I doubt calling them fake tough guys is going to warm them up to him or the team.
Mick said himself the refs are independent contractors, him complaining about them won't cost them their job.
He says he calls the league offices to complain but nobody will even take his calls. Maybe theres a reason they won't take his calls.
i dont think a single person was mad about him getting a technical in the first place. you'll have to show me that.
His point was.... they won't take his calls. But they will spend the time to go back and listen to his press conferences and radio post games. Which is a bit ridiculous.. IF you won't answer his calls so he can address his issues in the proper manner, the you better be prepared for him to throw the league and officials under the bus in public.
I have no issue with what Mick said.
there's no meaningful distinction between technical foul number 1 and technical foul number two based on the dumb ass way they were called. the post about go sit down and be quiet once you get one technical was particularly ridiculous.
His point was.... they won't take his calls. But they will spend the time to go back and listen to his press conferences and radio post games. Which is a bit ridiculous.. IF you won't answer his calls so he can address his issues in the proper manner, the you better be prepared for him to throw the league and officials under the bus in public.
I have no issue with what Mick said.
i think people can come down on different sides. It's probably more likely if you have other issues with mick it could bleed over into other aspects with him. could be happening to me.
Ironically I’m not really a big mick fan. Love parts of his coaching but a lot I do not like. And yet, when it comes to these technicals, and most really, I’m fine with him. Probably because I think referring in college basketball has been so bad for so long.
Not to detract from the fascinating discussion of Referee psychology but Gregory is a freaking outstanding coach. That USF team is missing talent and he is using what he has to make games competitive. They killed us on the glass for 80% of that game and executed a gameplan (foul, foul, foul) that kept them competitive. Really reminds me of early Big East UC teams that didn't have the talent of Syracuse, Pitt, UConn, Georgetown but found ways to win. USF is going to be good if they can keep him.
we have micks perspective on how they were called. mick doesn't always have the best recall when he's all worked up, such as when he suggested jenifer had missed the previous 2 ft's before he missed his final 2 free throws last game, and that uconn wasn't even denying cumberland the ball on inbounds (they using 2 defenders to prevent him from getting the ball, which is why jenifer is wide open)
the cameras didn't really show much until after the 2nd tech. its hard to tell exactly what happened before that point.
Not to detract from the fascinating discussion of Referee psychology but Gregory is a freaking outstanding coach. That USF team is missing talent and he is using what he has to make games competitive. They killed us on the glass for 80% of that game and executed a gameplan (foul, foul, foul) that kept them competitive. Really reminds me of early Big East UC teams that didn't have the talent of Syracuse, Pitt, UConn, Georgetown but found ways to win. USF is going to be good if they can keep him.
Not to take anything away from USF's turnaround but I think this is a misconception about their team this year. They have a good amount of YOUNG talent, granted none of these players were 4 or 5-star HS recruits.
Michael Durr (2018) had offers from Georgetown, Pitt, Texas Tech, Texas A&M
Xavier Casteneda (2018) had offers from Iowa State, Mizzou, Wichita State
We offered both David Collins and Alexis Yetna (2017).
Mayan Kiir transferred from LSU and also had offers from Illinois, NC State, Miss State out of HS (2017).
Rideau is obviously an all-conference talent in this league. TJ Lang was a 3-year rotation player at Auburn before joining USF as a graduate role player.
I think Gregory should be commended for recruiting these players to Tampa and getting them to play very cohesively in a short amount of time, but not for performing alchemy lol.
I'll repeat this again because no one ever reads an entire post, but this is more of an overarching thing for all of college basketball, not just Cronin.
Some of you are also pretty much proving my point by not giving a crap about a coach getting an ejection and giving up 4 free throws. This stuff happens across college basketball somewhat often and no cares.
we have micks perspective on how they were called. mick doesn't always have the best recall when he's all worked up, such as when he suggested jenifer had missed the previous 2 ft's before he missed his final 2 free throws last game, and that uconn wasn't even denying cumberland the ball on inbounds (they using 2 defenders to prevent him from getting the ball, which is why jenifer is wide open)
the cameras didn't really show much until after the 2nd tech. its hard to tell exactly what happened before that point.
Lol
Frank Haith and dan Hurley both issues techs after jawing back at each other.
Dan tried to shake hands and then more techs are issued
Now both are ejected lol.
Mick’s point is in even more valid.
We have the worst officials in basketball
Lol
Frank Haith and dan Hurley both issues techs after jawing back at each other.
Dan tried to shake hands and then more techs are issued
Now both are ejected lol.
Mick’s point is in even more valid.
We have the worst officials in basketball