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Originally Posted by Chiefspants
Why did Kruger leave? KSU alum, feels like nowadays that'd be considered a dream set-up.
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Lon saw the writing. The Big 8 was making overtures to KSU to get their collective shit together in football or say goodbye.
Although hired on 11/24, on 11/30/88 Steve Miller introduced one Bill Snyder as the head coach of K-State football. Snyder only took the job with the PROMISE the athletic department would pour millions into football for facilities, recruiting and most of all coaches.
MBBall was relatively inexpensive to run (at the time). And Kruger had held it together really well. Even with the introduction of Billy Tubbs style basketball. It took the league into a new age. Waymon Tisdale was unlike anything the Big 8 had ever seen and they played a run and gun style for 40 minutes.
That led to an incredible era of Big 8 bball. Mitch, Danny, Jeff Grayer, Chievous.. stars galore. Brown, Kruger, Norm, Tubbs.
Was amazing.
He moved on because he knew a teacher’s/cow college couldn’t support both.
He was right.