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Clingan update 1/1/24

WhereistheDove? said:
This isn’t totally relevant but I love the story: had a buddy at UConn in a strength training program. One of the professors had been at Penn St. back in the later Paterno days when he was just a figurehead. Paterno apparently had a VERY antiquated view of weight lifting to the point that the whole weight room would pretend to switch to his “program” whenever he walked in the weight room and then when he left, everyone would go right back to the real weight program.
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He also had very antiquated views on abuse.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
This isn’t totally relevant but I love the story: had a buddy at UConn in a strength training program. One of the professors had been at Penn St. back in the later Paterno days when he was just a figurehead. Paterno apparently had a VERY antiquated view of weight lifting to the point that the whole weight room would pretend to switch to his “program” whenever he walked in the weight room and then when he left, everyone would go right back to the real weight program.
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He was big into using machines right? I think the complains were that players weren’t even squatting/benching/anything like that and it was getting obvious on the field during the early 2000’s
 
PAHusky said:
He was big into using machines right? I think the complains were that players weren’t even squatting/benching/anything like that and it was getting obvious on the field during the early 2000’s
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If I remember correctly, what I was told was it was every, the sets were 1 set to failure.
 
I was at the game tonight and I was watching Clingan on his movements around the court warming up and shooting.

I noticed that he walks on the outside of his feet. He puts a lot of weight on the outside of his feet while the inside of his feet are almost curled up off the ground. It's weird, but could that be a reason for the feet and ankle issues that he is having.
 
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Leebo said:
You say that like freaking out mid-game is the preferable road to take.
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We won that game with exceptional guard play. We played small-ball much of that game. The second half was much better but let’s not act like we’re beating Marquette without an interior presence.
 
Minicoop69 said:
I was at the game tonight and I was watching Clingan on his movements around the court warming up and shooting.

I noticed that he walks on the outside of his feet. He puts a lot of weight on the outside of his feet while the inside of his feet are almost curled up off the ground. It's weird, but could that be a reason for the feet and ankle issues that he is having.
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Just watched the video of him shooting 3’s. I see what you mean. Looks like he could roll it over real easy.
 
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BigErnMcCracken said:
I like to remember posts like this when people complain about other fans bases.

Should this win not count?
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Never said that. I’m saying we need DC back. Samson, who I love, is not enough of a presence and spends half the game in foul trouble. This is not a controversial take.
 
UConnTrumbull said:
We won that game with exceptional guard play. We played small-ball much of that game. The second half was much better but let’s not act like we’re beating Marquette without an interior presence.
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So your point is that without a 7’2” lottery pick we’re not as good a team, and aren’t without him playing like a team that’s a reasonable contender to win a championship? Why that’s brilliant. I am so thankful you pointed that out to everyone.

We just picked up a Quad One win on the road without DC. The goal without DC is not to look like we can win a championship without him. The goal is to win enough games that we can still make a run at the conference championship and a high national seed when he returns.

Said another way — please stop whining about good wins.
 
UConnTrumbull said:
Never said that. I’m saying we need DC back. Samson, who I love, is not enough of a presence and spends half the game in foul trouble. This is not a controversial take.
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“We only won that game because we did a thing we do well” are always the silliest takes. We don’t play Marquette until the middle of February.
 
UConnTrumbull said:
We won that game with exceptional guard play. We played small-ball much of that game. The second half was much better but let’s not act like we’re beating Marquette without an interior presence.
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Wait, your saying that we're not as good without our best player ?
An interior presence isn't going to materialize out of thin air, so until DC comes back you should probably get used to this.
We play Marquette in mid february.
 
Minicoop69 said:
I was at the game tonight and I was watching Clingan on his movements around the court warming up and shooting.

I noticed that he walks on the outside of his feet. He puts a lot of weight on the outside of his feet while the inside of his feet are almost curled up off the ground. It's weird, but could that be a reason for the feet and ankle issues that he is having.
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No, it’s more likely he’s walking like that because of the injury and avoiding putting full pressure on a portion of his injured foot.
 
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Connecticut13 said:
No, it’s more likely he’s walking like that because of the injury and avoiding putting full pressure on a portion of his injured foot.
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He is doing it with both feet, not just one.

If it was only the hurt one, I'd understand a little but if it still hurts that much that you are having to walk that way to ensure it doesn't hurt, that isn't good.

But again he does it with both feet.
 
JMick said:
Yeah it's been very clear all season that he hasn't been himself. I really hope he can get truly healthy. We haven't seen the best of him yet and when we do, the whole country will know it.
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Very hard to do mid season. I much rather be overly cautious on this than overly optimistic. He has played courageously this season, but sometimes it is best to just shut it down and come back next season. As for Hurley and injuries, I have no idea, How much is put out there to confuse the opponent? How much is just being optimistic? And how much not to worry scouts? Since none of us know the details of his injury, it is anyone’s guess.
 
Minicoop69 said:
I was at the game tonight and I was watching Clingan on his movements around the court warming up and shooting.

I noticed that he walks on the outside of his feet. He puts a lot of weight on the outside of his feet while the inside of his feet are almost curled up off the ground. It's weird, but could that be a reason for the feet and ankle issues that he is having.
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I noticed the same. Mostly right foot. Injury may be on the inside of the foot and he's favoring that side.
 
Interesting to note, I think everyone can agree clingan hasn’t yet played anywhere near what he’s capable of. Yet, he’s still 20th in torvik’s player of the year rankings despite an injury-riddled, somewhat up and down start to the season… a reality check on the level of ability and impact we’re talking about with this young man.
 
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Obviously, the staff knows best, and shoot-around effort is less than game effort, but why is DC even out there putting any pressure on the foot until he’s fully healed?
 
Seamus84 said:
Obviously, the staff knows best, and shoot-around effort is less than game effort, but why is DC even out there putting any pressure on the foot until he’s fully healed?
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Do you know better than his surgeons? Our athletic training staff? Donovan himself?

Putting appropriate stress on an injury is part of the healing process.

Please stop. This is just silly.
 
husky429 said:
Do you know better than his surgeons? Our athletic training staff? Donovan himself?

Putting appropriate stress on an injury is part of the healing process.

Please stop. This is just silly.
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First, read the first five words of my post.
Second, I prefer your outlook to mine.
Third, but given that DC already has a history of foot issues, to say the thought “is just silly” is naive.
 
Seamus84 said:
First, read the first five words of my post.
Second, I prefer your outlook to mine.
Third, but given that DC already has a history of foot issues, to say the thought “is just silly” is naive.
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I read your post. Saying "I trust the staff, BUT..." negates the first part of your statement.

It is silly. He would be in a boot and not moving if that was necessary.medical treatment. He isn't in a boot, and he's moving.. so it's clearly not necessary for him to be immobile.

This isn't that hard to understand.
 
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