OrangeXtreme
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Im calling it now, Frank has a very memorable in conference and ACC tourney run (in a good way) and finishes with a very favorable legacy here at Cuse.
Fully prepared to take whatever heat for this, present and future
Im calling it now, Frank has a very memorable in conference and ACC tourney run (in a good way) and finishes with a very favorable legacy here at Cuse.
Fully prepared to take whatever heat for this, present and future
A Mike G performance would be the straw we needIm calling it now, Frank has a very memorable in conference and ACC tourney run (in a good way) and finishes with a very favorable legacy here at Cuse.
Fully prepared to take whatever heat for this, present and future
If I had a nickle for every call you made.
I don’t see that happening. G was an absolute forceA Mike G performance would be the straw we need
Im calling it now, Frank has a very memorable in conference and ACC tourney run (in a good way) and finishes with a very favorable legacy here at Cuse.
Fully prepared to take whatever heat for this, present and future
If Frank Howard is getting healthier I'm not noticing it in his game. He still looks like a shell of his old self, especially defensively.
Very old news. Those kinds of turnovers have been pretty rare since the start of last year's ACC season.Frank driving to the basket to score or to collapse the defense is a very good thing for SU to have as an alternative. Last year, at times, it was one of our few offensive weapons. Pretty obviously one needs two good ankles to do that sort of thing.
What Frank has done over the years that drives me crazy --- and it may be just me --- is to turn the ball over almost carelessly. In my mind I have several vivid images of him lobbing the ball over to Battle or Oshae and the ball is picked off by an opposing guard for a breakaway lay up.
That wasn't his ankle, that was his brain.
I like Frank Howard, partially because he is from the DC area, an area rich in past and future SU recruits starting with Bing and the General.
I did notice a proverbial "stride in the right direction" with his play in South Bend. I believe he has a stride or two left to take, but I think he was discernibly better than he was during the ODU/Buffalo week.If Frank Howard is getting healthier I'm not noticing it in his game. He still looks like a shell of his old self, especially defensively.
Very old news. Those kinds of turnovers have been pretty rare since the start of last year's ACC season.
How about in ACC play (per my statement)?I did some research. Of course, this doesn't reveal the type of turnovers, but Frank didn't make a whole lot of progress in total turnovers from 2016-17 to 2017-18.
2016-17 1.7 TO's per game averaging 16.2 mins per game or 9.5 mins per TO
2017-18 3.4 TO's per game averaging 38 mins per game or 11.2 mins per TO
That's a 17.2% improvement between his soph and Jr seasons.
So if he wasn't making the old types of TO's, as you maintain, he substituted some others.
If Frank can reduce the TOs, drive to the basket and play good defense, as he did at the end of 2017-18, then he's a great resource. If not, JB now has a better option than he did last year.
How about in ACC play (per my statement)?
I was really down on Frank's turnovers but then about mid-season he turned it around, is my recollection.
Indeed. Must be JB turned into an excellent coach over the Christmas break!I'm not going to dig into that, although I could.
But you are suggesting that Frank turned the ball over fewer times against ACC teams than some of the tomato cans we play in the OOC part of the schedule. That would be as the statisticians say, "Counter-Intuitive"
Indeed. Must be JB turned into an excellent coach over the Christmas break!
Or Frank really concentrated on making better decisions.
Just don't tell me I ate crow last year, for nothing!