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Huggins hasn't recruited well in a very, very long time (Michael Beasely was because of an assistant he snagged from UNCC). He got a couple nice recruits (Kevin Jones and Devin Ebanks) early but really won primarily with the left overs from Beilin. I think it will be time for Huggy to pack it up and head to the athletic department.
 
Bearcat_NTS said:
Huggins hasn't recruited well in a very, very long time (Michael Beasely was because of an assistant he snagged from UNCC). He got a couple nice recruits (Kevin Jones and Devin Ebanks) early but really won primarily with the left overs from Beilin. I think it will be time for Huggy to pack it up and head to the athletic department.
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If he ever can't find a job, Mick should hire him to be on his staff. Huggs can coach talent, he just struggles to get the talent. I doubt with his résumé that he would be jobless for too long, but if the opportunity ever presented itself, he knows the game. I think he is slightly better at X's and O's than Mick, but Mick is a much better all around coach.
 
JumpinJack5 said:
If he ever can't find a job, Mick should hire him to be on his staff. Huggs can coach talent, he just struggles to get the talent. I doubt with his résumé that he would be jobless for too long, but if the opportunity ever presented itself, he knows the game. I think he is slightly better at X's and O's than Mick, but Mick is a much better all around coach.
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IDK how you can compare Mick to a HOFer at this point in his career but that is besides the point. Huggins will transition into the WVU athletic department per his contract. Why the hell would he come to be an assistant at a school where he was a legend? Your logic is again greatly flawed. Stick to complaining about the summer league.
 
Bearcat_NTS said:
IDK how you can compare Mick to a HOFer at this point in his career but that is besides the point. Huggins will transition into the WVU athletic department per his contract. Why the hell would he come to be an assistant at a school where he was a legend? Your logic is again greatly flawed. Stick to complaining about the summer league.
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You must be smoking something to think Mick isn't a good coach. He was part of the reason Huggs was good at UC. Recruiting is a key aspect of coaching, and Huggs isn't very good at it. Also, per his contract, he can be fired. If he doesn't get results, there is no reason WVU couldn't fire him. I don't think he would ever coach at UC again, and I would bet he would get a job offer quickly to be a head coach, should WVU ever fire him. If the opportunity ever presented itself, it would be cool to see him come full circle and retire where he made a name for himself. Never said he would, will, etc., just said it would be cool.
 
Bearcat_NTS said:
IDK how you can compare Mick to a HOFer at this point in his career but that is besides the point. Huggins will transition into the WVU athletic department per his contract. Why the hell would he come to be an assistant at a school where he was a legend? Your logic is again greatly flawed. Stick to complaining about the summer league.
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No HOF coach has been mentioned in this thread.
 
Huggs is third on the wins list of active D1 head coaches with only Coach K and Boeheim ahead of him. He has over 700 wins as a D1 coach. Sounds like a HOF coach to me.
 
cincycpaw said:
Yeah I hate coaches that care about their players.

I would take Huggs over Mick in a heartbeat. But that isn't a cutdown on Mick.
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Lighten up, just a joke. Huggs doesn't have the recruiting ability Mick has, but if you asked me who the better sideline coach was if both teams had equal talent, I would go with Huggs.
 
subflea said:
No HOF coach has been mentioned in this thread.
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Oh fantastic, the condescending dick decided to drop in and parse words. Bob Huggins will be the the Hall of Fame, maybe I should have said "future HOFer." It is still difficult to say Mick is a better coach then Huggins at this point in Cronin's career.
 
Bearcat_NTS said:
Oh fantastic, the condescending dick decided to drop in and parse words. Bob Huggins will be the the Hall of Fame, maybe I should have said "future HOFer." It is still difficult to say Mick is a better coach then Huggins at this point in Cronin's career.
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Huggins will never be in the national HOF, character counts in the voting, and he has never won a NC. He will never be put in the UC HOF either.
 
I'll never understand why we can't celebrate both guys and what they've done for UC. Bob Huggins is a damn good coach. That said, I'm glad all the negativity surrounding the program is gone. I think Mick's stubbornness hurts him at times as a coach. I'm glad he's stubborn about character and discipline.
 
JumpinJack5 said:
Lighten up, just a joke. Huggs doesn't have the recruiting ability Mick has, but if you asked me who the better sideline coach was if both teams had equal talent, I would go with Huggs.
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Huggs doesn't have the recruiting ability Mick has??? Are you delusional??
 
Gotcha23 said:
Huggs doesn't have the recruiting ability Mick has??? Are you delusional??
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Mick brought in many of the good players Huggs had at UC. Kenny Satterfield, DeMarr Johnson, etc. Look at his results recently with all of his good recruiters gone-13-19 wont cut it at a school like WV. Once he got the players, he was good at transforming them into good players. At WV, he has made poor decisions as to who he recruits. They are like Xavier with all of the turnover recently, Huggs has even had to kick some kids out, which he never did too often. He is a good coach, he knows how to develop players and get the most out of them. He is much more successful at transforming bigs than Cronin has been, just look at Maxiell, Hicks, Martin, etc.
 
bearcat jeff said:
I'll never understand why we can't celebrate both guys and what they've done for UC. Bob Huggins is a damn good coach. That said, I'm glad all the negativity surrounding the program is gone. I think Mick's stubbornness hurts him at times as a coach. I'm glad he's stubborn about character and discipline.
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I think both of them have helped us in different ways. Huggs helped put us on the map and Cronin has done a lot to restore our basketball brand. He not only has had great records and slowly improved recruiting, but the APR and just quality of the players as people has definitely improved.
 

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