How many times do we have to litigate this? I never said Arent was going to be a major contributor after I saw him in practice. After I saw him in practice, I said he wasn't as good as CJ.
I did predict that Arent was going to be a solid contributor before practices started because I had seen Fitz play. My assumption was that anyone Kruger thought enough of to bring in would be better than Fitz. In Arent's case, that was a faulty assumption. I still assume that will be the case going forward.
I never said Kruger had it in for Calvin. I did say that Kruger held Calvin to a higher standard and was more critical of Calvin's performance. It is quite likely that Calvin had behaviors and attitudes that warranted that response from Kruger. Coach obviously decided he didn't have the desire to deal with a problem child along with everything else. And he moved on. Are we clear on that point?
Did you not see what this 5 win team degenerated into? They are a walk it over the time line, run 1/2 court sets, and drop into a passive zone bunch of juggernaughts. That is what coach's have to do to keep themselves in games when they are ankle deep in talent. That is nothing like what Kruger wants to do or be. An uptempo offense that runs in transition along with an attacking defense are his consistant stated objectives.
Players like Calvin fit exactly into the mold of the type of player Kruger needs to play the way he wants to. Players like Pledger and Fitz are the kind of players that keep Kruger from playing like he wants to. Adopting a playing style that accomodates the limited range of abilities those two bring is exactly the thing that gets you beat in the Big 12.
Oh, you don't think so. Let's see. Let's see if Kruger ever recruits a shooting guard that is slow, limited athleticaly, clumsy with the ball in his hands, and a weak to marginal defender. Or let's see going forward if Kruger ever recruits a big that is slow,limited athlticaly, plays below the rim, and is a weak to marginal defender. It won't happen.
This years team would have been measurabley better with Calvin. Next years team could be alot better if Kruger has the option of putting a couple of guys in that can run the floor, defend and score alittle. And then let Pledger and Fitz be that off the bench scoring threat everyone thinks we need.
