mick cronin was the very first name i dropped when i wanted shaka replaced like 8-9 years ago. it would have been badass to have fired shaka 1-2 years earlier and hired cronin. he doesn’t hang out in the dorms, or text his players feel good quotes every morning, but he did take ucla to a final four plus two S16’s in his first three years* at ucla, if you’re into that sort of thing.
*not counting covid year
there might not be one main character, but there’s like 20-25 characters before you start getting to side characters. there are hordes of new main characters every season. rhonda pearlman, jay landsman, maury leavy, shamrock, donut- these are the side characters of the wire.
and calling ron swanson “not a main character” on parks?
“tougher than it look though.”
”ok so that one is dead, we know that.”
”soon as i’m done with these birds.”
i still somehow find a way to use at least one of these every few days.
aaron judge just had a season that someone will equal (or best) as early as next year. in fact i don’t think anyone other than helo would say that judge had a better season than ohtani did this year. meanwhile cal raleigh just had a season that we may never see again. played a full season at catcher without a passed ball, managed one of the best staffs in the league, and had the greatest offensive season ever by a catcher (by a mile, as a switch hitter). this is dumb.