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cincyguy13 said:
I thought didn’t care at all about UCLA? At least when they were losing you didn’t care. Now that they won, seems like you do care again.
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I don’t care.

Just pointing out that I think he is successful at UCLA.

That was the first UCLA game I watched all season long.


I mostly just posted it because it gets posted every time UCLA loses.


I want him to be successful mostly for the fact that so many people both nationally and locally says he won’t.

I like a good underdog story.

Which is the same reason I turned it around for John Brannen and UC
 
I don’t understand why people want to hate Mick, look at what this guy did for our program. I hope he wins a NC at UCLA, as long as he isn’t playing UC. I know people had their issues with him, but he did UC well for a long time. It’s kind of pathetic honestly 🤷🏻*♂️
 
Jon Rycek said:
I don’t understand why people want to hate Mick, look at what this guy did for our program. I hope he wins a NC at UCLA, as long as he isn’t playing UC. I know people had their issues with him, but he did UC well for a long time. It’s kind of pathetic honestly 🤷🏻*♂️
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People didn’t like them because of his cocky attitude and thinking he was the greatest in the world and never taking blame.
 
Jon Rycek said:
I don’t understand why people want to hate Mick, look at what this guy did for our program. I hope he wins a NC at UCLA, as long as he isn’t playing UC. I know people had their issues with him, but he did UC well for a long time. It’s kind of pathetic honestly 🤷🏻*♂️
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I agree. I wasn't impressed when we first hired him but you have to admit that what he did was amazing when you consider the fact that the program was decimated from the Huggins/Zimpher ordeal. And, by the way, he had to rebuild the program in what might be the toughest conference ever assembled.
 
justinhub2003 said:
This is a false narrative though.

I can pull up 20 game films where he takes the blame.
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No, it’s not. Mick was plenty annoying. Especially after he lost. And he decided to leave. If someone decides to leave, people are not going to root for that person. That’s pretty normal.
 
I mean I personally feel John Brannen isn’t any better with the Media.

And he’s far more locked down than mick.

Chad brendel can’t even get into a UC basketball practice and he’s friends with John.

And John himself did some player blaming in the loss to Colgate.


I don’t think we got an upgrade in personality. I think if anything it’s the same
 
Turns out Jarron isn't the only one to not be aware of an end game situation.


Marquette head coach Steve Wojciechowski told his team to foul Butler (an 85% ft shooter) in a tie game with 20 seconds left because he thought they were down 2.

Wojo on the foul: "I thought we were down two. The last time I looked at the scoreboard, it was a two-point game."
 
Mediocre mick got another huge win over former Xavier d bag Sean Miller last night.

The worst shooting performance in the 47 year history of Arizona’s arena history for Arizona.

Mick is going to alter the Pac 12 just like he altered the AAC. Teams will recruit tougher guys just so they can matchup with UCLA. Just like Houston modeled it self after UC.

I don’t care who it is... if you beat Sean Miller, I’m happy
 
justinhub2003 said:
Mediocre mick got another huge win over former Xavier d bag Sean Miller last night.

The worst shooting performance in the 47 year history of Arizona’s arena history for Arizona.

Mick is going to alter the Pac 12 just like he altered the AAC. Teams will recruit tougher guys just so they can matchup with UCLA. Just like Houston modeled it self after UC.

I don’t care who it is... if you beat Sean Miller, I’m happy
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I also hate Sean Miller. I don’t think he is a good coach at all. He gets recruits that rival duke and uk and can’t do anything with them. Mick will always be solid. Can he take the next step. Always the question. Always will be until he does it in March.
 
cincyguy13 said:
I also hate Sean Miller. I don’t think he is a good coach at all. He gets recruits that rival duke and uk and can’t do anything with them. Mick will always be solid. Can he take the next step. Always the question. Always will be until he does it in March.
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Hard to just say he is solid.

In his first year with a complete Steve Alford soft as ice cream foster, he now has two top 25 kenpom wins, with 1 of them being on road in a rivalry game.

Them beating Arizona by 13 on the road would be equal to us beating Houston on the road by the same margin.

If Brannen pulls off that, this board would say he’s more then solid.

The pac 12 is now the 4th best conference in basketball according to kenpom and he’s tied for 4th place in the league. His team still gets to host zona, zona st, Washington, Washington state.

