Gallia Academy

[GalliaGrad78]

What do the Blue Devils bring to the court this year?
Potential roster?
Is Harrison still coaching?

[Tri-StateYouthSports]

What do the Blue Devils bring to the court this year?
Potential roster?
Is Harrison still coaching?

http://southeasternohiopreps.com/viewto ... 211#p92229

[svac83]

Starters should be something like this.

C loveday Fr
F Wiseman Jr
G Mcclelland Soph
G Call Soph
And the other name eludes me right now

[pfloyd]

svac83 ... Loveday the 6-10 freshmen I've heard about ???

[svac83]

yes

[bighead]

Wish them the best!!!

[Sggrad06]

Watched the loveday kid play a couple of times over the last year. Offensively he will be ok on a varsity, around 8 ppg maybe 7-8 rebs, but unless he has improved on the defensive side or they play a zone I can't see him playing, unless he has improved by leaps and bounds.
He has times where his feet get glued to the hardwood and just won't move quick enough. In jr high he was able to get by this with his size , but on this level I can see it being a liability.

[Ironman92]

Watched the loveday kid play a couple of times over the last year. Offensively he will be ok on a varsity, around 8 ppg maybe 7-8 rebs, but unless he has improved on the defensive side or they play a zone I can't see him playing, unless he has improved by leaps and bounds.
He has times where his feet get glued to the hardwood and just won't move quick enough. In jr high he was able to get by this with his size , but on this level I can see it being a liability.

He is a freshman so he'll grow into his body a bit more. At 6'10 there is a lot more room for error. Against most big guys if he stays near them his length will affect them...I'm sure the top players will give him trouble.

We'd love to have a 6'10 kid here in Jackson...heck 6'3 would be great.

[Sggrad06]

I wasn't putting him down.. he will be a good player, I could see him being a double-double guy as early as his sophomore year. I'm just saying let him work on his defense and grow on the Jv level until his footwork is better. Gallia has a really nice sophomore class this year and will be going through so growing pains as a whole, so don't rush him through the system just because of his height .

[HoopsHotHead]

Loveday is a Varsity player now.......and if I was his coach.....I would instruct him to be "glued" to the floor......at 6'10" why jump and get into foul trouble.....straight up.. close gap.. and be big!!

Any coach can try and teach height...but will fail.....it is unteachable

[svac83]

He should play varsity if he is 1 of the best 5.. I just don't want them to do little me they have a couple of other freshmen by putting on varsity but only playing a quarter or two..

I think he will have games that he scores close to 20 even as a freshman and I will think he will have nights that he will be lucky to score 6 points.. samefor rebounding he will have double digit games and games when he is ineffective..

And I think blue devils will play a lot of zone and zone trap...

[Sggrad06]

Loveday is a Varsity player now.......and if I was his coach.....I would instruct him to be "glued" to the floor......at 6'10" why jump and get into foul trouble.....straight up.. close gap.. and be big!!

Any coach can try and teach height...but will fail.....it is unteachable

Not the same glued to the floor I was talking about.. if a team goes small and drags him out to the free line area is where I am talking.. he hasn't grown into footwork, last year, granted it was jr. High, he had trouble with teams that would stretch him out and use a simple pull through and get by with ease. But with length he was able to recover and bother the shot. I don't think with the speed of a varisty player he can get by with this. If this has improved or they play zone he will be a good player on any level. Kid can shoot threes and if I am not mistaken had a very good free throw percentage. Offensively he will be a very effective player right now. The defense is what I questioned.

[bighead]

6'10 in southeastern Ohio built around him ! Price was 6'5 on his day view in Wellston back in the day ! Work this kid get his feet wet,Might be the answer to get you back on track.

[1906]

the big kid can and will play.

[1906]

Starters should be something like this.

C loveday Fr
F Wiseman Jr
G Mcclelland Soph
G Call Soph
And the other name eludes me right now

should be miles cornwell

[FannyPack]

If the big kid can't move, play a zone. You can't sit a kid with that much size, unless he can't walk and chew gum at the same time. Build around him.

[bighead]

Kid that young ,Go for it GA sports has got to get back on track.

[svac83]

Starters should be something like this.

C loveday Fr
F Wiseman Jr
G Mcclelland Soph
G Call Soph
And the other name eludes me right now

should be miles cornwell

cornwell will definetly start. Call might come off bench.

[bighead]

WOW ! GA sports !

[bighead]

Circus! Lol good luck you need it.