NotSure
Joined: 3/09/23 Posts: 1,072
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Posted Thu, Mar 27 8:29 am
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In response to Someone I would be very interested in (Socalbruins)
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Cronin's ever-soaring praise for he flies high only to crash and burn every other game Eric D indicates a commitment that makes this unlikely.
Until Eric D shows he can defend and offend (in a good way) like a W in college, Tyler and Eric will be splitting time at the 4 as Aday gets more time at the 5.
The predominant use of 3-G lineups by most of top teams (some had/have 4-G and at times 5-G lineups), presents matchup nightmares for UCLA when they play Tyler and Eric together.
Now you want Cronin to expend precious NIL dollars on someone which might cause Tyler or Eric D to transfer.
Is that what you want? Some of these mid-major players become Grant Nelson of Alabama and some become William Kyle III of UCLA (not to be harsh, but way it is). Every coach, including Coach K, Calipari and Wooden makes or made repeated spectacular eval fails and will continue to do so. If Wooden genuinely believed that Spillane was better than Goodrich and Drollinger = Walton, how can any of us who post here presume to say, "Wow, our coach is a moron, we should fire the fool."
I'll hold.
Seriously. But I'll do it anway.
I think the public comments from Cronin reflect a commitment to Tyler and Eric D at the 4 and UCLA won't be recruiting a 4 until the 2026 class at the earliest. If Eric D turns out to be a 4-year college player and is Big 10 POY as a SR, is that so horrible that you'll regret that Cronin didn't offer the guy from the Horizon League $2 million per year when you don't really know if this guy is even half as good as Tyler, who was UCLA's only All Big 10 player after a season where UCLA was 2 games of maybe 2-3 missed FTs away from tying for first in the Big 10, being ranked in the top 10, and being more like Tennessee playing a team more like us in the Round of 32 this year?
Tyler improved a lot from his days at Oregon State in a single season. At OSU, the 6-5 role player sprouted to 6-8 and suddenly became a big scorer who was so precious he was told to refrain from ever playing d or making contact with anyone. He was so clueless, it was cute. Not.
By the end of the season, his d compared to what it was with even 12 games left was remarkably improved (I started counting deflections and turnovers caused myself since Cronin puts so much emphasis on those and Tyler almost did as well as Kobe over those last 12 games, just 8 less, tied with Skyy). He also started scoring in a lot of ways and was our best 3-point shooter by far. |
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