frank didn't really have to win over anything. we were a year out from wooly and hadn't yet become accustom to being america's team. we had b'easy, bill walker, and a whole lot of other things going on. there was nothing but upside for us. frank was an unknown, but he was also an afterthought. our focus was on GRCOAT. we cared about dalonte, and satan. not frank.
we could have brought in oscar back then and there wouldn't have been a second thought about it at the time.
edited to add: i reread your post and you said "esp in his 2nd year" and you're right about that, mostly i would guess, because we were playing Frank's november ball w/o beasley and didn't know how painful it was to watch