Leading scorer for next year (10/24 edition)

[BigTime]

Most of us have seen some practice/practice reports/scrimmage. Just for kicks and Krugers, who leads the Sooners in scoring this year?

I'm sticking with my original pick.

 

[TheGimper]

The safe and logical pick is Pledger. My second pick would be Osby.

 

[BCSooners]

Pledger with 15.2

 

[AdaSooner]

Gotta be Pledger. He's the best shooter on the team, and he'll get more shots from the perimeter than anyone else. I considered going with Osby or M'Baye, but I think they'll balance each other out to some extent.

Should be interesting, due to the number of scoring options on the team this year.

 

[sharp1]

Gotta be Pledger. He's the best shooter on the team, and he'll get more shots from the perimeter than anyone else. I considered going with Osby or M'Baye, but I think they'll balance each other out to some extent.

Should be interesting, due to the number of scoring options on the team this year.

I agree, with the other scoring options Pledger will have more offensive freedom...

 

[25mob]

Gotta be Pledger. He's the best shooter on the team, and he'll get more shots from the perimeter than anyone else. I considered going with Osby or M'Baye, but I think they'll balance each other out to some extent.

Should be interesting, due to the number of scoring options on the team this year.

I went with Osby because my concern for Pledger this year is not his offense but his lack of effort on defense which may cause his minutes to go down. He may end up as a specialty player off the bench if he doesn't give more effort defensively.

 

[AdaSooner]

I went with Osby because my concern for Pledger this year is not his offense but his lack of effort on defense which may cause his minutes to go down. He may end up as a specialty player off the bench if he doesn't give more effort defensively.

I wouldn't worry about that too much. If Coach Kruger cuts Pledger's minutes, it won't be long before he will get the message and work his tail off to make amends. Bottom line, he wants to play, and he'll do whatever it takes to get back into the lineup again.

That said, if he is dragging his feet in practice, especially on defense, it's good to know that Coach is willing to get his attention somehow. For now, though, I have a feeling he simply wants his senior two guard to set an example for the younger guys, which is exactly what Steven should be doing, without being pushed by anyone.

 

[campbest]

It's not rocket science. You push your senior laden players (and probable starters) to set the tone that no one, regardless of stats or stature, is relieved of criticism or above the team. Sets an example for the younger/newer players.

This happens on every basketball team in the country.

 

[garyeb2]

I wouldn't worry about that too much. If Coach Kruger cuts Pledger's minutes, it won't be long before he will get the message and work his tail off to make amends. Bottom line, he wants to play, and he'll do whatever it takes to get back into the lineup again.

That said, if he is dragging his feet in practice, especially on defense, it's good to know that Coach is willing to get his attention somehow. For now, though, I have a feeling he simply wants his senior two guard to set an example for the younger guys, which is exactly what Steven should be doing, without being pushed by anyone.

Pledger is not, in my judgement, dogging it in practice this season. I think he is giving great defensensive effort. I still think he has his limitations. But, I don't think it is a trying problem.

That little issue that someone reported between Pledger and Kruger happened right in front of me. It wasn't about effort. It was more of a technique or mental issue. Pledger let a man get by him and Kruger thought that he had already coached him on how to defend in that particular spot. Kruger doesn't want to hear any excuses. He just wants them to do it right.

 

[campbest]

Also chose Pledger because I think we are going to be shocked how much more freely he will be able to operate with more talent on the floor. That assumes that M'Baye and other guys getting PT are drawing the defense's attention.

 

[campbest]

Pledger is not, in my judgement, dogging it in practice this season. I think he is giving great defensensive effort. I still think he has his limitations. But, I don't think it is a trying problem.

That little issue that someone reported between Pledger and Kruger happened right in front of me. It wasn't about effort. It was more of a technique or mental issue. Pledger let a man get by him and Kruger thought that he had already coached him on how to defend in that particular spot. Kruger doesn't want to hear any excuses. He just wants them to do it right.

As Kruger should.

 

[AdaSooner]

Pledger is not, in my judgement, dogging it in practice this season. I think he is giving great defensensive effort. I still think he has his limitations. But, I don't think it is a trying problem.

That little issue that someone reported between Pledger and Kruger happened right in front of me. It wasn't about effort. It was more of a technique or mental issue. Pledger let a man get by him and Kruger thought that he had already coached him on how to defend in that particular spot. Kruger doesn't want to hear any excuses. He just wants them to do it right.

Thanks for clearing that up, Gary. I heard Kruger take Pledger to task in a general sense in the practice I watched online from start to finish. It didn't come across to me as anything more than a head coach urging a veteran player to give maximum effort.

I can see how some might have interpreted incidents like that to be more than what one might see in every practice, without realizing that if you don't correct those mistakes now, they'll rear their ugly head in real game situations. Sounds like that is exactly what Coach was doing.

 

[BigTime]

So far, a lot less think M'Baye, more think Pledger and Osby is at about the same ratio.

 

[DenverSooner]

I like the vote for Grooms considering he is probably the least likely guy of the top 6 players to be the leading scorer.

 

[BigTime]

I like the vote for Grooms considering he is probably the least likely guy of the top 6 players to be the leading scorer.

haha that had to be hohum....


or Sam Grooms' mother.

 

[Sam]

Wouldn't sleep on Fraschilla for this. Could be some rule changes coming down the pike that factor in degree of difficulty this season and the mythical 13 point shot could be in play.

 

[25mob]

Pledger is not, in my judgement, dogging it in practice this season. I think he is giving great defensensive effort. I still think he has his limitations. But, I don't think it is a trying problem.

That little issue that someone reported between Pledger and Kruger happened right in front of me. It wasn't about effort. It was more of a technique or mental issue. Pledger let a man get by him and Kruger thought that he had already coached him on how to defend in that particular spot. Kruger doesn't want to hear any excuses. He just wants them to do it right.

Gary,

The reason i used the word effort is because he knew what to do (which were his exact words to coach Kruger) but he chose to do it wrong anyways. To me that is a lack of effort to do it correctly.

When i watched him during defensive drills he seemed to be just going through the motions but when i watched him during the implementation of offensive sets, he was alive and tuned in. He it was like night and day... so I'm just wondering if he is giving more effort on one side than the other.

 

[SoonerinNC]

Looks like Osby has improved enough that he may just be our top scorer.

 

[garyeb2]

Gary,

The reason i used the word effort is because he knew what to do (which were his exact words to coach Kruger) but he chose to do it wrong anyways. To me that is a lack of effort to do it correctly.

When i watched him during defensive drills he seemed to be just going through the motions but when i watched him during the implementation of offensive sets, he was alive and tuned in. He it was like night and day... so I'm just wondering if he is giving more effort on one side than the other.

You could be right. I'm just thinking that I am seeing his best enery since he got here.