<div class="quote_poster">Quoting MrJ:</div><div class="quote_post">The way most people depicted Frye, especially before the draft was as a soft player. His dunks are just a testament of how aggressive he is no matter who it is. Alonzo Mourning has been intimidating players for well over a decade now, but he still tried to throw it down on him, despite him being one of the front runners for defensive player of the year. He doesn't shy away from contact and has dealt with the media, fans, and coaching criticism. So, what makes Frye not tough in the inside like you say?</div>
If a center is always hanging around the perimeter and only shoots fade aways, those are soft skills.
Let me say that its not bad to be soft, because with being soft comes skill.
Shaq is not soft, he has no touch. However he is very physical.
Centers are needed to be physical a lot of times, being physical is the ability to bang for offensive boards, block out people on d, back your man down and do a post up move.
So a combination of having the soft touch, and being physical is needed. However for centers it is more important to be physical than soft.
I don't know Frye's game enough to know what style of player he is. I can say Bosh is a soft PF, Brand is a physical PF, KG and TD can be physical or soft. (TD is more physical and KG is has more soft skills).