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NORMAN — How impressive is the OU basketball hiring of Lon Kruger? One of the guys who wanted the job told Kruger on Friday to take it.
Central Oklahoma coach Terry Evans, who interviewed for the OU job Tuesday, said he ran into Kruger on Friday morning in a Houston hotel, during the basketball coaches convention.
“I told him, ‘Coach Kruger, you need to take this job,'” Evans said. “He started smiling. He acted like he had already taken it.”
Kruger didn't officially take the job until Friday afternoon, but Evans said he and Kruger chatted about OU's current roster and the recruiting landscape the next few years.
But Evans said he told Kruger to take the job and hire Evans onto his staff, a move which sources said OU officials would endorse.
“I would absolutely love it,” Evans said.
Evans played for Kruger during the 1990 U.S. Olympic Festival and said he mentioned that fact to OU athletic director Joe Castiglione.
But later Friday, Evans said he had been offered the head coaching job at Lamar University and was contemplating it.
Evans said OU's move was a “great hire. He knows the Midwest. He knows the area.”
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NORMAN — How impressive is the OU basketball hiring of Lon Kruger? One of the guys who wanted the job told Kruger on Friday to take it.
Central Oklahoma coach Terry Evans, who interviewed for the OU job Tuesday, said he ran into Kruger on Friday morning in a Houston hotel, during the basketball coaches convention.
“I told him, ‘Coach Kruger, you need to take this job,'” Evans said. “He started smiling. He acted like he had already taken it.”
Kruger didn't officially take the job until Friday afternoon, but Evans said he and Kruger chatted about OU's current roster and the recruiting landscape the next few years.
But Evans said he told Kruger to take the job and hire Evans onto his staff, a move which sources said OU officials would endorse.
“I would absolutely love it,” Evans said.
Evans played for Kruger during the 1990 U.S. Olympic Festival and said he mentioned that fact to OU athletic director Joe Castiglione.
But later Friday, Evans said he had been offered the head coaching job at Lamar University and was contemplating it.
Evans said OU's move was a “great hire. He knows the Midwest. He knows the area.”
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We may have a HCIW situation boys
ADMIN: Now let's try this again.
