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[QUOTE="Mano22, post: 2554416, member: 3394"]
Oh yes this is relevant.  Good question.

Back from my 5 day ban now :)

For the record, I do not hate Frank's game.  He is a good defender and rebounder out of the top of the zone.  He has good (enough) handle and can make some sweet passes.  He is even deece at finishing in the lane via that floater of his.  I was relatively vocal about him playing over Gillon last year (who was kind of the opposite of Frank, had an overall game I hate but occasionally would have a huge play/game.)

What I don't like about him is his cocky, lackadaisical attitude.  That sly grin when he goes for a high risk alley-oop and misses by a mile.  Or when he gets stripped in the backcourt and then makes a lazy foul out of frustration.  Why are you smiling guy?  Those were horrible plays!  He just does not seem to value the ball enough.  Sometimes (thankfully) this trait does not manifest itself in our games, or at least not enough to make a difference.  But against Duke it was on full display, and I believe it actively cost us the game.

I think if he just played slightly more under control and made a few better decisions, we could easily have won last Fri, and going forward we could easily have a huge season next year.  I am very worried his cockiness will cost us next year, when we will likely have a much better team.  It was easier than normal to swallow this time as we were an 11 seed who barely got in playing with house money in the sweet 16.  But if we are a 2 seed next year playing in the Elite 8 and lose a close one because he threw 3 balls into the stands, well, I don't even wanna think about it.
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