So much respect for Mick Cronin. Just watched his press conference after the N. Florida game. He knows his players. He knows his basketball. He knows how he is trying to improve each of his players. He is a natural teacher who has lofty expectations of talented "kids" (young men). Not only does he have high expectations but he has the know how and temperament to push his team to get the very best of themselves. You could tell that he was pleased that his team is already responding to the post-Beach tongue-lashing, but there is more work to do (and it's early season). He is everything you want to a college athletics coach. I hope that ten years from now, we still have him as UCLA's basketball coach.
(when I compare to the "I feel like a need shower after listening to Alford" days - I wonder what UCLA did right to land somebody who is the complete other end of the respect-o-meter scale)
Cronin landed in UCLA'S lap, gift wrapped. He would watch the Bruins throughout his career and ponder what he would do if he was the steward of this program. After Calipari and Barnes basically used UCLA to get raises from Kentucky and Tennessee, and the fiasco hiring of Jamie Dixon that wasn't, UCLA "settled" on Cronin, which turned out to be a blessing.
A lot of truth there. Just came back from my brother's house in Las Vegas. I was born and raised there. We had a great few days talking sports. He said that former AD Desiree Reed-Francois was actively recruiting Coach Cronin during her tenure there. He made it clear that he really wanted to go to UCLA. So glad we got him!
Thanks for the word on Cody!
Bummed b/c we'll miss Cody next week, but I'd rather he get fully healthy for the season going forward. March is far more important for this team.
We got hit better than 61% from the line. Leaving seven points on the table will cost us down the line.
So much respect for Mick Cronin. Just watched his press conference after the N. Florida game. He knows his players. He knows his basketball. He knows how he is trying to improve each of his players. He is a natural teacher who has lofty expectations of talented "kids" (young men). Not only does he have high expectations but he has the know how and temperament to push his team to get the very best of themselves. You could tell that he was pleased that his team is already responding to the post-Beach tongue-lashing, but there is more work to do (and it's early season). He is everything you want to a college athletics coach. I hope that ten years from now, we still have him as UCLA's basketball coach.
(when I compare to the "I feel like a need shower after listening to Alford" days - I wonder what UCLA did right to land somebody who is the complete other end of the respect-o-meter scale)
Cronin landed in UCLA'S lap, gift wrapped. He would watch the Bruins throughout his career and ponder what he would do if he was the steward of this program. After Calipari and Barnes basically used UCLA to get raises from Kentucky and Tennessee, and the fiasco hiring of Jamie Dixon that wasn't, UCLA "settled" on Cronin, which turned out to be a blessing.
Believe it or not, Cronin was always at the top of my list.
A lot of truth there. Just came back from my brother's house in Las Vegas. I was born and raised there. We had a great few days talking sports. He said that former AD Desiree Reed-Francois was actively recruiting Coach Cronin during her tenure there. He made it clear that he really wanted to go to UCLA. So glad we got him!
Certainly hope the football team could hire someone like Coach Cronin! Until then, just beat U$C...