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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1568810, member: 40"]
Oh, I didn't realize that we needed to factor in past years into a conversation about how he is playing NOW / THIS YEAR.

I don't dispute that he's been inconsistent in the past, that he's streaky, that it hasn't been frustrating at times watching him have lengthy cold stretches, or that the role the coaches designated for him wasn't something that could be criticized.  But his struggles were also partially a function of team limitations.  This team has limitations, too, but they aren't the ones that led to Cooney having the indiscriminate green light to crank it up and struggle in the past.

This year, there are better perimeter threats around him.  This year, we're playing at a faster tempo.  This year, defenses can't cheat as easily as they could in the past due to not being concerned about other players' ability to make them pay for overcompensating.  And this year, Cooney is thriving.

You want to take more of a wait and see stance--fine.  But this is shaping up to be similar to the same dopey dialogue about Andy Rautins during the 09-10 season.  Especially if Cooney continues to play the way he has this week, and if the team continues to win.

We're already as a team exponentially better than most prognosticators [and most fans] expected -- and Cooney is a big part of that.
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