Mick Cronin

Jon Rycek · 03-25-2019, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Bcatfollower

If mick left it would be interesting to see where he ended up. Like would anyone take his style of play or has his lack of march success make ADs think twice.

Lol.. Mick would have plenty of job opportunities. Come on

z_bearcat · 03-25-2019, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Jon Rycek

Keith Williams... Jacob Evans..

Gary Clark, Sean Kilpatrick . . . This is not a legitimate argument. Cronin has had plenty of good players. The problem often is he hasn’t had enough at one time. The other problem is his coaching style. He has to sacrifice some defense in favor of a purely offensive player. There needs to be some balance in his recruiting philosophy.

TheRealMick · 03-25-2019, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by TheRealUC

What did he say about JJ and cane?

Basically they wasn't athletic enough but gave their all. Nobody recruited them out of high school blah blah blah. Crazy talk from a coach

TheRealMick · 03-25-2019, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcats92

What are your sources for Mick leaving and him bashing Broome and Jennifer?

Radio guy said it first. Chad was on tv last night and said same thing. Nku and UC coaches might not be back. Nku coach would be high on our list

**sedziobs** · 03-26-2019, 09:46 AM

Cronin has had lots of scorers who aren't elite athletes. Cumberland, Caupain, Kilpatrick, and Vaughn are the obvious examples. Then there's a whole bunch of role players fitting that description, like Jenifer, Farad Cobb and Larry Davis. Beyond that there's the players that just didn't work out, like Quadri and Jeremiah Davis. We don't only recruit athletes.

TheRealMick · 03-26-2019, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by sedziobs

Cronin has had lots of scorers who aren't elite athletes. Cumberland, Caupain, Kilpatrick, and Vaughn are the obvious examples. Then there's a whole bunch of role players fitting that description, like Jenifer, Farad Cobb and Larry Davis. Beyond that there's the players that just didn't work out, like Quadri and Jeremiah Davis. We don't only recruit athletes.

You only need athletes on wings. Mick been missing a rashad bishop or shaw Thomas in AAC. We been getting away with 2 guards playing the 3. Lack of length on wing killed us this year. Keith williams was weakest link in 3pt defense but at time his athleticism allowed him to recover and block 3pt shots. He's only guy on team that plays with real athleticism. Hardnett and Logan needed to play this year by all means.

Cin City · 03-26-2019, 06:25 PM

https://mikedropsports.com/how-uc-it-being-a-bearcat/

Bcatfollower · 03-26-2019, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Cin City

https://mikedropsports.com/how-uc-it-being-a-bearcat/

Who wrote this garbage?

Bcatfollower · 03-26-2019, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Jon Rycek

Lol.. Mick would have plenty of job opportunities. Come on

Hopefully we will see

sirthought · 03-26-2019, 06:56 PM

He gets at least one well-publicized D1 job offer every year. That's from the schools who think they have a shot at drawing him away.

If a UCLA offered I wouldn't blame Mick for taking at shot at it. He'd probably have enough money for a good life even if he got fired. And it would be a professional achievement just to get there. (Although that becomes less of a destination every year.)

But not many blue bloods will call on Mick because he hasn't made a deep run. So I think he's got it good here. He makes it work more than not.

And a quick look around the AAC shows us how easy it is for a program to fall out of relevancy. Getting a better coach is not a given. If they knew they could close a deal with someone strong before firing Mick, then that would help, but that's not how it works.

03-26-2019, 09:46 AM	#145
sedziobs Senior Moderator Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 2,395	Cronin has had lots of scorers who aren't elite athletes. Cumberland, Caupain, Kilpatrick, and Vaughn are the obvious examples. Then there's a whole bunch of role players fitting that description, like Jenifer, Farad Cobb and Larry Davis. Beyond that there's the players that just didn't work out, like Quadri and Jeremiah Davis. We don't only recruit athletes.

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03-26-2019, 06:56 PM	#150
sirthought Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Down by river Posts: 317	He gets at least one well-publicized D1 job offer every year. That's from the schools who think they have a shot at drawing him away. If a UCLA offered I wouldn't blame Mick for taking at shot at it. He'd probably have enough money for a good life even if he got fired. And it would be a professional achievement just to get there. (Although that becomes less of a destination every year.) But not many blue bloods will call on Mick because he hasn't made a deep run. So I think he's got it good here. He makes it work more than not. And a quick look around the AAC shows us how easy it is for a program to fall out of relevancy. Getting a better coach is not a given. If they knew they could close a deal with someone strong before firing Mick, then that would help, but that's not how it works.