Happy we have Mick

[JumpinJack5]

Originally Posted by BearcatsBball

Huggs is third on the wins list of active D1 head coaches with only Coach K and Boeheim ahead of him. He has over 700 wins as a D1 coach. Sounds like a HOF coach to me.

I subtract 100 wins per inch from DaSean Butler's face:http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/resources/1/1270360447_md.jpg

[cincycpaw]

Originally Posted by JumpinJack5

I subtract 100 wins per inch from DaSean Butler's face:http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/resources/1/1270360447_md.jpg

Yeah I hate coaches that care about their players.

I would take Huggs over Mick in a heartbeat. But that isn't a cutdown on Mick.

[JumpinJack5]

Originally Posted by cincycpaw

Yeah I hate coaches that care about their players.

I would take Huggs over Mick in a heartbeat. But that isn't a cutdown on Mick.

Lighten up, just a joke. Huggs doesn't have the recruiting ability Mick has, but if you asked me who the better sideline coach was if both teams had equal talent, I would go with Huggs.

[Bearcat_NTS]

Originally Posted by subflea

No HOF coach has been mentioned in this thread.

Oh fantastic, the condescending dick decided to drop in and parse words. Bob Huggins will be the the Hall of Fame, maybe I should have said "future HOFer." It is still difficult to say Mick is a better coach then Huggins at this point in Cronin's career.

[ralph1950]

Originally Posted by Bearcat_NTS

Oh fantastic, the condescending dick decided to drop in and parse words. Bob Huggins will be the the Hall of Fame, maybe I should have said "future HOFer." It is still difficult to say Mick is a better coach then Huggins at this point in Cronin's career.

Huggins will never be in the national HOF, character counts in the voting, and he has never won a NC. He will never be put in the UC HOF either.

[bearcat jeff]

I'll never understand why we can't celebrate both guys and what they've done for UC. Bob Huggins is a damn good coach. That said, I'm glad all the negativity surrounding the program is gone. I think Mick's stubbornness hurts him at times as a coach. I'm glad he's stubborn about character and discipline.

[subflea]

Originally Posted by Bearcat_NTS

Oh fantastic, the condescending dick decided to drop in and parse words.

Thank you for the compliment. I am condescending because I can be.

[Gotcha23]

Originally Posted by JumpinJack5

Lighten up, just a joke. Huggs doesn't have the recruiting ability Mick has, but if you asked me who the better sideline coach was if both teams had equal talent, I would go with Huggs.

Huggs doesn't have the recruiting ability Mick has??? Are you delusional??

[JumpinJack5]

Originally Posted by Gotcha23

Huggs doesn't have the recruiting ability Mick has??? Are you delusional??

Mick brought in many of the good players Huggs had at UC. Kenny Satterfield, DeMarr Johnson, etc. Look at his results recently with all of his good recruiters gone-13-19 wont cut it at a school like WV. Once he got the players, he was good at transforming them into good players. At WV, he has made poor decisions as to who he recruits. They are like Xavier with all of the turnover recently, Huggs has even had to kick some kids out, which he never did too often. He is a good coach, he knows how to develop players and get the most out of them. He is much more successful at transforming bigs than Cronin has been, just look at Maxiell, Hicks, Martin, etc.

[JumpinJack5]

Originally Posted by bearcat jeff

I'll never understand why we can't celebrate both guys and what they've done for UC. Bob Huggins is a damn good coach. That said, I'm glad all the negativity surrounding the program is gone. I think Mick's stubbornness hurts him at times as a coach. I'm glad he's stubborn about character and discipline.

I think both of them have helped us in different ways. Huggs helped put us on the map and Cronin has done a lot to restore our basketball brand. He not only has had great records and slowly improved recruiting, but the APR and just quality of the players as people has definitely improved.