I hate to think about this possibility. But Louisville needs a clean coach to salvage their reputation, and Mick runs a squeaky clean program. And Mick has experience at picking up the pieces after a scandal.

Does Louisville try to hire Cronin? If they do, how much interest does Cronin have in the job?

(09-27-2017 12:07 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  I hate to think about this possibility. But Louisville needs a clean coach to salvage their reputation, and Mick runs a squeaky clean program. And Mick has experience at picking up the pieces after a scandal.

Does Louisville try to hire Cronin? If they do, how much interest does Cronin have in the job?

Gotta believe he is on the short list. UC should already have him in the office and negotiating his next contract extension.

I think Louisville goes with an interim coach right now; maybe Tom Crean? With practice starting next week, they will have no coaches, an uncertain number of players and zero stability. I wouldn't expect any long tenured coach such as Mick to step into that chasm.

Guessing players will be granted unconditional transfers at this point so whoever is there may be holding tryouts with intramural teams on campus. My, how the mighty have fallen.

Probably zero I would bet. He already had to do one rebuild here, doubt he'd want to do that again with a mess that 10X worse.

(09-27-2017 12:13 PM)bearcat_df Wrote:  

(09-27-2017 12:07 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  I hate to think about this possibility. But Louisville needs a clean coach to salvage their reputation, and Mick runs a squeaky clean program. And Mick has experience at picking up the pieces after a scandal.

Does Louisville try to hire Cronin? If they do, how much interest does Cronin have in the job?

Gotta believe he is on the short list. UC should already have him in the office and negotiating his next contract extension.

He just got a contract extension last year.

I don't see Mick being interested in a job at this point in his career where there will be postseason bans, limited recruiting for a few years and huge financial sanctions.

(09-27-2017 12:16 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(09-27-2017 12:13 PM)bearcat_df Wrote:  

(09-27-2017 12:07 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  I hate to think about this possibility. But Louisville needs a clean coach to salvage their reputation, and Mick runs a squeaky clean program. And Mick has experience at picking up the pieces after a scandal.

Does Louisville try to hire Cronin? If they do, how much interest does Cronin have in the job?

Gotta believe he is on the short list. UC should already have him in the office and negotiating his next contract extension.

He just got a contract extension last year.

I don't see Mick being interested in a job at this point in his career where there will be postseason bans, limited recruiting for a few years and huge financial sanctions.

These are good points as well. He's got what appears to be his best team preseason, the new arena he's wanted opens next season and he's coaching at his hometown university. If all of that isn't enough, so be it. UC gave Mick an incredible opportunity and he's been well compensated throughout his tenure.

Didn't UC hire Oscar Robertson as an interim coach at some point in the Huggins debacle? My guess is they go with there version of the Big O until things shake out a little. Maybe a former player that is squeaky clean and coaches locally. How is Denny Crum's health....

O was a figurehead interim coach while Huggs served DUI suspension. I believe Robert Whaley was dismissed during that time.

UL needs a real interim. Crean on a 1 year deal makes sense.

Cronin has already gone through the rebuild a program from the ashes thing and I seriously doubt he'll want to go through it again at this point. But given that experience he'd also be the perfect target for UL.

(09-27-2017 12:24 PM)UC KMF Wrote:  Didn't UC hire Oscar Robertson as an interim coach at some point in the Huggins debacle? My guess is they go with there version of the Big O until things shake out a little. Maybe a former player that is squeaky clean and coaches locally. How is Denny Crum's health....

Thought I read Crum recently had a stroke or some sort of medical emergency.

Why would Crean want this job? He could do some analyst work and walk into at least a mid major job next season. Jim Grobe took the Baylor job after being out of work for 3 years and was pretty much forgotten about. I don't think anyone with a current job would jump into this fire either. My guess is it will be someone that will "take-one-for-the-team", someone from a previous era or a former player.

I think Thad Matta would be a logical choice...

(09-27-2017 12:44 PM)uchoops Wrote:  I think Thad Matta would be a logical choice...

He would be a logical choice in terms of someone who appears to do things the right way which, ironically, led to his ouster because he was unable to attract top recruits. My guess, though, is that Matta will take at least a year off because of his physical ailments.

Are Mattas health problems something that will get better with time or are they degenerative? Regardless I'm sure he's not going to want to coach this year.

(09-27-2017 12:58 PM)geef Wrote:  

(09-27-2017 12:44 PM)uchoops Wrote:  I think Thad Matta would be a logical choice...

He would be a logical choice in terms of someone who appears to do things the right way which, ironically, led to his ouster because he was unable to attract top recruits. My guess, though, is that Matta will take at least a year off because of his physical ailments.

Isn't he still collecting a fat check from tO$U anyway?

(09-27-2017 12:43 PM)UC KMF Wrote:  Why would Crean want this job? He could do some analyst work and walk into at least a mid major job next season. Jim Grobe took the Baylor job after being out of work for 3 years and was pretty much forgotten about. I don't think anyone with a current job would jump into this fire either. My guess is it will be someone that will "take-one-for-the-team", someone from a previous era or a former player.

Because he can make more money coaching and he would have a talented team. Remember school is in session; nobody can transfer out now. A good year at UL could help rebuild his rep as a coach. He could literally demand just about any price

I'm sure Mick Cronin will be on their short list. If I ever find myself a single man again, Emma Watson will be on my short list. Between me and UL, I'm not sure who would have more success.

This is Mick's hometown. He graduated from UC. His mom literally grew up on what is now campus. The willingness to rebuild a program which he grew up around is very different than a program at which he was an assistant for a brief time... and their situation is far worse than ours was.

I'm positive the whole UNLV thing was just posturing for a bigger paycheck and more program funding. He's not going anywhere.

(09-27-2017 01:04 PM)RealDeal Wrote:  

(09-27-2017 12:43 PM)UC KMF Wrote:  Why would Crean want this job? He could do some analyst work and walk into at least a mid major job next season. Jim Grobe took the Baylor job after being out of work for 3 years and was pretty much forgotten about. I don't think anyone with a current job would jump into this fire either. My guess is it will be someone that will "take-one-for-the-team", someone from a previous era or a former player.

Because he can make more money coaching and he would have a talented team. Remember school is in session; nobody can transfer out now. A good year at UL could help rebuild his rep as a coach. He could literally demand just about any price

He ran a clean program, won the Big Ten 2 years ago, and has made the sweet sixteen 3 of the past 6 years. I think his rep is fine. Is he getting a top 25 job? Probably not. But he could easily get a mid level Power 5 job if he wanted. If I'm advising him, I'm telling him to look past the short term paycheck and concentrate on some programs with a coach on the hot seat.

Also, Is UL gonna pay top dollar for a guy this year? I doubt the President and BOT are worried about winning as much as they are about getting someone in that is squeaky clean for this season.

Mick Cronin is not taking that job. Take it to the bank. If he does, he's insane.

Vegas odds are 6-1 Cronin replaces Pitino.

(09-27-2017 12:43 PM)UC KMF Wrote:  Why would Crean want this job? He could do some analyst work and walk into at least a mid major job next season. Jim Grobe took the Baylor job after being out of work for 3 years and was pretty much forgotten about. I don't think anyone with a current job would jump into this fire either. My guess is it will be someone that will "take-one-for-the-team", someone from a previous era or a former player.

Several million reason$ a year.

Even with this, UL prints $$. Infrastructure is some of the best in the nation. There will likely be a long line of applicants.

That being said, a former Pitino assistant probably has as much chance of getting that job permanently as an assistant under Jo Pa had after the Sandusky scandal at Penn State broke.