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Message: [QUOTE="Otto21, post: 2913111, member: 2919"] Just curious what others think about this perspective on a couple things: I agree with the coaches on Frank Howard’s main problem- he is trying to pick apart the defenses instead of being the aggressor. Boeheim says he can’t get by people, but that seems like it’s only part of it. I am wondering if Frank’s injury has changed his instincts/proclivity to be aggressive and drive to the basket. The one positive sign I saw vs NC State is that on a couple of occasions, he got in the lane and made his little floater once and had a decent drop off to Marek once that was not converted. I know that my past injury experiences severely affect my game, and unfortunately some of them I could never get past. For instance, I once slipped off of the rim and fell on my tailbone very hard bc I was indecisive about whether to hang on it or not mid flight. I could never attack the rim with the same tenacity again, no matter what. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to. To me (and I freely admit this could all be complete crap), this is much more plausible than lack of effort or regression by Frank. It is still frustrating, because no Frank offensively is almost like a less effective Buddy- he takes a lot of the clock dribbling up front, probing, usually does not make a play, and shoots open 3 pointers when he gets them. People get frustrated when we pick and roll up top with Pascal, and I get that, but it makes sense in some ways, right? We bring their big away from the basket and we give our bigger guards perhaps the only defender on the other side of the ball that they have a chance to dribble past. The narrative that we do not run plays continues on this board, but we have at least one firsthand report from someone sitting right behind the bench, who conveyed that plays were called on nearly every possession. That makes the notion that we do not call plays unlikely and more consistent with myopia, even though I share the same frustrations when watching our team. Oshae seems completely lost to me right now. I recall that Paul George is his favorites player, and he has shown flashes of being a decent outside shooter. This seemed to be why he was shooting so many threes early on. When he lost the green light on that and was instructed to go inside, he continued/continues to struggle with his touch around the rim. Because of these struggles, I would not prefer that we emphasize getting him the ball (as we did at NC State for example), regardless of matchup, and instead let him do his work on the offensive glass (as long as he stops pushing off under there). I’d rather us ride Tyus all day and night, and encourage him to shoot as many 15 foot jumpers that he can effectively get off. I most certainly do not have answers and I am certainly not trying to make excuses for any of this, just am curious if anyone else thinks this makes any sense. Anyone else have similar (or different) thoughts on these matters? Ps- it was clearly my more athletic friend who was dunking above and not me, the random and probably somewhat creepy forum poster ;) [/QUOTE]

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