In Reply to: Is Cronin the right coach for UCLA? posted by KirklandBruin on December 02, 2025 at 13:41:02
I agree with this take. Cronin is great at turning a team with 3* players into a tournament team. But he can't attract 5* players. They are repelled by him. Similar to Ben Howland at the end. When Cronin first arrived at UCLA, he raved about being able to talk to recruits who wouldn't give him the time of day at Cincinnati. But six yrs later, he is not having conversations with the high level players that UCLA recruited in the past. He is resolved to seeing who becomes available in the tp. And he is not bringing the top players in the tp (except Dent who wanted to return home and was paid a lot). Cronin is a high floor, low ceiling coach.