Ford pondering changes?
Published: 1/19/2010 10:59 AM
Last Modified: 1/19/2010 10:59 AM
Oklahoma State has suffered back-to-back losses for the first time this season, dropping road games at Oklahoma and Baylor.
Now coach Travis Ford will try to react without overreacting.
Will his reaction include a change to the rotation or starting lineup?
Ford said he doesn't like what has been going on and said a lot of scenarios have gone through his head in regard to possibly mixing things up. He wonders if a lineup change would help get players' attention.
Ford said those things after being asked if he would consider putting Matt Pilgrim, who hasn't started since the first two games of the season, back in the starting lineup.
"There’s no question Matt Pilgrim needs to be playing starter-type minutes," Ford said. "And you hear all the time it doesn’t matter who starts and as a coach you really know that and you understand that and that is an absolute 100 percent truth.
"But, you know, starting lineups can motivate people and can do different things. With that said, I don’t know yet, for the fact that I don’t know who I would take out right now. I know who I would like to take out and motivate... but I don’t know if it’s the right time, right place to do it."
Ford said he could start Pilgrim alongside Marshall Moses in the post and move Obi Muonelo to the three spot.
"But I don’t know if that’s the answer for Obi at the 3," Ford said. "I don’t think that helps our team particularly just to try to get bigger. I don’t know if that’s the answer right now.
"But... things have been going through our head after losing two in a row. We don’t want to make too many changes right now, but it’s been a thought."
-- Jimmie Tramel.
Written by
Jimmie Tramel
Sports Writer
