When asked about this incident, Cronin said that it never happened and that he barely knows Yandle at all.
“I don't know Keith that well,” Cronin said. “He’s from the Quincy area in Boston, I think, but I've really never crossed his path.
“I never recruited him. I don't remember ever recruiting him.
Never recall (doing that). I would never verbally berate anybody on a phone call on a recruiting thing.
Never heard of it. I remember—it might have been my first year (at Northeastern)—I think that Brendan Walsh was my recruiter and I think he took them out on the recruiting visit, but I would never verbally berate a player for not going to a school. That's his decision. We present what Northeastern is and whether it's him or anybody else, if they choose not to go there, I've always demonstrated class and professionalism and wish them luck.”