Mick Cronin is a bully, can't help it. 'John Wooden would be beside himself'

Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star Wed, 18 February 2026 at 7:27 pm UTC·8 min read UCLA basketball coach Mick Cronin did it again Tuesday night — he keeps doing this — and someone needs to get him under control. I’d suggest Cronin needs to control himself, stop bullying his players and others, but these aren’t isolated incidents. This keeps happening. It’s who he is: A bully. A vicious one.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Yeah, I hear some of you: Wah, wah, you’re so soft… Maybe so. But maybe being soft, being vulnerable, is more of what this world needs. Everywhere you look, on the streets and on social media and even in our seats of government, we’re being hard, being invulnerable,...