You still need dodging midfielders in a box-style offense. The team doesn't just give up dodging completely. You need to be able to draw slides. In any case, it looks like he is more than capable of seeing the field, making solid passes, and finishing both from range and in tight.DocBarrister wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2020 8:41 pmA few notes on Collison.
First, the big guy apparently can ride and play D. Go figure.
Second, while Collison looks like he has a diverse skill set, he is built like a classic dodging midfielder. Interesting “get” for a team that has reportedly committed itself to a motion offense.
Third, it’s ironic that Milliman’s first real recruit is a “classic” Pietramala-style middie.
Collison looks like a terrific recruit. Now, if I can only stop autocorrect from constantly changing his name to “Collision”.
DocBarrister
Also don't really agree that Collison is a "classic Pietramala-style middie." Yes, downhill north-south dodging appears to be one of his many abilities but he also comes from an obvious box lacrosse background—you can see it just in the way he protects his stick. Half the dodges in that highlight video are not coming from up top, but instead from the wing or even GLE. He reminds me more of guys like Jesse King (OSU) or Tanner Cook (UNC), both of whom have destroyed us at one point or another in the last decade. Should be nice having a player like that on our side for once.