Sam
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I think the one word to sum up the first practice of the Lon Kruger era would "uneventful".
No pageantry.
No cliche filled speeches (at least that I could hear).
No promises of books written and movies made about the Lon Kruger era.
No rap concerts where the feature performer may or may not have had a seizure earlier in the day.
Just a good ol fashion practice.
Practice ran for over 2 and a half hours and it appeared the three main focuses of it would be the following
Communication
Defense (pressure in particular)
Up tempo
When they ran team drills they always seemed to revolve around those three principles.
With that said, not much was shown as a team today. It was a learning day where the biggest thing an outside observer such as myself could glean, was individual player observations.
Heres some things I noticed.
C.J. Washington looks taller, noticed him standing next to Osby a few times and he looked to have an inch or two on him.
Speaking of Osby, during group drills, he was always with the posts. M'Baye was with the guards for on drill, then spent most of the day with the bigs.
Grooms is quick, quicker than Blair. Grooms is also bigger than I thought. He's only about 6'0 but its a strongly built 6'0. Wide shoulders, good base, strong player.
Arent isn't as a big as I thought he'd be. He is 6'10 but he's skinner than I assumed he would be. He has skinny calves for a guy his size. He started the practice strong, exerted a lot of energy. Is actually really fast end to end but started cramping up during the second half.
M'Baye is the most impressive athlete on the team. 6'8, long, lean and athletic. Runs well, moves laterally well, quick off the floor. A year off to gain mass will do him well though if he's too play the 4 in the Big 12.
Pledger had a good practice. His jumper was working, especially off catch and shoot situations, looked natural. Also did a real good job on defense, got tight on guys and kept players in front of him better.
Blair was one of the more vocal players at the practice, showing leadership skills and such things.
Thats all I have off the top of my head. If anybody has any questions I'll do my best to answer them.
No pageantry.
No cliche filled speeches (at least that I could hear).
No promises of books written and movies made about the Lon Kruger era.
No rap concerts where the feature performer may or may not have had a seizure earlier in the day.
Just a good ol fashion practice.
Practice ran for over 2 and a half hours and it appeared the three main focuses of it would be the following
Communication
Defense (pressure in particular)
Up tempo
When they ran team drills they always seemed to revolve around those three principles.
With that said, not much was shown as a team today. It was a learning day where the biggest thing an outside observer such as myself could glean, was individual player observations.
Heres some things I noticed.
C.J. Washington looks taller, noticed him standing next to Osby a few times and he looked to have an inch or two on him.
Speaking of Osby, during group drills, he was always with the posts. M'Baye was with the guards for on drill, then spent most of the day with the bigs.
Grooms is quick, quicker than Blair. Grooms is also bigger than I thought. He's only about 6'0 but its a strongly built 6'0. Wide shoulders, good base, strong player.
Arent isn't as a big as I thought he'd be. He is 6'10 but he's skinner than I assumed he would be. He has skinny calves for a guy his size. He started the practice strong, exerted a lot of energy. Is actually really fast end to end but started cramping up during the second half.
M'Baye is the most impressive athlete on the team. 6'8, long, lean and athletic. Runs well, moves laterally well, quick off the floor. A year off to gain mass will do him well though if he's too play the 4 in the Big 12.
Pledger had a good practice. His jumper was working, especially off catch and shoot situations, looked natural. Also did a real good job on defense, got tight on guys and kept players in front of him better.
Blair was one of the more vocal players at the practice, showing leadership skills and such things.
Thats all I have off the top of my head. If anybody has any questions I'll do my best to answer them.
