I have stated a millions times the halves have not been performing as well as possible due a lack of punch size speed and aggression in the forwards so what is your point.
For you to say DCE has been able to shine behind a reserve grade forward pack are you kidding me----he has hardly been setting the world on fire in the last year and a half at all showing how much a decent pack or at the very least an effective average pack creates a platform any half can work off.
The better halves take advantage of a decent platform and put on more points that is the only difference.
I don't care what other peoples opinions are on Thurston, I don't rate his skillset plain and simple----always rated his will to win and leadership in "the regular season" games, finals time he gets shown up for his limitations over and over again.