Ummm, reread the post, he's questioning why Smith is in the game, so that's questioning of the Coach, not the player.
I definitely think there is plenty of blame to lay on players, and I'd put a lot of that blame on Smith... he's the most careless, poorest shooting, turnover prone and disconnected of a bunch of players and team that are all those things collectively. But look at last night: he and Green both took 6-7 shots in 19 minutes each only making 1. Both had 3 TOs, as did several, but again in far fewer minutes. So, yeah, plenty to question in Smith's game, but I'd put more of it on Archie. I'm tired of asking Morgan to guard guys much bigger. He did body and try and push Haarms back on the final tip in, but Haarms is 8" taller with longer arms. Personally, while they could have called over the back, I didn't expect it at that stage (we're not Duke after all), so I lay the blame on Archie not having Davis in there, who could have bodied Haarms out of there, and I'd have sat Smith and not asked his poor shooting, turnover prone self to be put in a position where he might have to do more than he's shown he's generally capable of. Another coaching factor: why isn't Langford getting more than 6 shots (yes, he took a lot of FTs, but we should be getting at least 12 shots a game out of him, no matter what kind of D the other team employs. Way too much standing around for him. It's night and and day difference how hard Edwards or even Cline work to get the ball coming off screens. These are all coaching decisions to me, but if you want to lump me in with the group of fans also questioning Smith, please do, and well-deserved I believe.
