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(03-31-2018 04:57 PM)bearcatmill Wrote:  

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(03-30-2018 11:55 AM)Cataclysmo Wrote:  I'm just saying, if Evans comes back we are probably a top 15 preseason team and it's not out of the question for a big run to finally happen.

It's funny, but one guy's NBA decision could result in a season that would entirely change this fan bases perception of Cronin

I don't agree with them but the anti-Cronin faction has made up their minds and one extended run is not going to change many minds. I'm not sure a Final Four team would sell a lot of them. I think he'd have to put up regular runs to convince most of them.

Wake me up when that one, "extended run" happens.

Pretty consistently the "anti-Cronin" faction has been assumed to be composed of people who never got over the departure of Bob Huggins. And I suppose some of those are around. But there are at least some of us who started out "Mick Fans" who have grown tired of the lack of "deep runs" into the tournament.

"Wait until next year..." I know, I know. Your "deep run," is always just around the corner. It's like a gambler on a bender...the big win is always just waiting on the next pull of the lever, the next throw of the dice. "Next season" will be different, never mind all the proof to the otherwise.

When one of Mick's teams puts together a "deep run" (whatever that means... "Sweet 16"? "Elite 8"???) I'll be happy to reevaluate my "expectations." Until then, I'm holding with my lower expectations.

Excellent post. Bolded, I agree that it's unfair to label those who are looking to hold Cronin to some objective standard for performance in the postseason as folks who can't get past Huggins. I was always in the camp that Huggins had to go--no one ever spotted me in an ugly purple Kansas State jersey or WVU attire. Conflating Mick's performance entirely with the fans pining for Huggins is indeed incorrect. Point well taken.

Those who couldn’t get over the Huggs canning are long gone. Saying all Mick critics are stuck in Huggs is a Cincy media fallacy.