I'm breaking a new year resolution not to beat a dead horse. I'm encouraged to do so because the back-and-forth mostly has been civil to date. So.
Arizona lost 4 starters from last year's Pac12 Tournament winning team, and were rated #4 preseason.
UCLA similarly was viewed as an end of an era and a reload, yet were unranked preseason. CMC was insulted and enraged that his coaching and incoming talent were so dismissed.
But now he says of his coaching and of his recruited talent that it's a fallacy that freshmen improve over the course of their season (Oh? Really?), and that those very recruits have low game IQ.
My how his tune has changed.
Also, not to speak for Baskets, but speaking for Baskets and others, I think the objection to CMC is not the perceived pace of play (which has been highly efficient generally), but where and how the shots are created. It's like pulling teeth to score--so many lengthy droughts! This has been true of his offense for decades. And now we have the controversy of his conduct.
you gotta look at his entire quote about freshmen. it's not wrong...in any sport or at any level. The rest of the quote is: "It's a fallacy because forget the one percentile. For the rest of 'em, it's harder as the year goes on, 'cause it gets harder to win, 'cause there's scouting reports."
This is absolutely correct. It might get easier for freshmen like Amari Bailey, or Jaime Jaquez, or the few that are really going to be stars. But that's the point....very few freshman have that level of talent. They are going to hav to deal with upper classmen who are also getting better, and yes, scouting reports. It does get harder to win as the season goes on. The spotlight gets brighter. The pressure of conference games is greater than the pressure of early non conf games against cupcakes. March pressure is even greater.
As for Arizona, they were ranked #4 coming into the season because they had a stacked roster coming back. We did not and therefore were correctly unranked. Mick's failure this season is the roster he brought back. Dimitri has correctly pointed out how NIL caused him to turn to the Euro market....a risky strategy that has not panned out at least not yet. Everything you said about the offense is true, but the problem is no level of coaching can solve that. This team just does not have the talent to consistently run an efficient offense.
100% as I mentioned, there have been lengthy droughts for a long time, but we had the kind of players like JJJ, Tyger, Singleton and Clark, who could come back and win those games with their calm leadership, experience and polished talent.
I believe Cronin heard the backlash about his conduct, as he took responsibility for the team's struggles, and admitted his behavior was wrong - all in the latest Ben Bolch story. I respect his honesty, as he was losing his team and the support from fans, and I think he knew it.
Evan, it's really too bad that you continue to take every opportunity to take your little stabs. You and I disagree on most things, but you can't seem to engage with me in a respectful manner. I wish you well but will focus in interacting with others in this great community who are kind and reapectful.
I will continue to call you out when you misstate facts. Cronin did not "admit his behavior was wrong." He apologized for not attending a post game press conference. But let's be honest -- that's not your problem with him. Your problem with him is his alleged treatment of his players (which is phenomenal btw). He did not, not should he, apologize for that. UCLA is very lucky to have this man as our coach and I'm going to call you and anyone else out who gas lights about him.
I'm breaking a new year resolution not to beat a dead horse. I'm encouraged to do so because the back-and-forth mostly has been civil to date. So.
Arizona lost 4 starters from last year's Pac12 Tournament winning team, and were rated #4 preseason.
UCLA similarly was viewed as an end of an era and a reload, yet were unranked preseason. CMC was insulted and enraged that his coaching and incoming talent were so dismissed.
But now he says of his coaching and of his recruited talent that it's a fallacy that freshmen improve over the course of their season (Oh? Really?), and that those very recruits have low game IQ.
My how his tune has changed.
Also, not to speak for Baskets, but speaking for Baskets and others, I think the objection to CMC is not the perceived pace of play (which has been highly efficient generally), but where and how the shots are created. It's like pulling teeth to score--so many lengthy droughts! This has been true of his offense for decades. And now we have the controversy of his conduct.
you gotta look at his entire quote about freshmen. it's not wrong...in any sport or at any level. The rest of the quote is: "It's a fallacy because forget the one percentile. For the rest of 'em, it's harder as the year goes on, 'cause it gets harder to win, 'cause there's scouting reports."
This is absolutely correct. It might get easier for freshmen like Amari Bailey, or Jaime Jaquez, or the few that are really going to be stars. But that's the point....very few freshman have that level of talent. They are going to hav to deal with upper classmen who are also getting better, and yes, scouting reports. It does get harder to win as the season goes on. The spotlight gets brighter. The pressure of conference games is greater than the pressure of early non conf games against cupcakes. March pressure is even greater.
As for Arizona, they were ranked #4 coming into the season because they had a stacked roster coming back. We did not and therefore were correctly unranked. Mick's failure this season is the roster he brought back. Dimitri has correctly pointed out how NIL caused him to turn to the Euro market....a risky strategy that has not panned out at least not yet. Everything you said about the offense is true, but the problem is no level of coaching can solve that. This team just does not have the talent to consistently run an efficient offense.
100% as I mentioned, there have been lengthy droughts for a long time, but we had the kind of players like JJJ, Tyger, Singleton and Clark, who could come back and win those games with their calm leadership, experience and polished talent.
I believe Cronin heard the backlash about his conduct, as he took responsibility for the team's struggles, and admitted his behavior was wrong - all in the latest Ben Bolch story. I respect his honesty, as he was losing his team and the support from fans, and I think he knew it.
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Evan, it's really too bad that you continue to take every opportunity to take your little stabs. You and I disagree on most things, but you can't seem to engage with me in a respectful manner. I wish you well but will focus in interacting with others in this great community who are kind and reapectful.
I will continue to call you out when you misstate facts. Cronin did not "admit his behavior was wrong." He apologized for not attending a post game press conference. But let's be honest -- that's not your problem with him. Your problem with him is his alleged treatment of his players (which is phenomenal btw). He did not, not should he, apologize for that. UCLA is very lucky to have this man as our coach and I'm going to call you and anyone else out who gas lights about him.
Good luck Evan.
defeat.
"and admitted his behavior was wrong" Wut?