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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1266625, member: 40"] Not trying to be argumentative Ghost, as you and I are generally on the same page on many issues, but huh?!? Didn't need his scoring last year? How could JB state that with a straight face? Stuff like that makes me realize how often JB resorts to anecdotal embellishment to make his points in those type of radio interviews. Last year, we were awful offensively, and we enjoyed virtually no inside scoring [Rak was far from the only culpruit]. The year before, the thing that held us back most of the season after the strong start was the utter DEARTH of inside scoring we got. And when Keita finally stepped up toward the end of the year and began to provide even a modicum of pittance scoring, we went on a post-season run. Also, this goes without saying, but not everything that is stated in the media ends up being accurate. Do you remember the newspaper article from just before the sesason began where the HS coaches who coached against Rak in high school reacted to the notion of him being an offensive focal point, as opposed to the single digit scorer he'd been dating back to high school? Just because they were of the mindset that he wasn't up to the task, that didn't make those opinions / predictions accurate. I'm obviously not going to convince you, so let's just agree to disagree. I just think it is ludicrous to Rak has been Wilt Chamberlain all along, its just that we didn't get him the ball because we "didn't need him to score." No, he's spent a significant portion of his collegiate career not playing with focus, and perhaps not being as dedicated off the floor to improving as he is now. Might he have scored a few more points if we'd emphasized getting the ball inside? Sure. That isn't the point. JB tolerates errors of commission a lot better than omission, which is why Rak often found himself parked on the bench earlier in his career. [/QUOTE]

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