(11-22-2015 09:07 PM)Toledo Football 1st Wrote:  It seems like I remember hearing Loyola quite a bit over the years. Aren't they team that gets to the NCAA's quite often? Or do I not know Loyola from Shinola?

There are multiple Loyolas. This one is in IL, and has a NCAA BB Championship back in the 60s. There is one in MD, that was in the NCAA Tournament a few years back, also where former Rocket Justin Drummond transferred from.

(11-22-2015 08:59 PM)NewMex RocketFan Wrote:  I put this loss on the coaching staff. Loyola was a different team in the second half and the Rockets never adjusted.

well, loyola has veteran players who stepped up down the stretch. toledo has mostly young players who mostly withered down the stretch.

as far as coaching, my only beef is going w lauf down the stretch when we were struggling to score. he's a reliable defender and gets us a couple extra possessions w hustle or boards, but he should be an offense/defense sub in the closing minutes. he's simply not good enough offensively to have out there in a one possession game when we have the ball and a chance to sub. lauf's dud of a 3 and missed front end of the 1 n 1 were killers, along w Jonjon's turnovers. did boothe touch the ball our last 3 possessions? i'm pretty sure that wasn't what coach drew up.

over time sanford and navigato will be more confident in crunch time and have the skills to be good late game offensive players. over time adway will start to steal minutes from garber and give us a more efficient big who can convert inside. however, these things will require some growth and development which won't happen right away.

relax, great group of frosh. super senior big man (yeah, enigmatic scoring guard and sorta overrated hustling white guy team captain too) the program is in good hands. we will win a lot of games. we will lose some that juice brown would have pulled out, but that's college sports. dude's gone, move on.

(11-24-2015 05:15 AM)pono Wrote:  

(11-22-2015 08:59 PM)NewMex RocketFan Wrote:  I put this loss on the coaching staff. Loyola was a different team in the second half and the Rockets never adjusted.

well, loyola has veteran players who stepped up down the stretch. toledo has mostly young players who mostly withered down the stretch.

as far as coaching, my only beef is going w lauf down the stretch when we were struggling to score. he's a reliable defender and gets us a couple extra possessions w hustle or boards, but he should be an offense/defense sub in the closing minutes. he's simply not good enough offensively to have out there in a one possession game when we have the ball and a chance to sub. lauf's dud of a 3 and missed front end of the 1 n 1 were killers, along w Jonjon's turnovers. did boothe touch the ball our last 3 possessions? i'm pretty sure that wasn't what coach drew up.

over time sanford and navigato will be more confident in crunch time and have the skills to be good late game offensive players. over time adway will start to steal minutes from garber and give us a more efficient big who can convert inside. however, these things will require some growth and development which won't happen right away.

relax, great group of frosh. super senior big man (yeah, enigmatic scoring guard and sorta overrated hustling white guy team captain too) the program is in good hands. we will win a lot of games. we will lose some that juice brown would have pulled out, but that's college sports. dude's gone, move on.

Perfect descriptive word for JJ.