In Reply to: I know some people here don't like Cronin. posted by ej on December 30, 2024 at 16:30:28
Once again, the point is whether Cronin is a great developer of talent and teams. Those are your words. Just look at his teams records and how he did in the tourney. He has 1 clear o achievement (ucla fortuitous FF) and maybe 1 team while at Cincy. There are more examples of performing worse than his seed.
Yeah, I know the tourney is a terrible way to judge coaches. It’s too stochastic.
All of your statistics about making it to the tourney need blot be viewed in context. Cronin took over a dominant Cincy team. They always made the tourney with or without Cronin. I know people like revisionist history, but if you recall Cincy was ready to move on because they felt their program had stagnated under Cronin. Cronin certainly didn’t have a long line of suitors. My point t is that making the tourney at Cincy and ucla is not like making it at Boise State and Tulane.
Yeah, I don’t think Cronin is a good coach. A good coach can teach offense. If you can’t teach a high school level offense, sorry, you’re not a great coach.