Mick Cronin is the youngest active coach to reach 500 victories. In his short time as UCLA’s head basketball coach, he has guided the team to one Final Four and two Sweet 16 appearances.
This season’s team currently has 20 wins and is in the top five in the competitive Big 10 Conference standings.
But that’s not enough for Bill Plaschke, who feels Cronin is too tough on his players when he calls them out in public. He’s tough on them because (a) this is and has always been his style, and (b) it gets results.