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okienole3 said:
Shep's been with Kruger since K State.

http://m.newsok.com/article/5488425
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Looks like Mike Shepherd has been an assistant coach before, and he has been a key component of the Lon Kruger success story.

For all 26 seasons that Kruger has been a college head coach, he's had Shepherd alongside. Student manager at Kansas State. Volunteer assistant, administrative assistant and assistant coach at Florida. Assistant coach at Illinois. Director of basketball operations at Nevada-Las Vegas and now at OU.
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Obviously, Coach Kruger knows and trusts Mike Shepherd.

Bio at OU Site:
http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210421189
 
Lon has some big boys on the line and recruiting has never looked better. Can Kruger Jr and Shepherd close them?
 
say what you want but hiring his son is extremely underwhelming for me. Like I said before......Josh Pastner can pull Bobby Lutz to his staff at GA Tech...someone with a TON of experience and recruiting connections (the lifeblood of coaching as an assistant) and Lon hires his son, who will be able to relate to players because he played and is young....but, can he recruit and does he have the connections we need to expand this program and make it better? I hope so. It remains to be seen but I have never been a big fan of coaches hiring their kids to fill spots at major colleges....it may work out great. You can say "why are you whining, etc" but think about it....would you rather have someone like Henson? or Kevin Kruger? Is it a trade up? Is it even an EVEN trade? Same with Lew Hill.

When you have to replace someone you want to find someone AT LEAST even. To me, this doesn't accomplish it.

He could totally prove me wrong. I hope he does.
 
NorthCarolinaSooner said:
say what you want but hiring his son is extremely underwhelming for me. Like I said before......Josh Pastner can pull Bobby Lutz to his staff at GA Tech...someone with a TON of experience and recruiting connections (the lifeblood of coaching as an assistant) and Lon hires his son, who will be able to relate to players because he played and is young....but, can he recruit and does he have the connections we need to expand this program and make it better? I hope so. It remains to be seen but I have never been a big fan of coaches hiring their kids to fill spots at major colleges....it may work out great. You can say "why are you whining, etc" but think about it....would you rather have someone like Henson? or Kevin Kruger? Is it a trade up? Is it even an EVEN trade? Same with Lew Hill.

When you have to replace someone you want to find someone AT LEAST even. To me, this doesn't accomplish it.

He could totally prove me wrong. I hope he does.
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I have no idea what the credentials of Kevin Kruger are, I haven't even looked at his resume. But I very much wish OU had an anti-nepotism policy for coaching hires. If Kevin doesn't do a good job, it just puts everyone in a really bad position.
 
sperry said:
I have no idea what the credentials of Kevin Kruger are, I haven't even looked at his resume. But I very much wish OU had an anti-nepotism policy for coaching hires. If Kevin doesn't do a good job, it just puts everyone in a really bad position.
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Pretty sure Lon wouldn't have hired him if he didn't think, or even know, that he'd succeed.
 
WTSooner said:
Pretty sure Lon wouldn't have hired him if he didn't think, or even know, that he'd succeed.
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I have no doubt that Kevin Kruger is qualified, and I have no doubt that Lon believes he will succeed.


That is no guarantee of success though, and it puts the program in an EXTREMELY awkward position if Kevin does a bad job.

There is a reason that anti-nepotism policies exist.
 
OK Kevin. The only way to stop the kvetching is to pull in a couple of top-50 studs now hear me? ;)
 
sperry said:
I have no doubt that Kevin Kruger is qualified, and I have no doubt that Lon believes he will succeed.

That is no guarantee of success though, and it puts the program in an EXTREMELY awkward position if Kevin does a bad job.

There is a reason that anti-nepotism policies exist.
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I'm not sure we will even know about the success/failure of assistant basketball coaches. It is not like football, where any fan can clearly see the effectiveness of the offensive coordinator or the defensive coordinator.

The departing assistant basketball coaches had a big hand in recruiting the players currently on the roster, but some of us can kvetch about the fact that no 5-Star recruits were signed by those coaches.

Succeed or fail, the onus is on the head coach. There is no doubt that he potentially opens himself up to extra criticism by having his son on his staff, but Lon may know something the rest of us don't. He may know that his son has the makings of a good college basketball coach.

Obviously, time will tell.
 
sperry said:
I have no doubt that Kevin Kruger is qualified, and I have no doubt that Lon believes he will succeed.


That is no guarantee of success though, and it puts the program in an EXTREMELY awkward position if Kevin does a bad job.

There is a reason that anti-nepotism policies exist.
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If I remember correctly, he was a GA here before. It was posted on this board that he helped Buddy and/or Isiah with their shot.

There are many examples of schools where Father/Son teans have coached together successfully. Is it a guarantee of success? No, there are no guarantees, no matter who you hire.
 
WTSooner said:
Pretty sure Lon wouldn't have hired him if he didn't think, or even know, that he'd succeed.
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Hey sky, I believe the sun did come up in the west this morning. I've found myself in complete agreement with you know who. :D
 
I'm not a fan of this move. If you can say that he's the absolute best guy for the job then that's one thing. But i doubt that's the case.. that being said, i don't really think assistants really matter all that much
 
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