Mick Cronin's Controversies at UCLA: Fans & Future

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00:00But I do want to talk about Mick Cronin with you for two reasons.

00:04One, because he snapped again.

00:06And then two, do you think they're getting sick of him at UCLA, even though they win,

00:15even though they're going to be like a five seed, even though, you know, they know he's

00:20a great coach, everybody does.

00:21But the reality is, this is the second time in a month that he snapped.

00:25This time he said, he can't, he literally said, I can't make fun of them.

00:29I can't bash the players anymore because they're soft.

00:33I can't yell at them because that'll get me in because, you know, he bashed him before

00:37and it got him all kinds of problems.

00:39So he goes, I can't blame them.

00:40So I'm going to blame myself.

00:42I didn't coach him right.

00:44I didn't coach him, prepare him for Garcia.

00:47I didn't prepare him up only 11 at the half of what would happen in the second half.

00:53I didn't prepare him for guys that's careers are ending in two weeks.

00:56You play against the team that all those guys are finished.

00:59It's their last games, their last chance.

01:00So they're playing their ass off.

01:02Then he blamed the fans.

01:04He said that the fans were getting restless when the UCLA players were bricking at the

01:10free throw line and they were making all kinds of oohs and ahhs.

01:13And he goes, can any of you cheer or encourage our guys?

01:16Or do we have to just sit here and put up with you giving them the business?

01:20Like at what point is that brass going to get sick of him and then let me steal him

01:27and coach Indiana?

01:28That's what I want.

01:29I want him at Indiana doing all the things he does.

01:31Every time they lose, I want him to blame everybody.

01:35It reminds me of Billy Napier with the Florida Gators, another, or, you know, another school

01:40and program that have won championships and have a high pedigree of expectations.

01:47Napier's not winning enough and what does he do?

01:50I don't care what some fat guy in his mother's basement says about me in central Florida.

01:57There's a lot of them, bro.

01:58You've got to pick a fight with Gator Nation or nut jobs, okay?

02:02So same thing.

02:03All right.

02:04You want to start picking a fight with the fans now?

02:05They already don't like you to begin with.

02:07You're not really a West Coast guy.

02:09You're winning but not winning enough, right?

02:12It's not like you're putting championships up on the board, coach, right?

02:17And I think it is getting old a little bit and you see the LA media had enough last night.

02:22He's getting attacked right now, as you stated, Scott, and you should note everything that

02:25he said.

02:26He said sarcastically, right?

02:28His tone.

02:29We're so poorly coached.

02:30I know it's all on me, he said sarcastically, right?

02:34Now you're calling, bro, you blew a 17 point lead.

02:37So it's the fans' fault for not cheering after a missed free throw.

02:42It's your players' fault for missing the free throws.

02:44Your players are soft.

02:46What is it when you win though, coach?

02:47Is it because you're great?

02:48Dude, like I said, we like Cronin, bro, but he's clearly one of these, it's everyone else

02:54all the time type of guys, right?

02:58And I think it gets old, right?

02:59The players eventually, but why would you want to play for this?

03:02Do you think that, because yesterday after you left, we talked about Dick Vitale and

03:07we had already talked about Tony Bennett coming out of retirement to be a guy that Indiana

03:11should go after the way he coaches defense, the way Nike did.

03:15They shut teams down, they win titles.

03:17Do you think they have a better shot at a Tony Bennett who gave up on basketball because

03:22of NIL and apparently not deep enough pockets in Charlottesville?

03:25Or should they go after Mick Cronin who is a Midwest guy, loves the ponies, was at Cincinnati

03:31forever, he knows all about Bloomington, believe me you.

03:35I think he would want the Indiana job, I really do.

03:37I think UCLA is huge, it's John Wooden, it'll never be Mick Cronin.

03:44What who, who do you think Scott has a better chance of winning though at Indiana?

03:50Like in the big picture, like who could get you to the final four?

03:54I think Tony Bennett could more.

03:57Now I think he has to adopt his style a little bit.

03:59You can't win games 48-46 bro anymore, right?

04:03And we'll see.

04:04We thought it was 45-40.

04:05We thought it was 45-40.

04:06You know what I'm saying?

04:07No.

04:08It's like the same thing with Bennett, it's like bro, you can't score, all right?

04:13That's not the NIL's fault.

04:14They'll give you all the money in the world if you're your sister.

04:16They can't score now, Indiana.

04:18No, but that's the whole thing.

04:20At least Bennett has an identity, he has a plan in place.

04:24You know he can coach, the guy can win.

04:26And he had limited resources in Virginia.

04:28They do have deeper pockets in Indiana.

04:31I think he would loosen up a little bit.

04:33I'm a Bennett fan.

04:34The guy's a winner.

04:35Like I said, he had a system.

04:37You got to adapt sometimes, Scott.

04:38I think if you bring Cronin in, you're sort of middle of the road again.

04:41It would be entertaining or it would be intense at times, but I don't think he's getting

04:44you a Big Ten title.

04:45I think you have a better chance of winning with Bennett.

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