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HE IS NOT A POINT. Frank is a 2 playing the point.His whole history is guys stealing the ball from him.
HE IS NOT A POINT. Frank is a 2 playing the point.His whole history is guys stealing the ball from him.
I'm not a Frank Howard apologist, at least I'm not trying to be.Am I the only one that's pleasantly surprised by Frank's play this year? Coming into the season, I wasn't sure he'd even be serviceable but he's proven he is more than just that. We have a much bigger (and taller) problem than him but he gets all the crap.
Seems like all our point guards are the plodding type these days. If there was ever a year we could get run outs from rebounds... this was it.Yeah, just after halfcourt too. Make a guy pay and get downhill. Don’t stall. Really think it is a footspeed issue as much as the handle. He could be driving these dudes into some nasty screens too making them pay for their aggresiveness but instead he plods up with the ball and dangles it in front. Very lucky he hasn’t been stripped more often.
True. It’s interesting. MCW averaged 3.5 TO/game as the primary ballhandler. Frank has had more time than MCW leading up to this year as the primary ballhandler. Frank is at 4.2 TO/game now and in a stretch of 5.6(!) TO/game since and counting Maryland...6 games.
MCW was more natural at the position and faster, quicker, more explosive. Maybe not by much but he was. Frank the MUCH better shooter. Carter-Williams played downhill more. One thing Frank doesn’t do is that jump in the air then do a 180 and pass backwards for a TO. MCW was good for at least one of those a game it seemed...ugh. Steadier handle than Frank, IMO.
This is so true. Sitting near the court it was literally multiple fouls every single time down court. FH had some bad deibbles tonight but he was fould at least 30 times.Opponents' game plan for Frank is clear: foul him and he'll turn it over.
On that note, hope we don't schedule Buffalo again. No need for guarantee game for teams with that dirty style of play.
On this team, he is. He signed up for it. That's why he came here.HE IS NOT A POINT. Frank is a 2 playing the point.
I agree but is JB's concern for his mental state giving FH a free pass in terms of minutes. Big 3 or no - you can't get stripped twice and throw it away and get a pass. Washington does not kill us for a few minutes so Frank can get a breath, a pep talk and maybe a reminder that boneheaded plays have consequences.Agreed. Kid could’ve mentally folded. Major props to him.
He just has some limitations like lack of speed at the PG position IMO as well as the shaky handle. Some posters seem to think his handle is fine but when you also, regardless of being stripped or not, hesitate and don’t attack a good defender and play downhill you stall out the offense and get it discombobulated. As usual, he picked up his dribble at least once in no man’s land. So many times we had chances in the 1H especially after turnovers and long rebounds to push it but he just doesn’t have the speed to push it down there. Our rebounders could be flying around for putbacks and lobs if he could push it down there. Gonna be a roller coaster and some Mylanta moments but I’m impressed with his mental toughness like you say.
I think Buffalo had a great game plan that we will see in every game in the ACC. Body Frank as much as possible, post up and attack PC and don't guard Marke or MM, helping out on Battle and OB.Opponents' game plan for Frank is clear: foul him and he'll turn it over.
On that note, hope we don't schedule Buffalo again. No need for guarantee game for teams with that dirty style of play.
I agree but is JB's concern for his mental state giving FH a free pass in terms of minutes. Big 3 or no - you can't get stripped twice and throw it away and get a pass. Washington does not kill us for a few minutes so Frank can get a breath, a pep talk and maybe a reminder that boneheaded plays have consequences.
I agree but is JB's concern for his mental state giving FH a free pass in terms of minutes. Big 3 or no - you can't get stripped twice and throw it away and get a pass. Washington does not kill us for a few minutes so Frank can get a breath, a pep talk and maybe a reminder that boneheaded plays have consequences.
I agree but is JB's concern for his mental state giving FH a free pass in terms of minutes. Big 3 or no - you can't get stripped twice and throw it away and get a pass. Washington does not kill us for a few minutes so Frank can get a breath, a pep talk and maybe a reminder that boneheaded plays have consequences.
Here’s an interesting stat... before tonight Frank averaged .3 more turnovers a game then Trae Young. Tonight Trae had 4 (in six less minutes) and Frank had 5. Nobody, nobody thinks that Frank is as good as Trae of course, but the reality is ball handlers turn the ball over, it happens... no matter how uniquely skilled and talented. Frank pretty regularly gets raked across the coals for his TO’s, but his numbers are not an outrageous outlier or something
This is so true. Sitting near the court it was literally multiple fouls every single time down court. FH had some bad deibbles tonight but he was fould at least 30 times.
I think Buffalo had a great game plan that we will see in every game in the ACC. Body Frank as much as possible, post up and attack PC and don't guard Marke or MM, helping out on Battle and OB.
JB isn't pulling Frank for Howard Washington with 3 minutes left in a game this year. Frank will have to foul out or be dead for that to happen.
So, to recap:
FH is a flawed PG w/ a shaky handle, suspect decision making at times, but who’s mental toughness usually produces positive overall results.
Rinse and repeat after EVERY game.
It's not a confidence thing. It's an ability thing. Frank is not a good ball handler and is not quick enough to make the defender pay if he plays him one way. It's as simple as that.JB called him and Tyus "all-league" guards in his presser. Obviously, it is confidence thing with Frank and JB is trying to build up his confidence. Teams are seeing his shaky handle and getting in his grill. JB knows he needs to do positive reinforcement with Frank because he's basically our only option there. H. Washington is a 5-minute guy at best.
It's not a confidence thing. It's an ability thing. Frank is not a good ball handler and is not quick enough to make the defender pay if he plays him one way. It's as simple as that.
In fact, I think his confidence is just fine. He buried that big 3 after getting picked multiple times. That's a good sign that he wasn't wavering in his ability.
Young's usage rate is around 36%, Frank's is around 26%. Young's TO % is around 14%, Frank's is around 22%.SoBeCuse can you please read what I've been saying? I agree he's outproducing Frank and is a better player, Trae as a freshman is one of the best player's in the country, agreed? MY POINT is that when we look at turnovers, Frank get's ridiculed hard for something that's not some crazy anomaly. Can he tighten handle some? Sure. Are some of his turnovers lazy instead of attacking-the-basket-aggressive-in-nature types? Sure. This dude jgeorge322 came at me saying I used one game to make a point, which I clearly didn't. So I responded to him... then you took my response to him like a personal attack on you and Trae. It wasn't. I know you're trying to use scenario's which we could never use in real life since they play different teams, but over an entire season Trae and Frank's TO numbers are minimally different, statistically speaking.
Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be a big part of JB's gameplan or philosophy any more. Instead, it's slow the tempo, pound the ball into the hardwood and hope for buckets from the guards or putbacks.Seems like all our point guards are the plodding type these days. If there was ever a year we could get run outs from rebounds... this was it.