Mick Cronin for COY?

Cronin may not get Coach of the Year, and may not deserve to, but he certainly deserves to be in the conversation. Given the empty coffer he inherited at UCLA and the drastic culture change which he instituted (Tinseltown to Blue Collar), getting the Bruins back on track should have been a multiple-year project. But here he has them in the NCAA conversation in his first season. And they are closing fast. It is not the same Bruin team we have seen in the past few years, but they are not a bad joke any more.