Poor FT shooting is all on Kruger

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I hate to say it because I'm a HUGE Kruger supporter, but you have to make your free throws if you want to win conference home games.

I know, it's easy to say the players just aren't good FT shooters, but the old adage "practice makes perfect" applies to free throws.

I can understand missing a few on the road, but at home when the gym is empty and quiet? No excuse for that.

Hit half the missed FT's tonight and they win the game.
 
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I was unaware that Jarrod Kruger shot any free throws. I thought he was redshirting this season anyway.
 
Big Old Booger said:
I hate to say it because I'm a HUGE Kruger supporter, but you have to make your free throws if you want to win conference home games.

I know, it's easy to say the players just aren't good FT shooters, but the old adage "practice makes perfect" applies to free throws.

I can understand missing a few on the road, but at home when the gym is empty and quiet? No excuse for that.

Hit half the missed FT's tonight and they win the game.
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Putting your team in the wrong offense or defense is all on the coach.

Poor clock or timeout management can be the coaches fault.

Recruiting knuckleheads is definitely the coaches fault.

But when a team shoots a lower free throw average than usual, that is on the players - unless the coach is out there screaming in their ear while they try to shoot free throws.
 
lol...booger wasn't it also you that said good offense leads to better defense?
 
Funny thread...emphasis is important, but the kids have to step up and knock then down...period, exclamation point
 
Poor free throw shooting over the course of the season: coach's fault

Poor free throw shooting in one game: players' fault
 
Big Old Booger said:
I hate to say it because I'm a HUGE Kruger supporter, but you have to make your free throws if you want to win conference home games.

I know, it's easy to say the players just aren't good FT shooters, but the old adage "practice makes perfect" applies to free throws.

I can understand missing a few on the road, but at home when the gym is empty and quiet? No excuse for that.

Hit half the missed FT's tonight and they win the game.
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Disagree with this thread title.

Pledger: 89.7% regular season, was 1-4 tonight.

Grooms: 67%, 3-7 tonight.

Osby: 74.7%, 3-8 tonight (though the last two were under different circumstances)

Point being, those guys shot worse than normal this game... That shouldn't fall on Kruger.
 
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Sawyer said:
Poor free throw shooting over the course of the season: coach's fault

Poor free throw shooting in one game: players' fault
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Agreed.

Early in the broadcast, the announcer mentioned that Osby and someone else were suffering from 'flu-like' symptoms. Anyone remember who the other player was?
 
OU 74% as a team going into last night .. second best in the big 12 ..
 
BOB has posted some ridiculous stuff before, but this one may top them all.




Osby was throwing up in the tunnel at times during the game.
 
This OU team reminds me of Bob Stoops first year, competitive but found ways to lose winnable games. Hopefully next season we see a similar turnaround, keeping in mind that CLK has really only been coaching these guys for about six months or less.
 
I disagree with saying poor FT shooting last night was Kruger's fault in the case of Osby. He is a 70% FT shooter. Over the course of the season, his FT shooting is not going to make or break us. We are not 3-8 because of Osby's FT shooting or the team FT shooting.

However, when you play a guy that can't shoot like Grooms for 38 minutes, his shooting is going to hurt you. He missed 4 FT's and we lost by 3. Last year multiple times, Carl Blair sealed the game by hitting 5 of 6 straight FT's in the last few minutes.

Thats the only fault Kruger should take in this. And I realize Grooms had his best game of the year. I'm not dogging him. But when your best game of the year is a game that you missed half a dozen FTs, maybe you shouldn't be playing 38 minutes.
 
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Big Old Booger said:
I hate to say it because I'm a HUGE Kruger supporter, but you have to make your free throws if you want to win conference home games.

I know, it's easy to say the players just aren't good FT shooters, but the old adage "practice makes perfect" applies to free throws.

I can understand missing a few on the road, but at home when the gym is empty and quiet? No excuse for that.

Hit half the missed FT's tonight and they win the game.
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OU is a very good free throw shooting team. They did a bad job last night and lost a game because of it but that is not on the head coach. Quite frankly it isn't on anyone. The guys have put in the time to practice and maintained good free throw shooting averages. It just happened and it was unfortunate.
 
Krugerfan52 said:
I disagree with saying poor FT shooting last night was Kruger's fault in the case of Osby. He is a 70% FT shooter. Over the course of the season, his FT shooting is not going to make or break us. We are not 3-8 because of Osby's FT shooting or the team FT shooting.

However, when you play a guy that can't shoot like Grooms for 38 minutes, his shooting is going to hurt you. He missed 4 FT's and we lost by 3. Last year multiple times, Carl Blair sealed the game by hitting 5 of 6 straight FT's in the last few minutes.

Thats the only fault Kruger should take in this. And I realize Grooms had his best game of the year. I'm not dogging him. But when your best game of the year is a game that you missed half a dozen FTs, maybe you shouldn't be playing 38 minutes.
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I wasn't aware of Osby's illness so I agree he's not at fault for missing FT's.

I wasn't really singling anyone out but you can't miss 66% of your FT's and expect to win any game. This team, when it needs to make the FT's for the most part hasn't converted. I think that is what is so frustrating.
 
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