In the PG Pitt mailbag, Craig Meyer says Toney is playing out of position
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Yes. But real options do we have? Sometimes you have to play the cards you're dealt.
You didnt know he was a 3 or you didnt know he was playing the 4? Really though, we play a 4 guard offense.
He’s more of a 3 but I also think Capel would be fine playing him at the 4 in the 4-out if we have a true center to rebound and dominate the paint.
The problem is this year, we don’t have that 5 so while Toney is naturally a 3, he’s playing the 4 and even having to do some of the duties of a 5.
What he’s doing is very impressive, and a lot of it doesn’t show up in the box score or even to the eye of most fans.
He’s a tweener....to be an effective wing, however, he’s going to have to work on his shooting.
In today’s game other than perhaps a true pG and. True 5. The rest of the positions are not as clearly defined as perhaps they were in the past. As some have said Toney is not a true power forward and he’s not quite a wing. Since Pitt doesn’t have a power forward he’s kind of playing both.
He's a 3 / 4 as of right now today. Toney averages 6 boards per game with a drp of over 15.5. Thats better than Sam Young, Levon Kendall, Dante Taylor, Mike Young etc.. and he is only a true freshmen. He's also, with no disrespect to Mcgowens, easily our best defender. I have Clemson marked on the calander because someone from Clemson is getting completely locked up on offense when Toney plays in rd 2 against them.
