Soonerjeepman
4/6/2011, 09:52 PM
Sounds just like Stoops...really warming up to the hire...
Lon Kruger preached a style of basketball that placed a high value on assists.
He wanted his players to apply the concept off the court as well.
I put in a call Tuesday to D.J. Allen, UNLV's senior associate athletic director of external affairs. Kruger and Allen teamed up a couple years ago on a book titled, "The Xs & Os of Success: A Playbook for Leaders in Business and Life ."
Asked to share his favorite Kruger story, Allen said he had accompanied the Rebels coach to a community event one evening about three years ago.
The evening was over and they were driving down Charleston Boulevard, near University Medical Center, when Kruger asked Allen if they could make a brief stop.
They pulled into a life care center near UMC, and Kruger led them through a side door and into a patient's room.
Nurses acknowledged Kruger like he was a fixture.
As it turns out, he was, Allen said.
The young man Kruger was visiting was a die-hard Rebels fan and a quadriplegic.
"He was able to speak, and he used his mouth to operate a computer," Allen recalled.
Back in the car, Allen asked if he could get the story out.
Kruger declined.
With Kruger heading for the University of Oklahoma job, Allen figures he's not speaking out of turn.
There was more to the story. Kruger took players to the care center, too, "to learn and appreciate all the blessings they had in their lives."
"But he wanted no publicity at all," Allen said.
Possible recruit...LOCAL kid..
Sooners to offer Edmond Santa Fe’s Josh Richardson?
http://ouhoops.com/?p=5969
Lon Kruger preached a style of basketball that placed a high value on assists.
He wanted his players to apply the concept off the court as well.
I put in a call Tuesday to D.J. Allen, UNLV's senior associate athletic director of external affairs. Kruger and Allen teamed up a couple years ago on a book titled, "The Xs & Os of Success: A Playbook for Leaders in Business and Life ."
Asked to share his favorite Kruger story, Allen said he had accompanied the Rebels coach to a community event one evening about three years ago.
The evening was over and they were driving down Charleston Boulevard, near University Medical Center, when Kruger asked Allen if they could make a brief stop.
They pulled into a life care center near UMC, and Kruger led them through a side door and into a patient's room.
Nurses acknowledged Kruger like he was a fixture.
As it turns out, he was, Allen said.
The young man Kruger was visiting was a die-hard Rebels fan and a quadriplegic.
"He was able to speak, and he used his mouth to operate a computer," Allen recalled.
Back in the car, Allen asked if he could get the story out.
Kruger declined.
With Kruger heading for the University of Oklahoma job, Allen figures he's not speaking out of turn.
There was more to the story. Kruger took players to the care center, too, "to learn and appreciate all the blessings they had in their lives."
"But he wanted no publicity at all," Allen said.
Possible recruit...LOCAL kid..
Sooners to offer Edmond Santa Fe’s Josh Richardson?
http://ouhoops.com/?p=5969