Mick a Candidate for UNLV?

[jacobkdoyle]

No one cares about UC nationally either. They used to though...

I can confirm this.

 

[Xufan02]

Local enough to know the enquirer is the paper. No one cares about x nationally either.

Um I went to school in cincy for 4 years. I know what the local paper is.
Lol

You're more nationally relevant when you make it to the second weekend, are nationally ranked etc...got y'all beat there. Last time UC was relevant in that sense we were all using AOL and dial up modems back when Kmart went down. Lot has changed since then.

The fact that X fans want mick to stick around should tell you all you need to know.

Anyway I'm done. - good luck to y'all in the offseason. Please do all ya can to keep the lil guy in Clifton. I'd hate to not get to beat him 4x in a row next year.

 

[Bcatfollower]

No one cares about UC nationally either. They used to though...

Hey! We're talking about x here. Lol

 

[TheRealUC]

Lol.....just go read old posts dude. I'm not typing it all again. All you guys can counter with are his 6 straight NCAAs and then you start searching for anything else that you can throw out there. I only really have to post 2-3 items....recruiting and attendance and discounting ticket prices. Those three trump any of his minuscule accomplishments. I can name 10-15 other things and have done it over and over. Just read the old posts.

The administration once made us buy season tickets to football just to get our basketball tickets. This in the same pathetic arena that we have today. And, we sold the place out. After 10 years of this incredible job of Cronin buildup, the administration has to cut ticket prices to nothing, to get people to come. And we still can't get 10,000 people to come to games. And many of the people attending want him gone. I could go on for two or three more paragraphs but you've heard it before...or maybe you haven't. Those with an agenda ignore the facts.

Another mention of your season ticket status, we get it.

although i don't wanna bring huggins up again i do have one question. If he wasn't wrongfully forced out would you be calling for his job or at least questioning if the university should look at possible alternatives? That is based on his 1 sweet 16 in his final 9 years. I'm all for something better if it's there, but we all see the debacle we went through after cleaning house.

 

[UCalum08]

This is Villanova's first sweet 16 since 2009. I can't believe Nova didn't get rid of Jay Wright after all his early exits.

 

[UCBearcats]

This is Villanova's first sweet 16 since 2009. I can't believe Nova didn't get rid of Jay Wright after all his early exits.

Lol, are you SERIOUSLY trying to compare Mick Cronin to Jay Wright?? You're talking about a guy who went to 2 sweet 16's, an elite 8 and a final 4 in a 5 season stretch. Pretty sure he's bought himself a lifetime contract at Nova and the ability to not be questioned.

If Mick puts up results like that this discussion isn't even happening.

 

[Bearcat_NTS]

This is Villanova's first sweet 16 since 2009. I can't believe Nova didn't get rid of Jay Wright after all his early exits.

He won the Big East the last 3 years. How many times has Mick won an outright league title?? Oh, right. Zero times.

 

[TheRealUC]

Found this on a cincy site i check out from time to time. I think he's pretty spot on

Sad thing is when this report made it’s rounds on social media, there are a lot of Bearcats fans that would be happy to see him go. Mainly first and second year students, hell could be most of the student body. Mostly the people that don’t remember how bad this program was when Cronin took over, he has revived this program. You don’t turn your back on someone like that, let alone one of your own. Mick isn’t leaving, get use to the Bearcats style of play or go to Norwood. It’s as simple as that.

 

[jacobkdoyle]

Found this on a cincy site i check out from time to time. I think he's pretty spot on

Sad thing is when this report made it’s rounds on social media, there are a lot of Bearcats fans that would be happy to see him go. Mainly first and second year students, hell could be most of the student body. Mostly the people that don’t remember how bad this program was when Cronin took over, he has revived this program. You don’t turn your back on someone like that, let alone one of your own. Mick isn’t leaving, get use to the Bearcats style of play or go to Norwood. It’s as simple as that.

The "get used to the style of play" line makes me queasy.

 

[L-T]

Another mention of your season ticket status, we get it.

although i don't wanna bring huggins up again i do have one question. If he wasn't wrongfully forced out would you be calling for his job or at least questioning if the university should look at possible alternatives? That is based on his 1 sweet 16 in his final 9 years. I'm all for something better if it's there, but we all see the debacle we went through after cleaning house.

I' m smart enough to be able to see what a fluke it was that we didn't advance further in a lot of those years. Plus, Huggs gave us league championships, tournament championships, MacDonald's All Americans, National Player of the year, 1St Team All Americans, Amazing regular seasons, High rankings, high seeds, national TV, sellouts, Juco all Americans and Juco players of the year, built the C-Paw brand, got us in the Big East, 14 straight NCAAs, etc. So.,that was a silly question. Comparing this Cronin scenario with that is ridiculous. And no, I wouldn't be questioning Huggs.

 

[Doogle]

I keep seeing people say this. This is what makes me nervous. Up and comer= not proven at the highest level. There simply arent many Bob Huggins of the world out there. We got extremely lucky with that hire. Young up and comers also include John Groce of Illinois and Josh Pastner. I just dont want our program to take a step back. Momentum is on our side. 6 straight tourney runs. New arena supposedly on the way. Might get into the big 12. Recruiting appears to be getting better (Clark, Evans, Cumberland in back to back to back classes). I want to build on the good things. I think Mick can do better. I think he should be expected to do better. He has legitimate reasons as to why his program is stuck in neutral. If the arena and new league come to fruition those excuses are no longer valid. If the results dont change he has to go. But I just dont think now is time to take our chips off the table. I think Mick sees the same thing and will not go anywhere.

