Mick Cronin

[Mcginnjw]

Can everyone put their Cronin hate on this thread to keep other threads on topic?

I personally don’t want Cronin fired at all. However, he really needs to perform better in recruiting and March or he will be gone. I firmly believe his biggest weakness is recruiting.

[Bcatfollower]

Originally Posted by Mcginnjw

Can everyone put their Cronin hate on this thread to keep other threads on topic?

I personally don’t want Cronin fired at all. However, he really needs to perform better in recruiting and March or he will be gone. I firmly believe his biggest weakness is recruiting.

Has he not already proven his inability?

[TheLivingLegend]

Cronin is stuck in the 90s. He recruits to 90s style basketball.

It's 2019. The three ball is basketball. Doubling the post to give open threes equals losses. Recruiting athletes over shooters equals losses.

Offense wins championships. Look at the last few winners. All score. All play with pace. Etc.

[Bcatfollower]

Originally Posted by TheLivingLegend

Cronin is stuck in the 90s. He recruits to 90s style basketball.

It's 2019. The three ball is basketball. Doubling the post to give open threes equals losses. Recruiting athletes over shooters equals losses.

Offense wins championships. Look at the last few winners. All score. All play with pace. Etc.

That’s also how recruits want to play.

[cincrulz11]

Originally Posted by TheLivingLegend

Cronin is stuck in the 90s. He recruits to 90s style basketball.

It's 2019. The three ball is basketball. Doubling the post to give open threes equals losses. Recruiting athletes over shooters equals losses.

Offense wins championships. Look at the last few winners. All score. All play with pace. Etc.

Offense and defense wins championships. Nobody out there is winning just playing 1 side of the court. You have to be good at both. We dont even try to get better on offense.

[TheLivingLegend]

Originally Posted by cincrulz11

Offense and defense wins championships. Nobody out there is winning just playing 1 side of the court. You have to be good at both. We dont even try to get better on offense.

I'd argue our defense is wrong to. We constantly double the post and give up open threes.

I said before game selection show if we play a team that shoots threes well, I don't like our chances. (And yes.. Most teams in tournament can shoot it well. Duke a rare rare rare outlier)

[cincrulz11]

Originally Posted by TheLivingLegend

I'd argue our defense is wrong to. We constantly double the post and give up open threes.

I said before game selection show if we play a team that shoots threes well, I don't like our chances. (And yes.. Most teams in tournament can shoot it well. Duke a rare rare rare outlier)

I agree he must change things in his defense. It was a massive problem all year long. 303 out of 351 teams in preventing 3's. That will not work. He designed a defense to stop old school big east offense, the game has evolved.



His defense is amazing against teams that can't shoot the 3 though, unfortunately those teams don't tend to be very good overall.

[sedziobs]

We should be a much better defensive and rebounding team next year with bigger and more athletic guards. We really miss players like Evans and Caupain on the glass.

[Mcginnjw]

Originally Posted by TheLivingLegend

I'd argue our defense is wrong to. We constantly double the post and give up open threes.

I said before game selection show if we play a team that shoots threes well, I don't like our chances. (And yes.. Most teams in tournament can shoot it well. Duke a rare rare rare outlier)

I agree, the three ball is how you can win this tournament. Without it you really don’t have a chance. The three is the great equalizer...it allows teams a chance to win on any given day. That’s what makes March Madness a really fun playoff for casual sports fans. That’s why your girlfriend who can’t tell you a single basketball players name can potentially win her office bracket pool.

The players he gets and the style he coaches will only win consistently in the regular season and get you AAC conference championships (who cares).

I think Cronin has recruited good shooters but they aren’t interested in coming here. That is a massive problem for Cronin. It is obvious that nobody gives a shit about winning in the regular season or conference titles. If he doesn’t start landing shooters he is done for.

[bearcat1518]

Originally Posted by Mcginnjw

I think Cronin has recruited good shooters but they aren’t interested in coming here. That is a massive problem for Cronin. It is obvious that nobody gives a shit about winning in the regular season or conference titles. If he doesn’t start landing shooters he is done for.

Let’s be honest, kids grow up wanting to be like Steph Curry and James Harden - exciting, shooting, scoring. No one wants to go play defense first, get berated when they don’t, and sit on the bench as freshman when less talented seniors play ahead of them.