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Lon Kruger to Nat'l College Basketball HOF
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<blockquote data-quote="Illinirog70" data-source="post: 1779156" data-attributes="member: 748645"><p>l always felt that Lon was one of the classiest guys ever to coach the Illini. That said, he was totally miscast as a pro coach, but disliked recruiting so much that he chased the dollar and left Illinois. He was well-loved by his players and they played hard for him. I hated to see him leave, but we hit a homerun with his replacement. ALL of Webber's success was due to Self's players. </p><p></p><p>When you judge among the Illini coaches, it might be good to weigh in on their attributes. </p><p></p><p>Other than the Flyin Illini, Henson was a formula coach who recruited strong, good shooting players. but not a lot of height and got them to play hard tough defense. He got players to fit his system.</p><p></p><p>Self was a SUPER recruiter who could judge and attract high talented players. Didn't seem to emphasize toughness but just got better players.</p><p></p><p>Lon did not recruit well, except one team in Peoria, who recruited each other, He got his teams to play for each other and for him. His was always a surprising success.</p><p></p><p>Underwood hires and trusts high level recruiters as assistants, and inspires his players to out work and out defense the other team. Offense (except for Kofi) always seems to be a counter-attack, based on hard nosed defense and rebounding.</p><p>Rankings :</p><p>1. Self</p><p>2. Underwood</p><p>3. Henson</p><p>4. Krueger</p><p>5. Combs</p><p>6. No one else worth mentioning</p><p></p><p>What say you?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Illinirog70, post: 1779156, member: 748645"] l always felt that Lon was one of the classiest guys ever to coach the Illini. That said, he was totally miscast as a pro coach, but disliked recruiting so much that he chased the dollar and left Illinois. He was well-loved by his players and they played hard for him. I hated to see him leave, but we hit a homerun with his replacement. ALL of Webber's success was due to Self's players. When you judge among the Illini coaches, it might be good to weigh in on their attributes. Other than the Flyin Illini, Henson was a formula coach who recruited strong, good shooting players. but not a lot of height and got them to play hard tough defense. He got players to fit his system. Self was a SUPER recruiter who could judge and attract high talented players. Didn't seem to emphasize toughness but just got better players. Lon did not recruit well, except one team in Peoria, who recruited each other, He got his teams to play for each other and for him. His was always a surprising success. Underwood hires and trusts high level recruiters as assistants, and inspires his players to out work and out defense the other team. Offense (except for Kofi) always seems to be a counter-attack, based on hard nosed defense and rebounding. Rankings : 1. Self 2. Underwood 3. Henson 4. Krueger 5. Combs 6. No one else worth mentioning What say you? [/QUOTE]
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