Re: Cronin II

[dfairchild]

Shazam Batman - it was the conference after all that was THE obstacle for
recruiting:

"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."

Go Cats!
DF

-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden
[mailto:address@hidden Behalf Of richard l. kandell
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 9:36 PM
To: UC Basketball Forum
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Cronin II


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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