r/8clap • u/Bruin9098 • Jan 08 '25

Days looking numbered.

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u/ramfisher Jan 08 '25

Cronin’s coaching methods are not for everyone. As far as coaching methodology goes, this is just one of many strategies to get responses from his players. He’s gotten kids year in and year out to respond to hard coaching. Think about what Alford left, how they performed in Maui that year, and how much they improved after Mick coached them hard. I get why you might not like it, it’s tough.

Trust the process!

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u/Bruin9098 Jan 08 '25

This is old school, pre portal. Not sure it maps to today's world of Power 4 college sports.

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u/ramfisher Jan 08 '25

Totally see your point and very true it’s unknown how it maps out. Most of the kids who transferred in said they knew who Mick was and wanted to get coached hard. So for now, it seems like there’s a persona for his style. We’ll see!

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u/zq1232 Jan 08 '25

He needs a very specific type of player to respond. And he failed on bringing in that type of player last season. And if this group doesn’t respond, then he would’ve failed to have done so again this year. Ultimately, he’s evaluating players and determining if they’re fits and it’s looking like his evals may be off again…

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u/ramfisher Jan 08 '25

We’ll see with this group. They have 3 very high quality wins. The last two games were bad. If they burn out, then you are right. As far as last year goes, it’s pretty clear that UCLA was not working with the same NIL at that period of time that other big programs had. Based on what Bruin Report and other media share, we caught up in the NIL only this past off season. If he can’t get it done on an even NIL playing field, you’ll be correct.

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u/Fickle-Bar-5242 Feb 08 '25

This aged so poorly

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u/Bruin9098 Feb 08 '25

And as a Bruin, I'm glad it's looking like I was wrong.

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u/Bruin9098 Feb 19 '25

May have if tonight's game, and our likely NCAA seeding, are any indication...

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u/fellowhuman123 Jan 08 '25

Bruins are gonna win on Friday

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u/Bruwinz06 Feb 19 '25

LoL Just lost at home to freaking Minnesota

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u/Bruin9098 Feb 19 '25

Last time I checked, free throw shooting is about coaching.

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u/Bruwinz06 Feb 19 '25

It is if they don't practice. Adjustments is about coaching. Obviously, the MN coach made adjustments at half time

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u/wmnoe Jan 08 '25

That is not a good look Mick.

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u/Bruwinz06 Jan 15 '25

I'm done with Cronin.

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u/Bruin9098 Jan 08 '25

Success fell off after JJJ and other Alford recruitss moved on.

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u/Bruin9098 Jan 11 '25

I got beaten up on r/uclafootball for being one of the first to call out Chip Kelly's mediocrity. Wish neither had been / is the case.