Terry Webster wrote:I think that the reason he didn't pull Cumberland was because he realized that he was being outcoached pretty badly during the last 12 minutes of the game and leaving Cumberland in was about his last option to try to keep Nevada from getting closer. It backfired badly on him obviously. This is going to be tough one for Cinci and Cronin to recover from.
If there's one thing I
don't actually blame Cronin for, it's not pulling out Cumberland. Sure, there's no question it backfired this time, but I think coaches often waste a lot of potential playing time for their starters by being too conservative will "foul trouble". Very [deleted] to put it all on Cumberland; that's just how the game goes. Plenty of blame to go around after a choke job like that though, I guess.