Yes they were, lost to Rhode Island. Thought I heard somewhere that they didnt make it.
I respectfully disagree. Good coaching can elevate ones talents. This team plays to the level of coaching they are receiving. They dribble into turnovers. They pass into tight coverage. For what I see, the issues can be coached out of this team if Kruger makes a better effort. If Kruger has the talent he can shine. He is not capable of turning 5 average players into an excellent performing team. He needs to go back to basics.
I also wonder what he practices. Because I have never been to one of his practices I am not really sure what he does. Because they turn the ball over a lot it most certainly and logically follows that they never practice basic passing and dribbling skills. Right! I had the good fortune to coach high school basketball for thirty years. We worked on basic passing and dribbling skills every single day. I will go out on a limb here and say that most coaches do that. I would preach constantly to my kids that there is no offense we can run that would hide poor fundamentals. It’s funny how the more talent I had the fewer turnovers we had. I am not a big Lon Kruger fan. But to say he never practices basic passing and dribbling skills seems a bit of a stretch.
Yep. Can’t be old and be effective. Amazing that John Wooden won all those ncaa championships at UCLA as an old guy. Coach K at Duke is in his sixties. Shaka Smart at Texas is one of those young energetic coaches that really hasn’t done Shit at Texas. OU is not what you get when you have an old coach running the show. OU is what you get when you have no real tradition, a crummy arena, and a very little talent. We need a coach that can effectively recruit and develop higher level talent. I don’t care if he is 26 or 66. Just my opinion.
