Congratulations to Coach Cronin on achieving his 232nd career loss (134-61 at UCLA). The look on Hep Cronin's face during the TV broadcast when the Bruins were completing their faceplant said it all--poor dad looked visibly ill (I wonder if he's sticking around to attend the OSU game).
With only 4 more regular season games remaining, the …
Congratulations to Coach Cronin on achieving his 232nd career loss (134-61 at UCLA). The look on Hep Cronin's face during the TV broadcast when the Bruins were completing their faceplant said it all--poor dad looked visibly ill (I wonder if he's sticking around to attend the OSU game).
With only 4 more regular season games remaining, the players and coaching staff still seem unable to address a lot of their team's inconsistencies and individual weaknesses. But maybe I'm worried about the wrong stuff, according to Coach Cronin during the postgame interview (amusing, as usual):
"I'm going to say this again--because all we're worried about is our shooting instead of playing defense. I've been doing this a long time. I know when my team's mind is on the wrong stuff. Our crowd's mind is on the wrong stuff. Our crowd makes--they make it worse when a guy misses a free throw. I mean the stress in Pauley is crazy when a guy--'uhhh, uhhh'--I mean, the guy's not trying--how about help the guy? How about cheer for the guy? I mean it's not like he's trying to miss the free throw. That just makes it worse. Everybody's worried about the wrong stuff!"
You can bet Coach Cronin would have delivered this sort of pep talk during halftime if the Bruins were down by 11 instead of being up by 11 against Minnesota. The Bruins' defense crumbled in the 2nd half and watched Garcia score a season high 32 points, with the missed FTs just adding to the misery. A very bad game overall for the players and coaching staff that just needs to be flushed down the toilet,,,
Congratulations to Coach Cronin on achieving his 232nd career loss (134-61 at UCLA). The look on Hep Cronin's face during the TV broadcast when the Bruins were completing their faceplant said it all--poor dad looked visibly ill (I wonder if he's sticking around to attend the OSU game).
With only 4 more regular season games remaining, the players and coaching staff still seem unable to address a lot of their team's inconsistencies and individual weaknesses. But maybe I'm worried about the wrong stuff, according to Coach Cronin during the postgame interview (amusing, as usual):
"I'm going to say this again--because all we're worried about is our shooting instead of playing defense. I've been doing this a long time. I know when my team's mind is on the wrong stuff. Our crowd's mind is on the wrong stuff. Our crowd makes--they make it worse when a guy misses a free throw. I mean the stress in Pauley is crazy when a guy--'uhhh, uhhh'--I mean, the guy's not trying--how about help the guy? How about cheer for the guy? I mean it's not like he's trying to miss the free throw. That just makes it worse. Everybody's worried about the wrong stuff!"
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You can bet Coach Cronin would have delivered this sort of pep talk during halftime if the Bruins were down by 11 instead of being up by 11 against Minnesota. The Bruins' defense crumbled in the 2nd half and watched Garcia score a season high 32 points, with the missed FTs just adding to the misery. A very bad game overall for the players and coaching staff that just needs to be flushed down the toilet,,,