{"id":13626,"date":"2025-01-09T12:18:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T19:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=13626"},"modified":"2025-02-16T12:33:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T19:33:50","slug":"the-portal-too-oblivion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2025\/01\/09\/the-portal-too-oblivion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Portal Too Oblivion?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopshq.com\/conferences\/cronins-harsh-comments-show-the-risk-in-using-the-transfer-portal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from Hoops HQ<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MICK CRONIN\u2019S HARSH COMMENTS SHOW THE RISK IN USING THE TRANSFER PORTAL<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>In the new era of college basketball, talent is too often prioritized over culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopshq.com\/author\/raphealdavis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RAPHEAL DAVIS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoopshq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/cronin.jpg?fit=1200%2C781\" alt=\"UCLA head coach Mick Cronin with his hands in the air.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mick Cronin made headlines this week for his comments after UCLA\u2019s 94-75 loss to Michigan. He criticized his players for being \u201csoft\u201d and \u201ccompletely delusional about who they are,\u201d suggesting the entire locker room has been apathetic. \u201cI don\u2019t need to do anything else. I almost got 500 wins. I\u2019m only 53,\u201d Cronin said. \u201cYou\u2019d think I\u2019m coaching the Lakers. It\u2019s a joke. I come in and I have more passion and energy and pride than everybody in there. That\u2019s the problem.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the challenge that comes with using the transfer portal like UCLA did this offseason when it brought in six new players, including USC guard Kobe Johnson, Oklahoma State guard Eric Dailey Jr., Louisville guard Skyy Clark and Oregon State forward Tyler Bilodeau. If you change the dynamics of your locker room drastically and replace the guys who remained loyal to your program, you take a risk that the culture is going to suffer. That\u2019s the coach\u2019s decision, so it\u2019s not fair to point fingers at the players when problems arise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopshq.com\/conferences\/cronins-harsh-comments-show-the-risk-in-using-the-transfer-portal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at Hoops HQ<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Hoops HQ MICK CRONIN\u2019S HARSH COMMENTS SHOW THE RISK IN USING THE TRANSFER PORTAL In the new era of college basketball, talent is too often prioritized over culture by RAPHEAL DAVIS Mick Cronin made headlines this week for his comments after UCLA\u2019s 94-75 loss to Michigan. He criticized his players for being \u201csoft\u201d and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weirdness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}