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(05-12-2019 10:51 AM)Ragpicker Wrote:  

(05-12-2019 10:43 AM)levydl Wrote:  Were people talking about Johnson as a potential transfer before Cronin left?

Guys leave after a coaching change. Had Cronin stayed, I would not have expected Johnson or Brooks to transfer. I don't see what's so objectionable about that.

They participated in Brannen's workouts and then decided to bail. That's the scary part.

And he is having trouble hiring anyone of note for assistant positions. And he has signed a tweener from Moeller. Oh Boy - excuse me for looking at the facts instead of the Cronin hate.

According to Johnson's OWN MOTHER, the primary reason he's looking to transfer out is "to be closer to family." Is it possible that this has NOTHING...nada, zip, bupkus...to do with "Brannen's workouts"? At least possible?

Brooks leaving likely has more to do with Mick leaving than the incoming new coach. Because, let's face it, he was fairly loyal to "Mick" and he's jumping from a "known unknown" to a purely "unknown" situation at Miami. Maybe it is "about" Brannen, but he certainly didn't give it much of a chance if that's the case. So, yeah "if Mick had stayed," then Brooks probably "stays" as well. But I don't think it's a corollary that "if we had hired anyone but Brannen" that "Brooks would have stayed." Brooks left...for whatever reason. Just leave it alone.

And, let's be honest. Even "if Mick had stayed," Jarron Cumberland was always a question mark. As a matter of fact, there's been a fair amount of speculation that JC's decision was a major reason WHY "Mick left"... that, somehow Mick was aware of, or suspected that, JC wasn't coming back and so he made the jump while the tide was at it's highest.

So I think it's highly unfair and speculative to say, "These guys 'saw' Brannen's workouts and left."