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>Back to the Hicks topic. . . > >I understand the financial reasons for keeping Hicks. >My hope is that he has been given an ultimatum. One >more year to show some improvement in the program, or >he can clean out his desk. His winning percentage >over three years is below .200. Unacceptable. > >I have one question for anyone who sees the team play. > Why has Hicks attempted to implement a Princeton >style of offense? In order to run that system >effectively (in other words score points and win >games) you need to shoot the ball well and you cannot >make turnovers. If there are two things I know about >Loyola, its that this team can't shoot, and turns it >over all the time. We have about half as many assists >as we have turnovers, and our field goal percentage is >poor. In such a system you need to be able to score >on regularly on your offensive possessions because you >are killing a lot of time off the clock. You need to >couple that with tight defense, because the system >prevents you from scoring a lot of points in a hurry. >As a result, one run can completely take you out of a >game. This seems to have happened regularly to the >Hounds. So why stick with this offense? > >For this team, which is small and athletic, we should >be running a faster more open game. We do not have a >player in our starting line up over 6'8". With the >season going so poorly, why not try out something new? > Start running an agressive full court press early in >the game, and try creating some transition baskets. >Push the ball up the floor regularly instead of >setting up in a half court offense. At this point, we >have nothing to lose.

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