Yes, they love his act now. Let’s see how much they love it when he gets past the 1st weekend once in 15 years. How much you think they will love it? I’ll wait for your answer
What’s hilarious about his ACT is that... to you, you hated it. And yet to UCLA, they absolutely love mick so far and his non sense approach. The UCLA board is basically a Cronin love fest at this point.
I just think it’s offensive to feel like that the Cronin era was some oppressive regime, it was absolutely fun and some of all time favorite Bearcats were brought to UC by mick.
Jarron Cumberland is mick’s last gift to UC. Can’t wait to watch him work
Agree with Huggins. Greatly underachieved with some of the teams he had later.I mean early success from Huggins kept him off the hot seat when he sucked in the tourney his last 9 years.
That said, if UC gets bounced in the first round this year, then I’ll just be convinced that this city has a playoff curse
Oddly... I think Brannen has far more pressure then mick does, at least in the first 3 years.
Brannen inherited a winning team with a winning culture. No rebuild needed, he is expected to not skip a beat and get us to the promised land,
Micks new team was just picked 8th. Absolutely zero chance that UCLA finishes 8th this year. He has a very very talented roster and he can coach.
I think UCLA makes the tourney In year one. And I’m year 2 he already has a top 10 player committed with only 2 other ships open
Brannen in the other hand is moving up multiple levels. His first top 75 win this year will be his first In his career. AAC is deep this year. Mick on the other hand plays in a pac 12 that was rated worse than the aac
You just said it, Mick inherited a very talented roster. The pressure is on him to win, and win now. Especially considering he was at the bottom of their list when they hired him and a lot of UCLA fans wanted nothing to do with him. I think he is capable of having success there but if he doesn't have it quickly he will be out the door.
Brannen had to replace just about everybody. Thankfully he had a good core of Scott, Cumberland, and Williams but he had a ton of pieces to put together quickly, and thankfully he did such.
You just said it, Mick inherited a very talented roster. The pressure is on him to win, and win now. Especially considering he was at the bottom of their list when they hired him and a lot of UCLA fans wanted nothing to do with him. I think he is capable of having success there but if he doesn't have it quickly he will be out the door.
Brannen had to replace just about everybody. Thankfully he had a good core of Scott, Cumberland, and Williams but he had a ton of pieces to put together quickly, and thankfully he did such.
No
He inherited a talented roster that hadn’t won in a long while.
I promise you the expectations at UC are higher then at a UCLA. We sold out season tickets, had a great showing for madness and was picked 3rd in our league.
UCLA was picked 8th and people expect it will take a few years. I mean UCLA also lost all its best players
No
He inherited a talented roster that hadn’t won in a long while.
I promise you the expectations at UC are higher then at a UCLA. We sold out season tickets, had a great showing for madness and was picked 3rd in our league.
UCLA was picked 8th and people expect it will take a few years. I mean UCLA also lost all its best players
Also mick didn’t lose a single kid to transfer. Kept all his commits as well. That means something
Mick Cronin tried to talk Brooks into staying at UC and he chose to leave instead.
Also mick didn’t lose a single kid to transfer. Kept all his commits as well. That means something
Mick Cronin tried to talk Brooks into staying at UC and he chose to leave instead.
No
He inherited a talented roster that hadn’t won in a long while.
I promise you the expectations at UC are higher then at a UCLA. We sold out season tickets, had a great showing for madness and was picked 3rd in our league.
UCLA was picked 8th and people expect it will take a few years. I mean UCLA also lost all its best players
Btw, UCLA beat UC in the tournament in 2017. That UCLA team went further than Mick has gone in a long long time. So once again it's incorrect to say that he inherited a roster that hasn't won in a long time. But facts never get in your way.
Lololol
The team that beat us in the 2017 tourney had Lonzo ball, TJ leaf, Aaron holiday, Bryce Alford, Thomas welsh, Ike anigbogu, issac Hamilton
None of those dudes play for UCLA... lol none of them played for UCLA even last year.
I love when people think they burn people but really just spew out the most BS stuff.
And FYI, the UCLA Team that UCLA beat last year had 3 pros on its team that also all left....Moses brown, jaylen hands and kris Wilkes.
Micks new team has tons of raw talent but no super stars, and no one on the team has been apart of a winning culture.
Guys. I’m not rooting against UC. So you can’t burn me with UC’s success.
I’ll be in my season ticket seats doing the same thing I always do. Cheering on the bearcats.
But I will absolutely hold Brannen to a high standard. I expect good recruiting, league championships and making the NCAA tourney every year as a baseline. I’ll be furious if we miss the tourney. But if we win, I’ll be just as happy.
I want CJB to be successful.
Good. Then can you hold off on all your BS comments until any of that stuff happens?
There's already been signs of trouble the guy couldn't keep a top 15 roster together. He hasn't won me over which in my mind is a glaring sign bc the games haven't even started yet, foreshadowing possibly a aspect about him that doesn't sell to many recruits. UC brand is strong enough to at least get in a kids ear or living room. Brannen is a watch film, analytics, run you out the gym kind of coach... I expect this team to struggle during this yr, primarily with post play, defensive continuity, offensive flow. Hopefully team chemistry on the court can pick up it's just alarming how brannen is speaking about shorted roster and practically botched practices. This yr had to be a success bcs he's fresh, wants a good start at this level and we got him as an upgrade replacement he was the apple of the ads eye the whole time.. We have to make the tournament bc next yr could easily be a wash.Yep, he says he wants Brannen to be successful but also wants everyone to know he is ready to pounce at the first sign of trouble.
No
He inherited a talented roster that hadn’t won in a long while.
I promise you the expectations at UC are higher then at a UCLA. We sold out season tickets, had a great showing for madness and was picked 3rd in our league.
UCLA was picked 8th and people expect it will take a few years. I mean UCLA also lost all its best players
I mean early success from Huggins kept him off the hot seat when he sucked in the tourney his last 9 years.
That said, if UC gets bounced in the first round this year, then I’ll just be convinced that this city has a playoff curse