UCBearcats
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It's amazing to me that we have all gone over this a million times on this board and there are still people who lack the perspective of what Mick walked into. His first 3-4 years here were a wash. Completely out of his control where he had 0 players and had to rebuild a program from scratch. Not gonna gave a very good team or very good players for a while. So when you emphatically say 7 years like its some huge eye sore compared to huggins it's just disingenuous to the argument. Oh and the talking heads were talking about the Cats going to the final four last year. They were obviously very wrong about that but that was the perception of a mick cronin team early last year. I hate this debate. I think it is comparing apples to oranges. The only real thing Huggs and Cronin have in common is the school they coached at. They have done it in different era's, different leagues, different AD's, different challenges, and different circumstances. Huggins is a HOF coach with the sun setting on his career. Mick is just beginning. The records are obviously going to be different. Mick also had his start significantly stalled by the death penalty given to the program. I am extremely grateful to Huggs for all his accomplishments here at UC. The wins, the players, the memories, and the program he helped raise back to national prominence. Im looking forward to saying the same thing about Mick when his tenure is done at UC. The debate, in my opinion, is a dumb one. To put down the current coach by comparing his record to old one is not a fair comparison because the circumstances are completely different.
This comment is so asinine when used in the context of this thread, and you got a ton of props for it, not a surprise........while I agree with almost everything you wrote, do you realize that this thread was the EXACT opposite of what you are describing above? The title of this thread is "Happy we have Mick" and then a link to a story about players leaving Bob Huggins team. In reality, what actually happens on this site all the time, is that people put down the former coach in order to prop up the current coach. It's amazing how people can distort reality to make things appear the way they want them to.
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