I think it is a bit early to say the teams will be comparable; however, the only player match-up that I will definitely agree with you on is that Hollis Price is better than Pledger. Unless Pledger improves a lot it really isn't even close. In my opinion Hollis Price is one of the top 10 guys to play at OU in the Sampson/Capel Eras. Right now Pledger is not. He might not even be one of the top 20.
I get the rest of your comments but I don't think you can say it with much certainty. With that said, I really don't see how you can say White is better than Grooms. That may and perhaps is even probably accurate but we have not remotely seen enough of Grooms to say White is definitely better. I am also not conviced that Ebe Ere is better than Cam Clark. I personally think Clark will ultimately be better than Ere or at least hope so (and I mean no disrespect to Ere he was good player). I also don't know how we can say Ace is better than Osby. I just haven't seen enough of Osby to make a fair comparison. I will say Ace was playing great the last half of his senior year. Finally, I have never scene M'Baye play so I can't possibly say who is better between Brown and M'Baye. I will say Brown played his role exceptionally well but it seems to me that M'Baye might be able to do what Brown did and a little more. M'Baye might have a little trouble on the defensive end because 214 is light for a 6'9" player but I don't recall Brown being exceptionally heavy and I expect M'Baye to add 10lbs this year if not more. I know I would trying to put weight on the guy if I were Kruger.
I also think the bench is going to be better next year with the only concern being the front court. Hield, Hornbeak and Henry are guys I am looking forward to seeing. They will be young but they are talented Neal is going to be a solid bench player at OU and he might surprise and work his way into being a starter (I don't expect that but who can say at this pont). If Fitzgerald becomes a bench player he is going to be the best offensive forward coming off the bench that I can recall at OU. Fitzgerald has his flaws as a player (defense and rebounding) but the guy can score points with the best of them. He didn't make honorable all Big XII for nothing. Finally, I cannot stess enough what a luxury it will be to have Blair as the backup pg (assuming Grooms is the clearly better player). Very few teams have a backup point with 2 years of d-1 staring experience. To be able to rely on a backup point means your starter is always fresh and the rare times when you have foul trouble shouldn't become a disaster.
