This was more than gutty little effort
UCLA in the Final Four and the basketball program is relevant again? Wow. I guess the world really is starting to get back to normal.
Richard Turnage Burbank
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As someone who went to UCLA during the glory years of John Wooden, I was somewhat skeptical of hiring another defenseminded coach. Also, picking a coach who was available rather than desirable was of real concern.
Well, after a trip to the Final Four without three of the starting players he was counting on this season, I’ve warmed up to Coach Cronin quite nicely. There’ll never be another Wooden, but after 45 years of waiting, I think we’ve finally found our coach. ::
The difference between good coaches and great ones: Good coaches win the games they’re supposed to. Great coaches win the games they’re not. This is what separates Mick Cronin from most coaches in college basketball.
Mike Murashige
Eugene, Ore.
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Flight to Indianapolis: $250
Hotel room: $300 Tickets to March Madness: $1,500
Bruins in Final Four: PRICELESS!
Marty Zweben Palos Verdes Estates
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What a sorry display of basketball by the USC Trojans against Gonzaga! Mistakes, turnovers and poor decisions by a team loaded with stars. It’s time for a coaching change — they must fire Clay Helton.
Dennis Alekel San Juan Capistrano
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Don Geller Irvine
The Trojans sure picked a bad time to become the team we all thought they were. There are bad performances, but this one was epic. The team looked unprepared,
nervous, confused and uninterested. Losing a game after playing hard is admirable, losing a game where you have no passion or competitive energy is shameful.
Geno Apicella
Placentia
Lou Christie’s song “Two Faces Have I” perfectly describes Dylan Hernandez. On game day, he predicts USC will beat Gonzaga, touting their stellar play in the NCAA tourney. The next day, after their loss, he bashes the coach and players for not being ready.
Dylan, Gonzaga is undefeated for a reason. They are a superior team to USC. Give some credit to the Zags and credit to USC for getting to the Elite Eight. You write like you’ve never seen a basketball game. If you think Enfield should move on, maybe you should too after your series of turnovers.
Robert Bubnovich Irvine
Maybe Evan Mobley can get his father a job as an assistant with the NBA team that buys his services. It almost worked for USC. Jon Udell Santa Monica
Play ball!
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I warmly welcome Bill Plaschke’s heady predictions for the Dodgers in the upcoming season. This
analysis is more helpful than one might suppose. Based on Plaschke’s record of success and failure over the years, I am confident that the team won’t make it past the first round of the playoffs, and I’ll place my bets accordingly.
As always, thanks, Bill! Stephen Mattson
Los Osos
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Sorry, Mookie. You’re a role model. As such, your responsibility is to harness your celebrity to showcase to impressionable fans that getting vaccinated helps society. This is not a personal decision; this is a national and global herd immunity necessity.
David Alpern Long Beach
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At certain times in every commissioner’s tenure, there emerges a decision that will forever be connected with their legacy. Bart Giamatti will be remembered as the man who banned Pete Rose, Bud Selig as the man who canceled the World Series. Rob Manfred’s moment has now arrived in deciding to move the All-Star game out of Atlanta.
Bill Waxman Simi Valley
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Major League Baseball is making a mistake by moving the 2021 All-Star game to
another location. Atlanta is a predominately black metropolitan city that is being punished financially by Major League Baseball pandering to civil rights groups. MLB claims they are moving the game due to Georgia’s new voting legislation that requires showing an identification card in order to vote. There is nothing “racist” about requiring showing an identification card to vote. Showing ID is required when flying and buying alcohol. Requiring a voter to show ID to vote is not asking much to ensure election integrity.
Scott Benjamin
Agoura Hills
Beyond compare
If I read The Times correctly, DeSean Jackson compared his signing by the Rams to LeBron James’ signing and return to Cleveland, where he led the franchise to a championship.
For the record, I have met neither man though feel reasonably to totally confident in the Lloyd Bensonesque judgment: Mr. Jackson, you are no LBJ. Konrad Moore
Pacific Beach
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