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[maharkn 1,945]

Cronin is objectively a top-20 coach in the sport. Not sure what expectations are here. The only other realistic candidates who seem to be in that vein are Beard. May is still not quite there but may be in the near future.

I don't think he can recruit well enough to stay near the top of the Big ten. As of right now he has no signings for next year. Can he not recruit or is he not recruiting because he plans on being somewhere else next year

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[RaceToTheTop 30,895]

4 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

I've never seen precedent for it, for one. 

For a couple of reasons:

1.  The coach to be was still coachong

 2.  There wasn’t the rush to get players from the portal

[Hoosierfan2017 24,794]

12 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

There have been lotssss of pro Cronin posts. 

I think Cronin is a lot better than whoever we end up will be (hello Brad Brownell) so, for that reason, I’m pro-Cronin. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,556]

2 minutes ago, normandale97 said:

Which puts him in the top 20 in college basketball. And they didn't play the tournament during the covid year. 

Truly, those sw16s don't move the needle for me, at all. 

Not one single team he had at Cinci 1.made a run 2. Really had the capability of making a run

I just can't take this (Cronin) seriously. You can have that opinion. 

[Uspshoosier 54,220]

9 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

A whole 2 and he's been at UCLA lol 

Didn’t he go to  3 straight sweet 16s out of his 5 years at ucla so far?  The other 2 years he had 1 bad year and 1 where the season got cancelled.  This year is TBD on where his team ends up after his ucla team is announced for anther tourney selection.  That sweet 16 game they lost to the Zags was a really good game 

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1 minute ago, maharkn said:

I don't think he can recruit well enough to stay near the top of the Big ten. As of right now he has no signings for next year. Can he not recruit or is he not recruiting because he plans on being somewhere else next year

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I would not worry very much about established recruiting track record with any of the candidates. IU has pretty much always had good-to-great players, and NIL means that should be even more consistently true. If it’s some massive red flag for someone, especially across time, then maybe it’s a problem. I don’t really see that with Mick 

Cronin has out-recruited what you’d probably expect given his grumpiness. UCLA obviously has a storied history but it’s not an NIL hotbed.

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,681]

As I have said before, I will believe he is our coach when the contract is signed. Until then, I ask you not to become so overly invested that it will actually happen and is true, then doesn't happen, you start attacking posters. To me that shows me more about the attacker that the OP.

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,556]

5 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

For a couple of reasons:

1.  The coach to be was still coachong

 2.  There wasn’t the rush to get players from the portal

Do you think we'll announce a coach before the end of the year

[OliviaPope40 7,438]

3 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Didn’t he go to  3 straight sweet 16s out of his 5 years at ucla so far?  The other 2 years he had 1 bad year and 1 where the season got cancelled.  This year is TBD on where his team ends up after his ucla team is announced for anther tourney selection.  That sweet 16 game they lost to the Zags was a really good game 

2 times of the Sweet 16. Went once when he was Cincinnati. 

Edited February 16 by OliviaPope40

[RoadRage 3,012]

Just for grins and giggles I compared Cronin’s first 5 seasons at UCLA to Alford’s first 5.

Alford 117-57 - 3 Sweet 16s - made tournament 4 out of 5 years

Cronin 115-53 - 2 Sweet 16s -  1 Final 4 - made tournament 3 of 5 years (no tournament Covid)

So, yes, Cronin had the final 4 run but is just marginally better than Alford in his first 5 seasons, and I know none of you want Alford. I just hope Cronin isn’t the choice, but the way he is being pushed right now, you never know?

[Uspshoosier 54,220]

Just now, OliviaPope40 said:

2 times of the Sweet 16. 

He went to a final 4 the year before those 2 so he made 3 straight sweet 16s 

[OliviaPope40 7,438]

Just now, Uspshoosier said:

He went to a final 4 the year before those 2 so he made 3 straight sweet 16s 

Ah thank you.

[iu eyedoc 4,359]

18 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

A whole 2 and he's been at UCLA lol 

Yeah,  kinda meh, but if he was a little more consistent, like say 2 sweet 16's  and a Final Four in 3 of the 4 years he coached there that the tournament was held, well then...checks notes.

[Uspshoosier 54,220]

4 minutes ago, RoadRage said:

Cronin 115-53 - 2 Sweet 16s -  1 Final 4 - made tournament 3 of 5 years (no tournament Covid)

3 sweet 16s and 1 Elite 8.  The year he made the final 4 still counts as a sweet 16 appearance for him 

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Since speaking of what we want consistently from a new coach. I remember watching Knights mid to late 90s teams and we all knowing it was less than accustomed to. Yet they were still between 10-17 in rankings. Boy what had all been taken for granted with where were at today

[iu eyedoc 4,359]

15 minutes ago, OliviaPope40 said:

2 times of the Sweet 16. Went once when he was Cincinnati. 

I believe you have to go to the Sweet 16 to get to the Final Four, I could be mistaken. I think it is on  "the road to" something or other, if I recall.

[Hoosier Guy 8,333]

57 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I might have the letters mixed up but a former poster

Some troll, I’m sure.  We’ve had an influx of them.

[RaceToTheTop 30,895]

10 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Do you think we'll announce a coach before the end of the year

Announce?  Not necessarily.  Will it be widely known?  Maybe.

[Hornsby 3,870]

Now wait just a minute… I was attacked for comments like this. I thought obvious storytelling was encouraged. 

You don't belive he was going to sign tomorrow but then it changed to march 2nd. Soon it will change to after the ncaa. Lol it's not even a good story. They call it a tall tale.

 

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[Juwan Moye 1,133]

45 minutes ago, MrBBall said:

Among the top 20 coaches with winning percentage, active, Id take May over Calipari, Pitino, Dixon, Matta, and Kelsey. Easily. 
 

May has a top 25 offense last 3 years. Recruited a McDs AA this year, got transfer haul, and has a protected seed with many new pieces. And he’s only 48. What am I missing?

That he’s only coached at this level for one season. I’m a May fan but, if you’re Dolson, you have to recognize there’s still some risk there.