Illiini
- In the land of the Nittany Lion
Those glasses Tacko wears... My wife, whose eyesight isn't very good now (it was excellent when she married me; looking at my handsomeness day in and day out just wore out her eyes), noticed that they seem to be a very strong prescription. There also seems to be some sort of "blinders" on the sides.
What's up with that? Between the prescription and the sides of the glasses, he must have a bad case of tunnel vision, not to mention worse than average depth perception. And that may explain the poor freethrow performance and also, come to think of it, you don't see him taking very many long--as in no threes--or even mid-range shots. He makes about five attempts per game, and of those he has a pretty good shooting performance. He just doesn't take shots that aren't a sure thing. His big numbers are in rebounding and, well, not that much more, considering the time he's getting. He's a pretty much one-dimensional player. Tacko's stats
And remember when he all but ran over that ISU player who stopped right in front of him? One fo the commentators mentioned that Tacko might not have seen him, being below his range of vision. Well, could be. It really could be. I'm sure that Tacko compensates for that somewhat--obviously he does--but that's likely his kryptonite. Just send a short on a kamikaze mission to run in front of him and slow down. It's sort of like panic braking a Ford Fiesta in front of a Peterbilt hauling logs. Just do that to him five times and he fouls out.
What's up with that? Between the prescription and the sides of the glasses, he must have a bad case of tunnel vision, not to mention worse than average depth perception. And that may explain the poor freethrow performance and also, come to think of it, you don't see him taking very many long--as in no threes--or even mid-range shots. He makes about five attempts per game, and of those he has a pretty good shooting performance. He just doesn't take shots that aren't a sure thing. His big numbers are in rebounding and, well, not that much more, considering the time he's getting. He's a pretty much one-dimensional player. Tacko's stats
And remember when he all but ran over that ISU player who stopped right in front of him? One fo the commentators mentioned that Tacko might not have seen him, being below his range of vision. Well, could be. It really could be. I'm sure that Tacko compensates for that somewhat--obviously he does--but that's likely his kryptonite. Just send a short on a kamikaze mission to run in front of him and slow down. It's sort of like panic braking a Ford Fiesta in front of a Peterbilt hauling logs. Just do that to him five times and he fouls out.
