Tim Toler Told 'Toodaloo,' Terminates Trey-Taking Tendencies

by Matt Sussman on Jan 26, 2012 7:37 PM CST in MAC Basketball (M)

Any positive news involving a 2-16 team is welcome around these parts; unfortunately this is not one of those news items. Senior forward Tim Toler, known for his burly non-basketball body and his penchant for shooting 3-point shots in a streaky fashion, was dismissed from the team. Coach Mark Montgomery gave no reason. They never do.

Toler was averaging 10.8 points and 5.1 rebounds per game, both team highs. He also shot a team-best 36.1 from three, also attempting/making the most of them. And who knows why he's gone. But we know they lost 90-54 last night at Kent State. That would rankle any senior.

And while it's too bad to see a kid's career end like this, Montgomery is in a position where he needs to purge the negative energy out of the program and make it his. There are four upperclassmen left on the team; Brandon Hayes is in a transfer redshirt year, DeMarcus Grady is a bench-riding guard, Tyler Storm is a senior forward who will probably see a few more minutes, and Tony Nixon is a contributing junior guard. So what's left is youth and more youth. This is why it's going to take at least the 2013-14 season before this team can contend.

So until then ... uh, enjoy!

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Too bad.

Frankly, I was wondering what had happened since he hadn’t even played in like the last 3 or 4 games (really, since about that time I commented about him going like 0 for 10 or whatever it was from inside the arc but still scoring 15 points on all 3s).

Either way. He’s just in the way of someone who might actually be good . Give his time to one of the many freshmen (the Gray twins should really take advantage of this development).

Hate to see anyone’s career end like this, and I really am curious as to what happened, but this isn’t much of a loss. Yes, he’s probably the 2nd best player on the team, but that really doesn’t say much and it doesn’t help the program out one bit.

This life's hard, man, but it's harder if you're stupid.

- Jackie Brown

by Tackle Box on Jan 27, 2012 1:17 PM CST reply actions