I attended the Drexel/Loyola-Maryland basketball game at the DAC Saturday afternoon. Before the game, I had heard the rumors about the coaching style of Loyola's head man, Jimmy Patsos. He is quite the colorful coach, to say the least, and Saturday's game confirmed that. Sitting behind the Loyola bench, I heard every f bomb he directed at his players and the refs during play and during timeouts. It was awesome. Patsos was not cursing in a calm manner, either. It was a yellfest filled with lots of spit.
I'm a huge college basketball fan but given the fact that Loyola is not in the national spotlight, I had not heard much of Patsos. Earlier this season, he coached a game from the stands to avoid getting a second technical foul, and thus, ejected from the game. He also caused a stir when, in a game earlier this season, he directed his team to double-team an opposing player the entire game. The player did not score a point but Loyola still lost by 30.
Despite his antics, Patsos is highly regarded in the Baltimore area and in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, where his team competes. Loyola won just one game in the season prior to Patsos' arrival. In his fifth season as head coach, he has lead the team to three straight winning seasons. Before coming to Loyola, Patsos was an assistant coach at the University of Maryland for 13 years, including the 2001-02 season when UM won the national championship.
Patsos received a technical foul Saturday but did not coach from the bleachers, much to my dismay.
I'm a huge college basketball fan but given the fact that Loyola is not in the national spotlight, I had not heard much of Patsos. Earlier this season, he coached a game from the stands to avoid getting a second technical foul, and thus, ejected from the game. He also caused a stir when, in a game earlier this season, he directed his team to double-team an opposing player the entire game. The player did not score a point but Loyola still lost by 30.
Despite his antics, Patsos is highly regarded in the Baltimore area and in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, where his team competes. Loyola won just one game in the season prior to Patsos' arrival. In his fifth season as head coach, he has lead the team to three straight winning seasons. Before coming to Loyola, Patsos was an assistant coach at the University of Maryland for 13 years, including the 2001-02 season when UM won the national championship.
Patsos received a technical foul Saturday but did not coach from the bleachers, much to my dismay.
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