Re: Cronin II

[Michael Ryan]

I have a feeling that Adam and Hernol will not be eligible.
. . .and this is Mick's way of letting us down easy.

--
Mike Ryan


On 10/25/06, richard l. kandell <address@hidden> wrote:
> He was laughing when he said it, kind of a joke - but he did actually say
> that he wasn't Bob Huggins (or, for that matter, Rick Pitino) - just Mick
> Cronin, and he would do the best he could do.
>
> More stuff about last year's players:
>
> Abdul Herrara is a "project."  He will get minutes this year if Adam and
> Hernol are ineligible, otherwise, he may be a BEast quality player by his
> junior or senior year.
>
> Connor Barwin - Cronin actually went back and looked at tapes from him in
> high school, and came to the conclusion that he was a pretty good player.
> He joked that while it now looks like the Bearcat football team has a
> solid
> chance to make a bowl, that will slow down Barwin's transition to the
> basketball team, and if Adam & Hernol are ineligible Cronin commented that
> he will really need Barwin (which will give you an idea of where he puts
> Herrara, & Allen).  Without the 2 foreign kids we will be very short, and
> the bench will be very short as well.
>
> If he had to pick a starting lineup today, without Adam & Hernol since
> they
> currently can't play (he kept referring to them as "on the bench in street
> clothes"), it would be McGowan, Williamson, Sikes, Crowell, &
> Gentry.  All,
> of course, subject to change.
>
> He also commented that with membership in the BEast he now has a shot at
> recruiting just about anyone.  When he was an Assistant at UC and UofL he
> felt that somewhere around 50% of the top high school basketball players
> pretty much wrote off wanting to play at those schools because of the
> conference - they wanted to play in a BCS conference and not a C-USA.  In
> addition he felt that the new BEast TV contract where EVERY BEast game
> will
> be on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, would be a major plus in recruiting against the
> other BCS conferences.  He mentioned what we here have all said, the kids
> are interested in 2 things, playing time and face time on TV.
>
> He was leaving last night for today's media day in NYC.  When asked when
> he
> had to be at the airport, he laughed and said the plane will leave when
> gets
> there.  Apparently a private plane has been put at his disposal, and he
> stated that he's not too proud to fly commercial, but he simply doesn't
> have
> the time, and if he had to go commercial it would cut his out of town
> trips
> in half.  He felt this was a huge advantage in recruiting because though
> assistants do the leg work, when a head coach shows up he sucks all the
> air
> out of the room, and all the kid (& his parents) see & hear is the head
> coach.
>
> Richard K.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Marshall" <address@hidden>
> To: "'UC Basketball Forum'" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 1:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Cronin II
>
>
> > Just curious...
> >
> > Which reason do you think it is that he would say this?
> > He was being funny eluding huggs name?
> > He didn't want to ever compare himself with Huggins out of respect?
> > He didn't want to compare himself with Huggins.
> > He was told never to say "Huggins" he shall now say "That last permanent
> > coach" (Formerly the coach who said huggins... For the monty python
> fans)
> >
> > Just odd... Will his name be stricken?  What about all that work on the
> > history of the Program Huggins was "working" on those last 3 months?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: address@hidden
> > [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of richard l. kandell
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 12:50 PM
> > To: UC Basketball Forum
> > Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Cronin II
> >
> > If he didn't say it exactly that way, it was damn close -
> >
> > Richard K.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dan Marshall" <address@hidden>
> > To: "'UC Basketball Forum'" <address@hidden>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 12:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Cronin II
> >
> >
> > >
> > > 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!
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