I guess these stats say it all

[Ghost of Gar Heard]

I think it has been proven that Lon's teams take on his demeanor. Which is good in some cases but overall I think it is a detriment.

Because West Virginia is having such a great year.

 

[thebigabd]

To back Ada up on this....

Lon Kruger has signed 28 players since being at OU. 14 out of those have not worked. The criteria for "not worked out" is as follows:

• They never made it Norman
• They transferred out
• They were not at a level worthy of scholarship basketball and made limited or no impact outside of practice

This is likely controversial.... as good practice players are seen as having value, like a Hannes Polla who has made essentially no impact in games but is said to be a good practice player.

But, following this methodology 50% of the players (not including transfers into the program like Calixte) have not worked out for one of the above listed reasons.

To be honest, I have no idea if that is acceptable or not. What is industry standard for a top 25 program? A top 50 program? What is expected attrition at Kansas? Or at Baylor? Or at Florida? Etc...

 

[hoopsaustin]

Finals 4's, sweet 16's, 5 different teams to the tourney... Im talking about his resume as a whole.

I struggle with this about your "ideas"

You don't think he has tried anything different from this group? I'm talking about in practice... He isn't going to just flip a switch and become a yeller or "more passion"
Don't you think he wants to win? I mean, I'm just guessing here but I'm betting he has tried multiple things, guessing like your wife and mine have tried multiple things to make us better husbands but sometimes it just doesn't work no matter how hard you try.

Ill go a step further, Its on players.

1. James just became a gym rat his senior year, thats too late
2. Grad Transfers arent big 12 ready, thats part of taking grads
3. Muni hurt, hurts us more than we think
4. Odomes limited, never a gym rat
5. Manek trying to add weight since Harrah days, hard to do.
6. doolittle limited at times...

The list goes on...

We all know the flaws of our players. Coaches will get the blame, just like WT blames me for being a s***ty coach. I can handle that, and I take full responsibility for my team being average. Lon will do the same.

No. Bc his teams suck like they usual do lol

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Because West Virginia is having such a great year.

oh c'mon