Kruger is rare coach with class

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: February 16, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

Lon Kruger is a tough guy to dislike.

Not that anyone should seek to uncover the warts of another.

But in this coaching profession, there are plenty of egos floating around, men with personality disorders, bullies, showoffs, paranoid freaks, clowns and simple inept political appointees.

Kruger is none of these.

While most coaches you work with are decent, kind, considerate, natural leaders, there's always the sideshow. Kruger isn't one of those either.

This week we bid farewell to one of the sideshows, Bobby Knight. Great tactician; horrible bully. I saw Knight's act firsthand in the Horizon ...

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