In Reply to: ESPN - UCLA coach Mick Cronin calls Bruins 'soft' after blowout l posted by Punahou on January 08, 2025 at 08:45:04
raised on John Wooden, it's absolutely not my preference at all. Not all the constant swearing and not him having a temper tantrum in public.
But he's right.
I interpreted it as he's desperate. He's been working them to play the way they played during our 18-4 comeback but it isn't working, so he's using his platform to talk directly to his team hoping to light a fire under them.
Hope it works, but the fact that it's reflective of a desperate mindset on his part is a big warning sign that it may not work, great kids with talent though they are. What they need is fight right now. And it better happen right away cause we're looking at two likely big losses on the road coming up if it does not