On the football side we replaced Rick Minter with Mark Dantonio, replaced by Brian Kelly, replaced by Butch Jones. This from a football program that had absolutely NO juice whatsoever circa 2000.

It takes smart people doing their due diligence and making a strong hire. Brad Underwood isn't young but making the most of things at SFA, they've been good for awhile and play a strong style of ball. Chris Beard has done wonders everywhere he's been. Just 2 candidates off the top of my head that would probably crawl to Clifton for a job interview.

Again, a moot point. I want Coach Cronin at Cincinnati.

 

[Bearcat_NTS]

I' m smart enough to be able to see what a fluke it was that we didn't advance further in a lot of those years. Plus, Huggs gave us league championships, tournament championships, MacDonald's All Americans, National Player of the year, 1St Team All Americans, Amazing regular seasons, High rankings, high seeds, national TV, sellouts, Juco all Americans and Juco players of the year, built the C-Paw brand, got us in the Big East, 14 straight NCAAs, etc. So.,that was a silly question. Comparing this Cronin scenario with that is ridiculous. And no, I wouldn't be questioning Huggs.

L-T, you're on fire today. Couldn't agree more.

 

[Bcatfollower]

Found this on a cincy site i check out from time to time. I think he's pretty spot on

Sad thing is when this report made it’s rounds on social media, there are a lot of Bearcats fans that would be happy to see him go. Mainly first and second year students, hell could be most of the student body. Mostly the people that don’t remember how bad this program was when Cronin took over, he has revived this program. You don’t turn your back on someone like that, let alone one of your own. Mick isn’t leaving, get use to the Bearcats style of play or go to Norwood. It’s as simple as that.

At some point the administration will have to see the correlation between lack of fan support and cronin. Who cares how the program was when he took over, it couldn't have gotten worse. How does he take it to the next level when he can't win the meaningful games to ignite the fan base? Or bring in recruits that excite the fan base? I understand there are some roadblocks and it's not easy but I believe we have given him enough time.

 

[TheRealUC]

I' m smart enough to be able to see what a fluke it was that we didn't advance further in a lot of those years. Plus, Huggs gave us league championships, tournament championships, MacDonald's All Americans, National Player of the year, 1St Team All Americans, Amazing regular seasons, High rankings, high seeds, national TV, sellouts, Juco all Americans and Juco players of the year, built the C-Paw brand, got us in the Big East, 14 straight NCAAs, etc. So.,that was a silly question. Comparing this Cronin scenario with that is ridiculous. And no, I wouldn't be questioning Huggs.

Oh i agree with you on everything Huggs brought...Love huggs. But i would argue that all those regular season accomplishments and high rankings would just highlight the severe underachieving in March. Kenyon's leg not included.

 

[Doogle]

Um I went to school in cincy for 4 years. I know what the local paper is.
Lol

You're more nationally relevant when you make it to the second weekend, are nationally ranked etc...got y'all beat there. Last time UC was relevant in that sense we were all using AOL and dial up modems back when Kmart went down. Lot has changed since then.

The fact that X fans want mick to stick around should tell you all you need to know.

Anyway I'm done. - good luck to y'all in the offseason. Please do all ya can to keep the lil guy in Clifton. I'd hate to not get to beat him 4x in a row next year.

As I recall, the "lil guy" beat X with perhaps the least talented UC team in 25 years. 2 years ago, X fans were screaming for Chris Mack's head. Things change quickly.

 

[Bearcat_NTS]

However, I am legitimately concerned about Mike Bohn's ability to hire. He just comes across as a buffoon to me.

 

[TheRealUC]

The UNLV fan twitter world seems pretty happy over the prospect of Cronin. Although they mostly all point out that it is likely just the University saying they're interested and not due to cronin even considering it

 

[L-T]

Found this on a cincy site i check out from time to time. I think he's pretty spot on

Sad thing is when this report made it’s rounds on social media, there are a lot of Bearcats fans that would be happy to see him go. Mainly first and second year students, hell could be most of the student body. Mostly the people that don’t remember how bad this program was when Cronin took over, he has revived this program. You don’t turn your back on someone like that, let alone one of your own. Mick isn’t leaving, get use to the Bearcats style of play or go to Norwood. It’s as simple as that.

We turned our backs on one of our own...a true Bearcats legend...Tony Yates, who had three good players returning and a brand new arena on the way. Present has been established.

 

[TheRealUC]

We turned our backs on one of our own...a true Bearcats legend...Tony Yates, who had three good players returning and a brand new arena on the way. Present has been established.

He also had a record of 70-100...

 

[L-T]

As I recall, the "lil guy" beat X with perhaps the least talented UC team in 25 years. 2 years ago, X fans were screaming for Chris Mack's head. Things change quickly.

Doogle, we've lost to X 3 years in a row. Mick is the only coach in history to accomplish that twice.