UCLA /new rumors (+ back story on strange search for coach)
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They have a coach...Mick Cronin:
https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla...la-basketball-coach-hired-20190409-story.html
https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla...la-basketball-coach-hired-20190409-story.html
Under. Whelming.
They just hired Alford except he's a worse recruiter.
They just hired Alford except he's a worse recruiter.
Good coach. He will have success there and get UCLA back into the tournament routinely. Not sure if he can accomplish elite success though.
Given the stench of the situation, they came out about the best they could.
Yeah, given the circumstances it's not a bad hire. They saved face. Weird fit, though. It might take him some time to overhaul the roster and get his players in there.
Disagree completely. Given the circumstances he's a great hire.
It's sort of a name hire, which helps. But it feels like a desperation move to me without much regard as to how the new guy will fit within that program/culture. Time will tell. Cronin's a good coach and I admire how tough and physical his teams usually are. I just wonder if that style will translate to that school and conference.
That’s probably the best he could do at damage conteol, but clearly he wants out of TCU.
That's some very nice BS. Certainly sounds better than "I wanted to bail but TCU wouldn't let me and UCLA couldn't afford to fix it."
And when they get rich they consider leaving those places. It's hard to move and leave home but they will and are.
I think for sure he wanted the UCLA job, but it doesn't mean that he just wants out of TCU. I get why the chance to go home might appeal to him and I get that just because he wanted that job doesn't mean he wants any job offered to him. But good luck selling that to recruits. For all intents and purposes he looks like he has one foot out the door now.
The only time UCLA has consistently won this century was with some real physical, solid defensive teams under Howland. Probably not what most people think of when they think of UCLA but it's worked there in the not too distant past. If you can coach like that, and not burn bridges with basically every big AAU coach in Southern California like Howland did, I think you could be real successful.
Many rumors that Bryce Harper didn't want anything to do with the Dodgers because of the California Taxes and he signed for over 300 million. So yeah they do care. I am not sure how accurate those reports are though but money people like more money.
You said rumors and the said those rumors mean they care. That makes little to no sense.
Everyone weighs job decisions differently. Some rich people care about lower taxes. Some don’t. It all evens out.
