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Message: [QUOTE="Cheriehoop, post: 1273987, member: 127"] I actually thought Cooney played smart and became a force on the boards by hanging near Roberson and corralling some tough tipped rebounds. We need our guards to be active and help with boards - with McCoullogh out we are a pretty thin and smallish team. Is it my imagination or is Rak shying away, taking himself out of plays defensively as if he's avoiding fouls? Right before half time despite having no fouls, Rak stepped away from guarding the basket allowing Miami a path to the hoop. I'm not being critical - he's had an awesome year to date but I believe I've noticed less aggression on D. He did the same thing in the 2nd half and it was even on replay, where he stepped back out of bounds on a drive again. I can certainly seeing him wanting to avoid picking up stupid fouls (yikes like Gbinje's 4th after a TO) but Rak only had 1 foul the entire game. [/QUOTE]