In Reply to: How is Muss a better overall coach? posted by bruindth on June 07, 2024 at 07:05:24
In the 2018 NCAA’s, arguably Cronin’s best team, , 31-4 ranked #6 went down in a ludicrous, Theatre of the Absurd implosion to Musselman’s Nevada. In the 2nd round of 32 Cronin’s Bearcats tied the record for the 2nd largest NCAA Tournament lead collapse ceding a 22-point lead to lose by 2.in the final 9 seconds. In this telling instance Musselman proved to be the better…
Curiously when you study the most defining aspect of Cronin’s career, you find it to be horrific last second losses in consequential games…
His recent history at UCLA is most memorable for making opponents deliriously happy… two Gonzaga mortar shots, multiple last second belly flops to SUC , Arizona, Oregon ….appears snatching defeat from the jaws of victory is what he’ does best.., If Cronin was a chef, his “Specialite’ De La Maison” would be fallen soufflés..
-Paraphrasing loosely from “the Hustler”
Fast Eddie:
You think I’m a loser?
BERT
I never saw you do anything else.