.com/onair/lan...naged_Facebook

[REB4cats]

Originally Posted by Bearcat_NTS

Here are just some around Mick within a few years...

Steve Alford (52 years) has 474 wins.

Mark Gottfried (53 years) has 400 wins.

Tom Crean (50 years) has 353 wins.

Tommy Amaker (51 years) has 351 wins.

Jaime Dixon (51 years) has 345 wins. (In one fewer season than Mick)

Sean Miller (48 years) has 333 wins. (In one fewer season than Mick)

Jeff Lebo (50 years) has 322 career. (If that doesn't show you how meaningless this stat is, I don't know what will)

So by this for coaches his age he still is number 1...(this does mean something)

for coaches under 50 he is number 2 (of the guys you listed).

And in 5 or 6 years (when he is the age as most of these other guys) I think he will likely have more wins than them as well.

Congrats to Coach Cronin on a strong start to his career. We should all hope for many more Ws in his name.

[waterhead]

Originally Posted by REB4cats

So by this for coaches his age he still is number 1...(this does mean something)

for coaches under 50 he is number 2 (of the guys you listed).

And in 5 or 6 years (when he is the age as most of these other guys) I think he will likely have more wins than them as well.

Congrats to Coach Cronin on a strong start to his career. We should all hope for many more Ws in his name.

He's been on a pace of about 25 wins the last 7 years...So on that pace he would have about 425 by age 50 and 475 by age 52.

I would like to see us get the SOS a little better...But I can't argue win total at his age. Tournament success would be nice too.

[2bearcatdad]

Originally Posted by TheShoeFits

I know a lot of people don't care much for Lance but I thought this write up was spot on.

http://espn1530.iheart.com/onair/lan...naged_Facebook

Nice article and I agree - it's spot on.

The evidence now is too overwhelming to ignore. Mick is a solid, high D1 coach and we're lucky to have him. I wouldn't put him in the upper eschelon as yet, because we haven't demonstrated enough post season success. However, I'm hopeful that will turn around soon as well.