Date Posted:09:11:12pm 12/07/05 Wed, Author: JoeStag Subject: Defending Collins and Loyola In reply to:
JoeStag
's message, "Early Look at Loyola" on 12:57:00pm 12/07/05 Wed,
Since I hace not seen Collins play, its difficult to determine what his strength are. But from a 39% shooting percentage, I would think that we would want to play him straight up and hopes he chucks up at lot at 39%.
The other Loyola players have shot well, so that tells me that we cannot cheat off them to help on Collins.
I would love to see Todd be the man that becomes a lock-down defender, but the problem has been that his strength has not been as a defender in the past. Certainly he has the tools to be a very good defender, but maybe he has not had the focus on "D".
IMO, now that we don't have to rely so much on Todd for offense, maybe Todd can focus more on "D". As a senior, he should see that need on this team, and fullfill that role.
Beyond Collins we need a player that can "D" up a Burtt, Clark, Downey, and Xavier.
the talent level of loyola has improved overall, even if you don't consider collins. patsos has had two recruiting classes now and has completely turned over the players on the roster, and they actually have some depth too. his antics on the sidelines is to get his team to play harder and with an additude and that was noticable last year. i do not think we will take them for granted but we are playing a full team with maac talent and not just collins.
