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[QUOTE="Nicknack, post: 1287608, member: 1003"]
I get the fact that Boeheim doesn't want Ron to throw up those 3's and when he got as animated as he did explaining this, it was easy to tell how frustrated he is with Patterson's shot selection.  Again, I get that.  I also don't have a big problem with what he said about Kaleb because you can tell that Boeheim believes in the young man and just wants him to get better faster (like not missing those defensive assignments) because he wants him IN these kinds of games but doesn't feel he can if he is going to be a liability from a defensive standpoint.  The difference between what he said with Kaleb and Ron was that basically that Kaleb needs to be in the game but isn't because of his D whereas Ron provides us with nothing and is ONLY in there because of Kaleb's deficiencies on D.  There is a big difference psychologically in that message.  I see Kaleb as getting hammered in the press conference while Ron getting trashed.

Say what you want about Ron's shot selection, but he did so some nice things tonight as well as in many other games.  For Boeheim to say that the only reason he is in the game is because the other guy (Kaleb) can't play D is a load of crap.  He has shown that he is steady with the ball, doesn't turn it over much, feeds the ball really well inside (usually to Rak), and plays good D.

Again, the argument isn't so much whether what Boeheim said was valid but instead how he delivered the message.  Fine, be tough (or in Boeheim's case) really tough on a player, but don't trash a young man like he did last night.
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