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[QUOTE="General20, post: 3621573, member: 724"]
Of course Richmond could have ended up playing better than Girard.  We know in retrospect that Girard didn't play very well, but I don't think anybody can argue that most of the time Girard will perform better against a zone than Richmond.  Boeheim was playing the percentages and playing the percentages is the smart thing to do.

Your idea of playing a guy who is less suited to contribute is all well and good (and Boeheim did exactly that in the first half) but we had our backs against the wall in the second half.  Remember we won by a SINGLE point.  Had Boeheim took Girard out and Richmond did end up say throwing the ball directly to a Bryant player (something he did in the first half). Or failed to get back in transition and was forced to foul a Bryant player who beat him (another thing he did in the first half) that could have been the difference between a win and loss.

I get the feeling that no matter who Boeheim plays, when SU has a bad game people will complain that he should have played someone else more.  I can't get behind that kind of reactionary thinking.  If I told you going into the game that your choice against a 2-3 zone was Girard or a freshman who is not the strongest of shooters and hasn't practiced in two weeks everybody would choose Girard.  Then when Boeheim does it, people act like it was an irrational decision. Girard missing a few shots doesn't mean that he will miss the next, and this game was proof.
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