Pretty much set up for a winning record in his first season in the 4th toughest league with zero players you recruited. That’s more then solid. That’s a good coach.
 
justinhub2003 said:
Hard to just say he is solid.

In his first year with a complete Steve Alford soft as ice cream foster, he now has two top 25 kenpom wins, with 1 of them being on road in a rivalry game.

Them beating Arizona by 13 on the road would be equal to us beating Houston on the road by the same margin.

If Brannen pulls off that, this board would say he’s more then solid.

The pac 12 is now the 4th best conference in basketball according to kenpom and he’s tied for 4th place in the league. His team still gets to host zona, zona st, Washington, Washington state.

Pretty much set up for a winning record in his first season in the 4th toughest league with zero players you recruited. That’s more then solid. That’s a good coach.
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I saw mick coach for 15 years. I don’t think he’s a great coach. Sorry. I think he’s good but that’s it. If you think he’s one of the best coaches in America, awesome. There’s a reason he was UCLA’s 10th choice or whatever he was.
 
cincyguy13 said:
I saw mick coach for 15 years. I don’t think he’s a great coach. Sorry. I think he’s good but that’s it. If you think he’s one of the best coaches in America, awesome. There’s a reason he was UCLA’s 10th choice or whatever he was.
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You can think what you want.

I’m fine with where are at right now. But I’m certain UCLA competes for a pac 12 championship next year and makes the tourney. In year 2 with only 1 of your players added, I think that’s a pretty good coach.

Only now he will have some elite talent in the tourney. Let’s see how it works out.

I want him to win and I want John Brannen to win. I want mick to win to prove every one wrong and I want CJB to win because it’s the team I care about
 
justinhub2003 said:
Hard to just say he is solid.

In his first year with a complete Steve Alford soft as ice cream foster, he now has two top 25 kenpom wins, with 1 of them being on road in a rivalry game.

Them beating Arizona by 13 on the road would be equal to us beating Houston on the road by the same margin.

If Brannen pulls off that, this board would say he’s more then solid.

The pac 12 is now the 4th best conference in basketball according to kenpom and he’s tied for 4th place in the league. His team still gets to host zona, zona st, Washington, Washington state.

Pretty much set up for a winning record in his first season in the 4th toughest league with zero players you recruited. That’s more then solid. That’s a good coach.
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Really good win by Mick. Team showed toughness and good for them. I just can’t imagine still wanting Mick as your basketball coach. Not that you directly said that Justin, just seems implied with your posting history. We have a ton of data to support Mick Cronin is a 7 seed coach and a 2nd round exit guy. His teams peek at the wrong times and his style only wins in a certain type of game. Move on. Kind of pathetic Justin....or should I call you Keeneland Dan.....
 
I just think it's funny Mick has already been reprimanded for going after the officials after a loss.

Yes they got a good win but it's also coming off getting blown out by 18 the game prior.
 
Chance2017 said:
Really good win by Mick. Team showed toughness and good for them. I just can’t imagine still wanting Mick as your basketball coach. Not that you directly said that Justin, just seems implied with your posting history. We have a ton of data to support Mick Cronin is a 7 seed coach and a 2nd round exit guy. His teams peek at the wrong times and his style only wins in a certain type of game. Move on. Kind of pathetic Justin....or should I call you Keeneland Dan.....
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Dude.

My response is based on the fact that so many people think mick wasn’t a good coach. He is. He will prove it at UCLA


And hold your arrogance with Brannen too. I’m happy we are playing well. But let’s be 100% real. We ain’t shit without Mick’s guys leading the way.
We aren’t in the tourney yet. We haven’t won a tourney game yet. And our road game defense is bound to cost us a game really soon. Let’s hope it’s not today.

I’m happy with the way things are trending. But with the screw ups we had early in the season, our margin for error is zero. We can’t keep expecting to score 80 on the road while also allowing 80.

I’m looking toward future so I’m not asking for mick back. But I will defend his legacy here because I thought it was really good.

Jarron Cumberland is the perfect bridge between old era to new era. But next season we won’t have that guy and we will get a true look at how Brannen develops from the ground up.

Just stop with the arrogance.

“success is momentary”—— John Brannen
 

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