Post by macdog on Apr 2, 2013 18:06:26 GMT -5
Here is a brief breakdown summary of Patsos I posted on the MAAC Board. Perhaps this is helpful to folks here.
Link to thread: maachoops.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=12597
He is absolutely loved by his players. They would run through a brick wall for him. And while he is animated with them, they are permitted (and in fact encouraged) to be animated right back. Because he coaches from emotion, you will find there are total head scratching games where the team performs very poorly, but he will have a lot of over-achievement because of this as well. His players do take on his approach (for good and bad).
He is not a particularly good X & O guy at all, relying on small adjustments and individual talent to get the job done. However, he seems very willing to hire assistants to make up for his shortcomings and to empower them to be in control. Much like Gary Williams, he tends to be a little stubborn in overall approach, and sticks to whatever he thinks will work, but just executing it better / playing harder will be the difference. Sometimes he's right, sometimes not.
He is an excellent recruiter. Loyola is simply not an easy place to recruit to, especially given the reputation it harbored for many years. He was a great recruiter at Maryland and he continues that now. It is all about personal relationships and emotional attachment with Coach Patsos. He does not lie to you, kids know he is sincere, parents too.
He is fantastic with the media, alums, and local businesses. He is tireless in promotion of his program (not himself - to me this is a huge thing). He lives and breathes Loyola just like he did for Maryland. I'm sure he'd do that for wherever he decides to hang his hat.
I believe he can be extremely successful at a place where there are not as many hurdles to overcome as there are at Loyola. If he can get talent together, they can be extremely successful, because kids play hard for him and are better for the experience. There are certain situations I think it would be hard for him to be successful, but if you are asking specifically about Siena, I do believe he would have a good chance at wild success there. It may take a year or two, because he is VERY different from what you've had previously.
He is going to run a lot of flex and flex options. Basically, watch what Maryland used to run under Gary Williams, and that is what you are going to get under Jimmy. Basic, effective, but it can get very tiresome in the halfcourt. Thankfully, just like Gary, he presses a lot and gets a lot in transition. A lot of Loyola fans are critical of how much he pressed and that it wasn't effective, but I think it was, because the kind of pressure they applied was not necessarily to get turnovers, but to wear on a team throughout a game. Loyola won a lot of tight games down the stretch because the other team was just worn out late. I attribute that to how physical they were inside and how they just never stopped coming after you defensively.
Link to thread: maachoops.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=12597
He is absolutely loved by his players. They would run through a brick wall for him. And while he is animated with them, they are permitted (and in fact encouraged) to be animated right back. Because he coaches from emotion, you will find there are total head scratching games where the team performs very poorly, but he will have a lot of over-achievement because of this as well. His players do take on his approach (for good and bad).
He is not a particularly good X & O guy at all, relying on small adjustments and individual talent to get the job done. However, he seems very willing to hire assistants to make up for his shortcomings and to empower them to be in control. Much like Gary Williams, he tends to be a little stubborn in overall approach, and sticks to whatever he thinks will work, but just executing it better / playing harder will be the difference. Sometimes he's right, sometimes not.
He is an excellent recruiter. Loyola is simply not an easy place to recruit to, especially given the reputation it harbored for many years. He was a great recruiter at Maryland and he continues that now. It is all about personal relationships and emotional attachment with Coach Patsos. He does not lie to you, kids know he is sincere, parents too.
He is fantastic with the media, alums, and local businesses. He is tireless in promotion of his program (not himself - to me this is a huge thing). He lives and breathes Loyola just like he did for Maryland. I'm sure he'd do that for wherever he decides to hang his hat.
I believe he can be extremely successful at a place where there are not as many hurdles to overcome as there are at Loyola. If he can get talent together, they can be extremely successful, because kids play hard for him and are better for the experience. There are certain situations I think it would be hard for him to be successful, but if you are asking specifically about Siena, I do believe he would have a good chance at wild success there. It may take a year or two, because he is VERY different from what you've had previously.
He is going to run a lot of flex and flex options. Basically, watch what Maryland used to run under Gary Williams, and that is what you are going to get under Jimmy. Basic, effective, but it can get very tiresome in the halfcourt. Thankfully, just like Gary, he presses a lot and gets a lot in transition. A lot of Loyola fans are critical of how much he pressed and that it wasn't effective, but I think it was, because the kind of pressure they applied was not necessarily to get turnovers, but to wear on a team throughout a game. Loyola won a lot of tight games down the stretch because the other team was just worn out late. I attribute that to how physical they were inside and how they just never stopped coming after you defensively.
