I see what you're saying, but my opinion is a little bit different.  I think his teammates believe he can be the savior of the season, so they depend on him too much.  By doing that, he feels pressure to do too much.  Last night was a perfect example of him pressing.  His interior passing was really poorly executed.  I wish he would just be a powerful scorer in those situations first, and pass second.  When he looks to score aggressively, good things happen.   Jon has committed some stupid fould lately and had to sit on the bench at key moments, which puts more defensive pressure on Maurice at times because he has to guard a bigger guy.  He is better guarding the other team's 4, and helping out on the 5.  Instead he is stuck guarding the 5 often, which is not his strength.  

I think he has the skill set to be really, really good.  He runs the floor so well, is a great rebounder and is athletic.  His shot is pretty good, including the mid-range jumper which has become a lost art.  I wish he was better with his back to the basket, but part of that is created by the guards not being able to get him the ball effectively.  Again, last night is an example of that.  Several times, he was posted up in good position, yet the pass from the wing was tipped.  When a big man is forced to catch a ball 5' further away from where they really wanted the ball, it's tough to make that move.  

I really think Maurice is the least of Ohio's problems right now.  I'm a lot more worried about the guard play.  Once the guards start making good passes, eliminating stupid turnovers and knocking down more perimiter shots, that will free up the bigs to score inside.   

the biggest criticisms of the previous #5 always seemed to come when the rest of the team bogged down and looked to #5 to do everything. I see a pattern.

I'm not saying Maurice doesn't have room for improvement but when the rest of the team is stinking it up as bad as we did last night and #5 is the only one calling for the ball its not hard for the other team to see what is happening and react accordingly.

I think he has a valuable skill set but I am not sure mentally he is there yet.  He has not taken over a game like a Trent or Hunter.  I think he could but I haven't seen that yet.  Then again, his skill set may not be in a league with the aforementioned.

And, the reason our bigs get in trouble?  Can you say PGs who do not know how to keep the opposing player in front of them?

I have a high opinion of Maurice's game.  The only criticism I would have is that I'd like to see him play with more consistent intensity.

He gets burned defensively occasionally but he's learning.

As for rebounding, he got schooled some last night, but overall he's averaging almost 8 a game.  I don't think that's incompetent. 

+1  I sometimes agree with the FakeJeff, but this time I agree with the Real McCoy . . . errr McKinney!

"On paper" I agree Jeff and I agree that you could argue what more can you ask for than 25 points/   However that was almost a game and a half with the OT; he spent most of the 1H on the bench with foul trouble; the Treadwell vs. Mo battle was bust in that Treadwell was too physical for him; he disappeared in late game plays and bottom line--we lost.  But as  I stated, I agree, I just think the sky's the limit for this guy and that may be too unfair an expectation.  Honestly, my arguement is weak as I'm expecting too much.

Just kind of expect him to come up big in big moments, but instead we appear to go to Nick for bombs on last plays vs being committed to going to him (though I'm sure the defense has something to do with that).

I agree that we need more aggression from Mo.  I'd almost use the word "selfish".  We need him to be more selfish offensively.  Not literally, but you know what I mean.  And also look for him at crunch time.  He may not be thick like Tree, but he's good in the low post and draws fouls.  I say he should get the ball in position to take a shot on each possession.  His range goes out to three.  The other night against BG, after Mo hit the two early threes, he didn't score again for a long time.  Didn't see him taking advantage of those threes by pump faking and driving to hoop.  We need to make a concerted effort to get him the ball.  I'm talking Andrew Nicholson type stuff.  He should be putting up a LOT of shots each game.  Should be going to the FT line 10 times a game. 

We are LUCKY to have this guy on our roster.  I expect him to get better and better because he wants to.

One common theme I believe I'm seeing here is that we all can agree we want to see even more of Maurice.  Maybe he needs to be a bit more selfish and yes, take more shots, especially on a team that is void of multiple scoring options.  Also as mentioned, it's probably unfair that we expect a first year Bobcat to carry more of a load than he's already carrying (ie: he already has a solid stat line).    Pretty clear he would be even more effective if the defense had a few more guys to be concerned about, especially post players.  My guess is that the scouting report says Kellog is a shooter, then Maurice, then, well....probably not a ton more to be overly concerned about--a little bit of this and a little bit of that.  Unfair or not, if we make any kind of run down the stretch I think Maurice probably needs to average closer to 18.0-22.0+ ppg.

I think we need Mo and Nick both to be a little more selfish.  I think we are really feeling the loss of Ric at this point because his "I need to make a play" personality is really missing.  Letting the game come to you has it's merits but there are times when you really need your better players to take the team on their shoulders.   I think this falls more on Nick than it does Mo since he handles the ball so much more.  

I'd agree with this.  I also think other teams are doing their best to take him away and daring us beat them with someone else.