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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 2469380, member: 837"]
The one thing I believe that I get the feeling many on this board do not, is that Howard is absolutely every bit the player Triche was. Yes, Triche played on better teams, but his per 40 numbers are almost identical to Frank's and both are solid on defense. The difference is you've got Frank being asked to be the primary ball handler (Triche never was, not even as a frosh when he started at PG but Jardine was the guy 20 mpg and at crunch time) AND the no. 2 offensive option (Love to see Brissett be this guy but the efficiency numbers are brutal).

The only time Triche was asked to handle anything close to that load was as a senior when he was asked to play just under 34 mpg (still not what Frank is being asked to do). Even then, Fair was the go-to guy essentially and you also had southerland chipping in 13 and MCW scoring 11 and dishing out a ton of assists. And while his scoring numbers were roughly equivalent (16.1 for Triche and 16.6 for Frank), his 3-point shooting was brutal (<29%), and he turned the ball over a TON for a 2-guard (3.2 per 40 vs. 4.2 per 40 for frank as the primary ball handler).

Not really arguing Howard was better, but those guys are almost identical in my mind. Triche doesn't make this team any better.
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