UCLA hiring Mick Cronin

[Kenny11]

Maybe not be a good hire but I don't buy the "he's not an LA guy" crap. The biggest concerns with Cronin is not being able to hold it together in March and that his recruiting has been solid but not great.

 

[navery12]

Maybe not be a good hire but I don't buy the "he's not an LA guy" crap. The biggest concerns with Cronin is not being able to hold it together in March and that his recruiting has been solid but not great.

Which makes him a perfect fit for UCLA basketball of late

 

[boba]

Just an absolute clinic by UCLA in how to conduct a coaching search.

As in "Free Clinic," the one you go to after the visits by the recruiting team from UCLA.

 

[CL82]

In all seriousness. Thank you Mick for your service. Thanks for bringing the type of stability we needed to rebuild our program. It was just painfully obvious that you maxed out what you could do here, best of luck at UCLA!!!

GO CATS!!!

Congrats Kobe. I have mixed feelings about it . I feel happy for you but, I will miss using this GIF:

Edit: Dang it beat me to it @calluke

 

[UconnU]

The fact that the majority of UC fans are celebrating this shows just how out of touch they are. There’s no way Cincinnati lands someone as good as Cronin was.

 

[Dooley]

I hope whoever Cincinnati hires likes to complain half as much as Cronin. Will miss crowin' Cronin's 10 minute post game whine conferences.

 

[NJHoops]

The fact that the majority of UC fans are celebrating this shows just how out of touch they are. There’s no way Cincinnati lands someone as good as Cronin was.

Reminds me a little of how happy some Pitt fans were when they got rid of Jamie Dixon... and then they hired Kevin Stallings.

 

[Lefty2one]

Their fanbase is about to take a bad trip down The Grass Isn't Always Greener Boulevard.

 

[Marat]

The UCLA job will be the Mick's 2nd LA job attempt- The first was his audition in Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

Congrats Kobe. I have mixed feelings about it . I feel happy for you but, I will miss using this GIF: View attachment 42089

Edit: Dang it beat me to it @calluke

 

[kobe]

The fact that the majority of UC fans are celebrating this shows just how out of touch they are. There’s no way Cincinnati lands someone as good as Cronin was.

R - U - D - E

 

[Rocktheworld]

Fired by 32 months

 

[calluke]

Congrats Kobe. I have mixed feelings about it . I feel happy for you but, I will miss using this GIF: View attachment 42089

Edit: Dang it beat me to it @calluke

I deleted mine. You had the full gif. So much better.

 

[superjohn]

This has to be a money grab for The Mad Elf.

4 million per year and he's coaching UCLA, he would be insane to turn it down.

 

[Austin316]

4 million per year and he's coaching UCLA, he would be insane to turn it down.

That Mick is gunna need a lot of $ for sun screen

 

[dennismenace]

What's an LA mentality?

Don't worry. Be Happy.

 

[auggie22]

This is the end of anyone on this board ever claiming that UCLA is an elite job, right? Looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like one (for twenty years) ...

 

[Walker11]

I'm going to go against the grain here and say that this is an exceptional hire for UCLA. They need stability and toughness, and Mick will give them both. Plus he'll get some 5-stars, which should get them to the 2nd weekend pretty regularly (and third weekend occasionally).

They'll play like Virginia, tho. I do wonder if UCLA fans will sit still for that...

I wouldn't say exceptional but I lean towards your side on this debate. Mick can coach and the school recruits itself. Every coach at UCLA lands 5* kids. It's kinda underwhelming and the search is embarrassing but I expect UCLA to do quite well under Mick

 

[Matrim55]

I wouldn't say exceptional but I lean towards your side on this debate. Mick can coach and the school recruits itself. Every coach at UCLA lands 5* kids. It's kinda underwhelming and the search is embarrassing but I expect UCLA to do quite well under Mick

Yeah "exceptional" was too strong a word. I just think 28 wins a year with Cincinnati ends up being 33 wins a year with UCLA, and if you're winning that many per year, you're going to eventually win a few games in March.

 

[AdamaNation]

Damn. That's too bad. John Brannen is probably the odds on favorite for the Cincy job. I like him, but he's no lock for the consistent regular season success Cronin gave them.

Ollie.

 

[jdb50]

The way Cinci has succeeded with multiple football head coach hires I think it is premature to say they will come up empty now for hoops. I was glad to see the first Battle of the Leprechauns at the XL. Maybe it won't be the last.

 

[Scrutineer]

UCLA's coaching search was a disaster but its new hire doesn't have to be

 

[UConnNick]

The only way for Cincinnati to survive this is pitino or matta. Otherwise the AAC has added one more bottom feeder. Terrific.

They did fine after Huggins left, and they were in Conference USA at the time. They won't necessarily crater without certain name brand coaches.

 

[80shusky]

I didn't read all 5 pages here but does anyone else think he will do really well there? I could see him reviving that program.

 

[navery12]

I didn't read all 5 pages here but does anyone else think he will do really well there? I could see him reviving that program.

The feeling is almost unanimous in this thread that he'll fail miserably, as will Cincinnati with their new coach

 

[80shusky]

The feeling is almost unanimous in this thread that he'll fail miserably, as will Cincinnati with their new coach

It always seemed that he could recruit a lot of the same kind of kids to Cincinnati. Tough, talented players but not elite talent. He should be able to recruit elite talent to UCLA. If he keeps getting the tough, talented players he has been and can recruit at an even higher level I could see him doing really well there.