His four boards in 12 minutes are more than Oweh averaged on the season despite starting 25+ games. And your opinion that he didn’t do anything to earn playing time is based on your belief that Moser is infallible when it comes to deciding who plays.
It’s baffling. Much like his decision last offseason to bring in an out-of-shape big while talking about his desire to push the pace.
Oweh was playing behind Jacob Groves. Cooper was playing behind Oweh, Soares and Darthard. I don’t think you can compare the two by freshman PT too much.
If you think I consider Moser infallible, you've not been reading my posts carefully enough. But neither do I consider you infallible. If Cooper were half the player (this season--I'm not saying he won't get there) you continuously insisted he was (based on nothing but recruiting rankings), then even Moser would not have hesitated to play him. Why in the world would he? What possible reason would he have for keeping a valuable contributor on the bench in a season in which his future at OU might well have been in question?
I’m more worried about him playing behind Maks (when he was playing mins against KU, not as a backup PG later on when McCollum was out)
Because Moser very clearly is reluctant to play a certain type of player, and has a demonstrated history of not using them till too late in the season. I don't think he understands sometimes the upside with young, talented kids is more than worth living with some of the mistakes they will make.
Oweh was playing behind Groves, Bamisile and Noland--all of whom had more D1 experience than Oweh.
Could you be more specific about this "certain type of player" and provide other examples of this type that he has recruited to OU? And if he's reluctant to give such players minutes, why does he recruit them? If your theory is correct, I'd say that qualifies as self-destructive behavior on Moser's part. He might be a candidate for therapy.
Circling back to this....
Marvin Johnson. Oweh as a freshman. Cooper this year. All guys who provided athleticism we needed, especially Johnson and Oweh when the rest of the roster was horribly unathletic. All say the bench in favor of guys with much lower upside who Moser presumably viewed as steadier options due to experience.
So a guy that made one basket and played 12 minutes had the best game of anyone? Because that is what was said
I agree. One thing I've learned from watching the Thunder the last few years is that the young kids can improve quite a bit from one year to the next. About the time you are ready to pass on one of them, they show up better the next year. I still think the kid can still be a good player and I wish him well.
