Hoard On WVU Loss

bearcat jeff · 01-30-2011, 05:44 PM

"It's almost like our guys expected that we were just going to come out and win and thought that we were better than West Virginia," head coach Mick Cronin said. "Three Top 10 teams in our league lost today. In every Big East game, whoever plays better that night is going to win. Did we expect to just come in here and win or did we expect to come in here and grind it out? When we struggled, it was almost like it was a shock for us."

I attended practice on Thursday and watched Coach Cronin tell his team exactly what to expect from the Mountaineers. He warned them it would be an all-out war. But when the 'Cats started to fall behind in the second half on Saturday night, they self-destructed by taking some bad shots and failing to dig down and get stops on defense.

http://www.gobearcats.com/blog/2011/...from-cats.html

~~UCBearcats~~ · 01-31-2011, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by bearcat jeff

"Three Top 10 teams in our league lost today. In every Big East game, whoever plays better that night is going to win.http://www.gobearcats.com/blog/2011/...from-cats.html

Does anyone else get tired of hearing these types of things from Mick? It always seems like there is some sort of an excuse or comment made to try to rationalize a loss. Who cares if three other teams in the league lost? What does that have to do with us losing to WVU??

ralph1950 · 01-31-2011, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by UCBearcats

Does anyone else get tired of hearing these types of things from Mick? It always seems like there is some sort of an excuse or comment made to try to rationalize a loss. Who cares if three other teams in the league lost? What does that have to do with us losing to WVU??

Telling what happened is not an excuse it is telling what happened.

UCPT99 · 02-01-2011, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by UCBearcats

Does anyone else get tired of hearing these types of things from Mick? It always seems like there is some sort of an excuse or comment made to try to rationalize a loss. Who cares if three other teams in the league lost? What does that have to do with us losing to WVU??

I looked at my wife while driving home from the game and said, "I don't care what anyone else in the conference did today. If so, I would have watched or went to that game." Losing to WVU is one thing, losing while the players could care less and show no heart is another.

bearcat jeff · 02-01-2011, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by UCBearcats

Does anyone else get tired of hearing these types of things from Mick? It always seems like there is some sort of an excuse or comment made to try to rationalize a loss. Who cares if three other teams in the league lost? What does that have to do with us losing to WVU??

I understand what he is trying to do. He's telling everyone not to get discouraged that it is a tough league. However, it does come across as an excuse at times. I want to hear him say we did not play well. Our bigs have to come ready to play. There's bo defense for our defense. Hold people accountable!!

Not Guilty · 02-01-2011, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by bearcat jeff

I understand what he is trying to do. He's telling everyone not to get discouraged that it is a tough league. However, it does come across as an excuse at times. I want to hear him say we did not play well. Our bigs have to come ready to play. There's bo defense for our defense. Hold people accountable!!

When he does this, he is accused of throwing his players under the bus.

Juliepitzer · 02-01-2011, 05:18 PM

I agree with Cronin on one thing. It is a tough league. We just get so tired of hearing him bring it up everytime we lose. It never stops. If he feels it is tough to the point of keeping us out of the tournament every season, then get us out of it. Otherwise, shut up about it and adjust. He can be a good coach with time but this is one thing that I do get tired of hearing. It is a tough league. We know. We get it. Now move on and make us great again.

ralph1950 · 02-01-2011, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Juliepitzer

I agree with Cronin on one thing. It is a tough league. We just get so tired of hearing him bring it up everytime we lose. It never stops. If he feels it is tough to the point of keeping us out of the tournament every season, then get us out of it. Otherwise, shut up about it and adjust. He can be a good coach with time but this is one thing that I do get tired of hearing. It is a tough league. We know. We get it. Now move on and make us great again.

Being great in Conference USA may have meant you were no better than middle of the pack in the Big East.

bearcat jeff · 02-01-2011, 05:42 PM

Mick isn't the only coach that says, "that's life in our league". I've heard Huggins, Dixon, and Wright say it. Difference is they don't have a split fan base.

david aka the TYZ · 02-01-2011, 06:20 PM

Has anyone ever liked anything any coach says after a loss? A coach has to be positive to the fan base. You throw your players under the bus to the media and players won't want to play for you. I for one wouldn't want to have to answer questions after my team just stunk up the court, but coaches have to come out and do press conferences. I would have a problem if he goes into practices and tells the team these things, but what he says in a post-game show after a loss I could care less about. I honestly don't need to hear it anyway, I watched the game, I know what happened.

01-30-2011, 05:44 PM	#1
bearcat jeff Hoops Moderator Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 7,502	Hoard On WVU Loss "It's almost like our guys expected that we were just going to come out and win and thought that we were better than West Virginia," head coach Mick Cronin said. "Three Top 10 teams in our league lost today. In every Big East game, whoever plays better that night is going to win. Did we expect to just come in here and win or did we expect to come in here and grind it out? When we struggled, it was almost like it was a shock for us." I attended practice on Thursday and watched Coach Cronin tell his team exactly what to expect from the Mountaineers. He warned them it would be an all-out war. But when the 'Cats started to fall behind in the second half on Saturday night, they self-destructed by taking some bad shots and failing to dig down and get stops on defense. http://www.gobearcats.com/blog/2011/...from-cats.html

02-01-2011, 06:20 PM	#10
david aka the TYZ Epic Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Mason area Posts: 3,086	Has anyone ever liked anything any coach says after a loss? A coach has to be positive to the fan base. You throw your players under the bus to the media and players won't want to play for you. I for one wouldn't want to have to answer questions after my team just stunk up the court, but coaches have to come out and do press conferences. I would have a problem if he goes into practices and tells the team these things, but what he says in a post-game show after a loss I could care less about. I honestly don't need to hear it anyway, I watched the game, I know what happened. __________________ representing the C

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02-01-2011, 05:18 PM	#7
Juliepitzer Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 192	I agree with Cronin on one thing. It is a tough league. We just get so tired of hearing him bring it up everytime we lose. It never stops. If he feels it is tough to the point of keeping us out of the tournament every season, then get us out of it. Otherwise, shut up about it and adjust. He can be a good coach with time but this is one thing that I do get tired of hearing. It is a tough league. We know. We get it. Now move on and make us great again.

02-01-2011, 05:42 PM	#9
bearcat jeff Hoops Moderator Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 7,502	Mick isn't the only coach that says, "that's life in our league". I've heard Huggins, Dixon, and Wright say it. Difference is they don't have a split fan base.