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#5026	01/08/2019 6:33:50 pm	Dec 4th, 2003
admin Joined: 01/24/2017 Posts: 2382 Hardwood Administrator	Who should replace Steve Alford at UCLA? Rick Pitino -- will never happen... Earl Watson? I find it interesting that Andy Enfield (@ USC) and Sean Miller (@ Arizona) both had assistant coached busted in the FBI sting and in fact both Tony Bland (from USC) and Book Richardson (from Arizona) plead guilty. But those head coaches are still on-board. But Alford (no corruption/scandal, just losing), is fired. Steve

#6582	04/10/2019 7:13:16 am	Mar 26th, 2005
PrivateSnowflake Joined: 04/23/2018 Posts: 68 Cincinnati Bearcats IV.8	Good luck with Cronin, Steve. Fans here were growing tired of his shtick and are pretty indifferent to him leaving. Bad OOC scheduling, penchant for throwing others under the bus after his choke jobs, suffering through dribbledribbledribbleclangdribbleclangclang offenses...and get ready to hear about the importance of "deflections". He did win games during the regular season, I'll give him that. And cross off the first four years at UC bc that was a total rebuild (1 scholly player his first year). But his failures in March (who lost the biggest 2nd half lead of all-time? Mick Cronin, who completely melted down), led to many here openly wanting a change. Hopefully he does well. You'll never see a stronger and better conditioned team than what you're going to get the next few years. And they will play hard. But his X's and O's and in-game adjustments are brutal. If he can get kids to buy into 52-48 games and team defense, it could work, but it's going to be hard to watch. Not sure if all of that's a fit in LA.

#6604	04/10/2019 9:24:44 pm	Apr 2nd, 2005
admin Joined: 01/24/2017 Posts: 2382 Hardwood Administrator	Yeah...I don't think people are that enthusiastic about the hire. He's about the 4th or 5th guy they offered the job too. It's strange, they fired Ben Howland in part because he was too defense-minded (despite going to 3 final fours). They bring in Alford, the offense turns around, but the defense sucked. Now the pendulum swings the other way and they are back to a defensive coach. I guess a lot will depend on recruiting. Also wondering if the FBI investigation will level the playing field -- three PAC-12 schools (Arizona, USC & Oregon) clearly benefited from having shoe companies funnel players their way. Steve