Re: Cronin II

[Dan Marshall]

I found it ALL insteresting and very insightful, loved the Move to UofL
example, makes complete sense, glad he came out and explained it...now
everyone can just point to that paragraph and say, there's your reason let
it go.

Is odd he didn't take him back, did he say this was his lone decision, I
know I'm supposed to assume it was... But ya have to ask. 

I also like how he plainly called Allen slow etc... Funny.

Like the idea of the one pure shooter, Loved when we had Durden, Williams,
etc... And you knew at you knew at anytime they could go off on a quick
streak and put a game away.

Was your qoute of "the last "permanent" Coach" his words... Or did you just
write it that way?  

Thanks for the effort, the info was great!

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of richard l. kandell
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 11:14 AM
To: UC Basketball Forum
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Cronin II

Wow - all that typing and Jon finds exactly one thing interesting.

As to Downey - what I can recall is that Cronin felt the Christmas
experience was almost to be expected.  UC had an outstanding freshman who
quite likely might want to leave considering the coaching situation.  As to
the return, while he commented that he understood he was dealing with an 18
year old who had dealt with a difficult situation, it was "too late" for a
couple of reasons.  One he had already recruited to compensate for Downey's
leaving, and second, what kind of message would that send to Dave Odom who
had gotten the commit from Downey, what kind of message would that send to
the kids Cronin had recruited to replace Downey, and finally, even though he
may have been a confused 18 year old, the whole process with Downy was
beginning to leave a bad taste in Cronin's mouth concerning Downey's
character; i.e., the XMas thing, backing out on UC, especially after
announcing he was staying (and going on recruiting visits as he was telling
Mick he would stay), then backing out on Odom.  Better to end it.

Richard K.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Breiner" <address@hidden>
To: "UC Basketball Forum" <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Cronin II


> Interesting about Downey.  I wonder why if Cronin felt he got terrible
input
> from the adults around him, he was unwilling to take him back when Downey
> asked?  There were some other well-documented exceptional circumstances to
> Downey's freshman year at UC, I am surprised Mick would have passed this
> opportunity up.
>
> Jon
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "richard l. kandell" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Cronin II
>
>
> More from Mick's talk:
>
> Downey - was actually on recruiting visits at Christmas during freshman
> year - will be denied, but Cronin has great recruiting ties and that's
what
> he was told, and he believes it.  Would be starting point for UC had he
> stayed, got terrible input from some adults around him, and yes, he did
ask
> to come back, but by that time too late.
>
>
> Richard K.