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Message: [QUOTE="Sphinx, post: 4845237, member: 4623"] Let me try to say it in a nutshell. 1. DC has already brought us the national championship that was his goal. 2. Having done that, he passed on millions of NBA dollars in order to try for a second natty. 3. His reward for that was a pracfice injury that sidelined him for a month. 4. He came back from the injury to play with clearly diminished stamina and agility. 5. His reward for that was a second injury that has so far sidelined him 3 1/2 weeks. 6. So here's the question -- if he comes back from this second injury, what will be his reward? Well, miracles happen. DC could come back 100% recovered, somehow get himself in basketball shape, play up to last year's form (or better) and lead UConn to a 6th natty. You can't ask too much of a miracle. But real-life experience suggests otherwise. It suggests that DC will not be playing on 100% sound footing this season. He certainly will not be in mid-season condition when he does, and as a result, he will will more susceptible to reinjury. Who knows -- he may give us enough minutes to contribute to a 6th natty -- but his reward may well be a third injury or an aggravation of a previous injury that impacts his pre-draft evaluations this spring. We are talking evaluations that could yield a nine-digit lifetime income. For Donovan to take such a risk would be selfless but not surprising. For those with Donovan's interests at heart, it would be surprising. For us fans, it might be time to stop projecting DC's return. There's little doubt that fan expectations have an influence on DC's decision-making. It might be good, even kind in a way, to let our expectations be nothing more than that DC do what's best for DC. [/QUOTE]

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