I agree with this. Being at IU made him unlikeable. I'm actually rooting for him at UGA.I loved ridiculing Crean when he was with the iUse2bes. Now I'll admit I actually find him okay. He's not a great coach and never will be. But I find him a lot more likeable than a jackass like Bruce Pearl, and certainly than Mick Cronin.
I loved ridiculing Crean when he was with the iUse2bes. Now I'll admit I actually find him okay. He's not a great coach and never will be. But I find him a lot more likeable than a jackass like Bruce Pearl, and certainly than Mick Cronin.
I loved ridiculing Crean when he was with the iUse2bes. Now I'll admit I actually find him okay. He's not a great coach and never will be. But I find him a lot more likeable than a jackass like Bruce Pearl, and certainly than Mick Cronin.
Before anyone starts getting all weepy over Tom Crean, watch this - IU game vs. Minnesota from 2013. Watch Crean coach a flop in the final minute...
http://www.startribune.com/deadspin...-huddle-incident-with-a-lip-reader/193654961/
Now he puts it into action....
I find it funny that there was a similar incident/review in the final minute of our game with them on Tuesday. Throw in how he got the goat touchers whipped into a near violent froth for our last trip down there and I have a hard time cutting him any slack.
The 'flop warning' was a step in the right direction but it needs more teeth. IMO if you pull a fake this egregious, ala Chris Jones, cause a lengthy stoppage of play, there has to be a significant penalty.call a technical foul on the flopping team and that crap would stop immediately
The 'flop warning' was a step in the right direction but it needs more teeth. IMO if you pull a fake this egregious, ala Chris Jones, cause a lengthy stoppage of play, there has to be a significant penalty.
Few people on here nailed it.
Crean is strange, but he is actually a pretty solid guy.
Cronin is just as he seems- totally unlikeable.
Yeah, the IU Crean was far more entertaining than the UGA CTC version. It's just not as much fun now IMO.I loved ridiculing Crean when he was with the iUse2bes. Now I'll admit I actually find him okay. He's not a great coach and never will be. But I find him a lot more likeable than a jackass like Bruce Pearl, and certainly than Mick Cronin.
Just imagine if Crean had become UK’s coach in ‘06? Many wanted him to replace Tubby. He would have won just enough to not get fired but UK would not be in the hunt for a title either.
I always call it LITTLE MAN SYNDROMEMick Cronin has Short Man Syndrome.
Tom Crean is just weird.