On a lighter note...

[AdaSooner]

I'm surprised no one has said anything about the butt chewin' Osby and Clark received at the hands of a mic'd up Coach Kruger in yesterday's scrimmage.

It came right after a turnover when Ro and Cam were doing a bit of finger pointing. Coach didn't like what he saw, so he called a timeout and laid into them pretty good. I mean, he was in their face! When one or both tried to make excuses, the usual soft-spoken Kruger moved in even closer and said, "I saw what you did, and it had better not happen again!

Folks. Something tells me the players on this year's team will toe the line and buy into what our coach is selling, or they will take a seat on the bench and let someone else play. LK said as much to last year's starters (the red team) at one point of the first half. I heard that, too. There is no doubt about who is in charge, that's for sure!

 

[KBaden145]

He is an excellent coach but also an excellent program builder. Coaches win season after season but great programs win coach after coach. That's what we were until Capel came along. Coach will get it back to where it should be.

 

[tycat947]

Re: On a lighter not...

He is an excellent coach but also an excellent program builder. Coaches win season after season but great programs win coach after coach. That's what we were until Capel came along. Coach will get it back to where it should be.

:clap

 

[jerry]

He is an excellent coach but also an excellent program builder. Coaches win season after season but great programs win coach after coach. That's what we were until Capel came along. Coach will get it back to where it should be.

Yeah I agree that Capel really set the program back, but it looks like Kruger was the right guy to get it back quickly.

 

[garyeb2]

I'm surprised no one has said anything about the butt chewin' Osby and Clark received at the hands of a mic'd up Coach Kruger in yesterday's scrimmage.

It came right after a turnover when Ro and Cam were doing a bit of finger pointing. Coach didn't like what he saw, so he called a timeout and laid into them pretty good. I mean, he was in their face! When one or both tried to make excuses, the usual soft-spoken Kruger moved in even closer and said, "I saw what you did, and it had better not happen again!

Folks. Something tells me the players on this year's team will toe the line and buy into what our coach is selling, or they will take a seat on the bench and let someone else play. LK said as much to last year's starters (the red team) at one point of the first half. I heard that, too. There is no doubt about who is in charge, that's for sure!

This may be one of those you had to have been there moments. I think it was Friday. Kruger stopped a scrimmage and got up in Cam and Said "I could have done what you just did, turn my man loose and then point my finger at someone to pick him up"

 

[DenverSooner]

I'm surprised no one has said anything about the butt chewin' Osby and Clark received at the hands of a mic'd up Coach Kruger in yesterday's scrimmage.

It came right after a turnover when Ro and Cam were doing a bit of finger pointing. Coach didn't like what he saw, so he called a timeout and laid into them pretty good. I mean, he was in their face! When one or both tried to make excuses, the usual soft-spoken Kruger moved in even closer and said, "I saw what you did, and it had better not happen again!

Folks. Something tells me the players on this year's team will toe the line and buy into what our coach is selling, or they will take a seat on the bench and let someone else play. LK said as much to last year's starters (the red team) at one point of the first half. I heard that, too. There is no doubt about who is in charge, that's for sure!

So what did they do? I did not see it but it seems to me Kruger doesn't like the excuses and is looking for unity.

 

[AdaSooner]

This may be one of those you had to have been there moments. I think it was Friday. Kruger stopped a scrimmage and got up in Cam and Said "I could have done what you just did, turn my man loose and then point my finger at someone to pick him up"

Yes, a very similiar situation to the one I saw.

Good coaches like Lon Kruger never miss an opportunity to correct small mistakes in practice that could turn into a bigger screw ups on game day. That's one of the reasons he has been successful at every stop he's made. You can't always be buddies with your players, like our former coach tried to do. You have to earn their respect by being consistent in the way you handle a situation like the incidents we described. The fact that he was in the face of two veterans on the teram had to make quite an impression on our freshmen guards.

 

[AdaSooner]

So what did they do? I did not see it but it seems to me Kruger doesn't like the excuses and is looking for unity.

They turned the ball over. But Kruger was upset that one was trying to blame the other for it. That's why he was toe to toe and in their faces during the time out. And, he wasn't being nice either. He was genuinely hacked by what he saw; not the turnover, the finger pointing between two teammates.