(03-01-2017 09:10 AM)Tribeheart Wrote:  Tony has spoken often about this team needing balanced scoring, not just Daniel and Omar having big games. I became more a proponent of Tot in the Hofstra loss, seeing the advantages his height gave in seeing the floor, defensive disruption, and rebounding. Cohn, though, is without a doubt who I want with the ball against pressure. The eye test difference for me regarding David, last season versus this year, is he seemed much more effective and consistent last year at putting pressure on the defense with pushing our offense up the court and forcing action before the defense could get set up. It's where we can be so explosive as a team and keep opponents uncomfortable. That's hard to measure in stats. Maybe the difference is not having Terry's added defensive rebounding to give David more of those opportunities, I don't know. If David is able to "drive" the offense this weekend the way he is capable, we will be hard to beat. It takes a lot of the pressure off Daniel and Omar to carry a game, and puts us in better position for the balanced scoring Tony harps on. If he's not able to do that, then Tot's size helps us more in other areas where we have deficiencies.

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That is, by far, Cohn's biggest advantage over Tot. Cohn is the first PG we've had in a long time that doesn't terrify me when we're facing a press. It's not perfect but there have been other seasons where I've been worried we won't see the frontcourt facing a pressing team.