721Comstock
2022 Iggy Awards: Leading Scorer/Game/Buddy 3s
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I know little.
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I know little.
agree w you but it's not to say the offense was good w Gillon at the helm... so much side-to-side ball pounding and ill-advised drives into the tall trees - if not for amazing shot making of White and at times Lydon/Battle that offense last year would've averaged about 53 pts a game - not all Gillon's fault, but he was just not a good PG for us, all things (heroic 43 pts @ NC St, game winner vs Duke, etc) considered... which I guess tells us how bad FH was last year... but I do remember reports from people who attended practices early on saying FH was eating up Gillon in practiceSimply not true. For whatever reason Frank was not better than Gillon. Frank had a higher ceiling always but he could not be trusted on the court beyond the cupcakes. Playing Frank more minutes last year simply was not an option. In fact, Boeheim waited too long to switch to Gillon as the primary PG. Frank is a totally different player this year mentally and especially scoring/shooting-wise. A very good thing.
Captain, you won't even see those folks on here unless Frank has a bad game. They'd rather hide in the weeds and snipe away.
I've been on the Frank train for a long time and others are finally seeing why you, I and a few others have stood behind him.
agree w you but it's not to say the offense was good w Gillon at the helm... so much side-to-side ball pounding and ill-advised drives into the tall trees - if not for amazing shot making of White and at times Lydon/Battle that offense last year would've averaged about 53 pts a game - not all Gillon's fault, but he was just not a good PG for us, all things (heroic 43 pts @ NC St, game winner vs Duke, etc) considered... which I guess tells us how bad FH was last year... but I do remember reports from people who attended practices early on saying FH was eating up Gillon in practice
hmm well maybe people who made those posts can chime in - cuz I clearly remember more than one person saying they observed it... certainly not hard to envision it happening, because FH is bigger, stronger and just a better basketball player than JG - not that it translated on-court in games that mattered last yearThat was a rumor that took on telephone game like proportions -- and it was about preseason pickup ball, not practices. Because that sure isn't true of the multiple practices I was able to observe last season.
Frank was better than Gillon last year and he's better than Gillon this year. Just got the standard JB treatment being pulled after every mistake and lost all rhythm/confidence.
That said I am a little worried he is TOO confident now. He is bordering on cocky at this point. Sure he is playing great against these middling teams, but playtime is basically over.
agree w you but it's not to say the offense was good w Gillon at the helm... so much side-to-side ball pounding and ill-advised drives into the tall trees - if not for amazing shot making of White and at times Lydon/Battle that offense last year would've averaged about 53 pts a game - not all Gillon's fault, but he was just not a good PG for us, all things (heroic 43 pts @ NC St, game winner vs Duke, etc) considered... which I guess tells us how bad FH was last year... but I do remember reports from people who attended practices early on saying FH was eating up Gillon in practice