Will Lon Kruger be retained?

[thebigabd]

Will Lon Kruger be retained at the end of the season?

 

[sperry]

He will have the option to keep his job. I think he may retire. Never stayed anywhere for long, and this thing is not trending in the right direction.

 

[usedtobe1]

I say yes.... IMHO

 

[mardaddy51]

He did was he was paid handsomely to do. Clean up the program. Time to move on though. The game has passed him by.

 

[sooner8]

The question isn't will Lon be retained(which he will) it is will he want to look at another dismal season approaching next year.Go Sooners!

 

[WTSooner]

There is ZERO chance Joe C. fires Lon. None. And as much as it pains me to say it, that is probably the correct call.

 

[mict085]

OU will not fire Lon. It will be his choice to come back next year or do something else. I think he’ll be the OU coach next season.

I do wonder how many more seasons he has left.

 

[NY Soonerfan]

I don't get this all of a sudden "Will Lon be retained talk?" So people who vote he's gone are essentially saying he's going to be let go immediately following a season in which he kept a 5-star recruit home, brought us back to the NCAA tournament (presumably) and, arguably more important than anything else, probably got the program four more combined months of non-stop national exposure than the program has had in the last 10 years combined, if not ever in the history of the program. All of this, by the way, while leading a squeaky clean program in the wake of what could very likely shake down as the biggest scandal to hit college basketball ever, and one that has implicated countless blue-blooded programs already.

Are there issues? Hell yeah there are. Sadly, there are tons. But isn't this a full year early? I could see this talk coming next year, since, as we all know, it could not be pretty in the W/L column. But to think he will not be retained or asked to do a Tom Coughlin ride off into the sunset kind of thing, after a year of resurrection, seems preposterous to me. I'd put it as less than zero.

 

[opsooner]

Next year is the challenge for him. Coaching is the only thing that is going to make them competitive.


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[AdaSooner]

A big, fat written in bold, YES! There is No Chance he will be let go when the season is over!

Lon Kruger will be OU’s coach next season unless he makes the decision to retire on his own.

 

[DenverSooner]

He did was he was paid handsomely to do. Clean up the program. Time to move on though. The game has passed him by.

The game has not passed him by and I am the lone vote for termination. Kruger is a good coach but this doesn’t cut it.

 

[DenverSooner]

A big, fat written in bold, YES! There is No Chance he will be let go when the season is over!

Lon Kruger will be OU’s coach next season unless he makes the decision to retire on his own.

You are probably correct but he should be terminated. He is paid for results and these results are unacceptable. Great guy, great coach but simply not producing for two consecutive years. What did Capel do that was worse? Was it three seasons?

 

[Matthew G]

You are probably correct but he should be terminated. He is paid for results and these results are unacceptable. Great guy, great coach but simply not producing for two consecutive years. What did Capel do that was worse? Was it three seasons?

Is this seriously a question? :facepalm:facepalm:facepalm

 

[DenverSooner]

Yes. My recollection is two train wreck seasons. Was it three

 

[DenverSooner]

Just looked it up. Two screwed up season and did not have the best freshman in the country either year.

 

[Matthew G]

I don't get this all of a sudden "Will Lon be retained talk?" So people who vote he's gone are essentially saying he's going to be let go immediately following a season in which he kept a 5-star recruit home, brought us back to the NCAA tournament (presumably) and, arguably more important than anything else, probably got the program four more combined months of non-stop national exposure than the program has had in the last 10 years combined, if not ever in the history of the program. All of this, by the way, while leading a squeaky clean program in the wake of what could very likely shake down as the biggest scandal to hit college basketball ever, and one that has implicated countless blue-blooded programs already.

Are there issues? Hell yeah there are. Sadly, there are tons. But isn't this a full year early? I could see this talk coming next year, since, as we all know, it could not be pretty in the W/L column. But to think he will not be retained or asked to do a Tom Coughlin ride off into the sunset kind of thing, after a year of resurrection, seems preposterous to me. I'd put it as less than zero.

People are just being over dramatic. Funny, go back to the prediction thread, and everyone was thinking 20. Yet, if you asked them during those prediction that we were 17-13 with 1 more game at home vs the worst team in the league, would they keep or fire Lon Kruger, everyone would say keep. Now we got people saying "17/18-13 isn't good enough, fire him. We can magically find a coach who is better than Kruger, I just can't name anyone!" running around now.


PREDICTION THREAD

http://ouhoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40486&highlight=predictions&page=2

 

[DenverSooner]

Just for the record, in my opinion this is the worst season of OU basketball since the early 80s. I know some seasons have been worse in terms of wins and losses but going from number 4 to the bubble is a joke.

 

[Matthew G]

Just looked it up. Two screwed up season and did not have the best freshman in the country either year.

Keep going.

 

[DenverSooner]

If anyone considers this good attention then I guess you think Michigan State is getting some good attention. I realize that is way worse but going fromfourth to bubble is not the attention I want.

 

[Matthew G]

Just looked it up. Two screwed up season and did not have the best freshman in the country either year.

Since apparently your memory is very short, and you decided to ignore it when looking up the stats, he had 2 terrible seasons after only making the elite 8 with the #1 draft pick. He then had a recruit get paid while at OU, got OU in trouble with the NCAA where they vacated his last season here, got OU scholarship restrictions and almost the death penalty since we were still in trouble for Kelvin's phone calls, and probation.


Now, if you think almost getting the death penalty for a sport while also losing a ton of games with 5 and 4 star talent and only making the NCAA tournament 2 of the 5 years you are there is similar to losing a lot of games 1 year after a final four run, and making the NCAA tournament 5 out of 7 years including a sweet 16 run, all while avoiding NCAA issues, then I can't help you