In Reply to: Cronin's recruiting posted by Dr.Bruin on November 27, 2025 at 02:10:23
You’re inexplicably giving Cronin more credit than he deserves. UCLA will get good players regardless of who the coach is. A good coach will get top 5 recruiting classes consistently, as that’s how it’s always been at ucla. Does NIL change this? Sure. But it doesn’t change the appeal of ucla hoops, and Cronin clearly isn’t doing much to draw top level talent, as each of his predecessors did.
Stop giving Cronin credit for things he didn’t achieve. UCLA’s appeal and prestige is due to Wooden and the good coaches who followed him. It’s this way at other programs too. Cronin is the undeserving benefactor of a poorly run coaching search a while back. Let’s hope the next search has a better outcome. I can’t wait to go back to ignoring Mick Cronin, just as everyone here did before he was hired.