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Gilbert's shoulder

Just getting a small preview of AG's play this season, he appears to have been capable of being the next Kemba/Bazz. He's the kind of player you build a team around. After that knock in the Mich St game, he has not been the same.
 
metsfan2323 said:
If you are telling me Waters would be here if not for AG all I can say is I hope that is not true. That would be coaching malpractice.
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Do you not care if you say dumb things? Implicit in your post is we should have turned down a very highly thought of PG one year because if we took him then the next year a PG who didn't seem so interested in us wouldn't have felt like it wouldn't have been "his team" from day one? Seriosly.
 
We need Gilbert at the level he started to show against MSU. He is our season because we can't afford to lose 1 quality player on this roster.
 
Scrutiner said:
Can't recall exactly what Pikiell's injury was early in his UConn playing days, but I think it was a shoulder and he was very limited in ability and playing time his last couple years. I'm fearing it's the same with Gilbert which would be devastating for both him and UConn.
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Pikiell and Ricky were chronic shoulder guys (as am I). Those stupid things just do not always heal right and I had a feeling that AG would not/will not have an easy road with it.
 
jibsey said:
We need Gilbert at the level he started to show against MSU. He is our season because we can't afford to lose 1 quality player on this roster.
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Sorry - Don’t see AG playing at MSU level anytime soon.
 
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So the only thing I caught in terms of any update on AG's shoulder last night was Taylor Rooks's pregame report from the trainer, who apparently emphasized the complicated history of the problem and said they were trying to evaluate it and "see where they go from here" or words to that effect, given the level of pain and discomfort he was in. Anyone have any more insight or information on the status? "See where they go from here" did not sound as promising as I had hoped.
 
glad we have JA coming on board....
AG career path is starting like Ricky Moore's...
Hope he can overcome this
 
So nothing new on Gilbert for Saturday ?
 
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It's worse than they thought; looks like the tee is in there too:

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So unfortunate. Kid had real talent, hopefully he gets lucky and can eventually heal.
 
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businesslawyer said:
Do you not care if you say dumb things? Implicit in your post is we should have turned down a very highly thought of PG one year because if we took him then the next year a PG who didn't seem so interested in us wouldn't have felt like it wouldn't have been "his team" from day one? Seriosly.
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Not what I meant at all. I should have been more clear. If Waters had interest in UCONN last spring after MAL went to Providence but first wanted assurance from Ollie that he would be the starter and Ollie did not give him that assurance because we had Gilbert, that would be coaching malpractice, or at the very least recruiting malpractice. I hope that did not happen because AG getting reinjured always seemed like a probability to me.
 
metsfan2323 said:
Not what I meant at all. I should have been more clear. If Waters had interest in UCONN last spring after MAL went to Providence but first wanted assurance from Ollie that he would be the starter and Ollie did not give him that assurance because we had Gilbert, that would be coaching malpractice, or at the very least recruiting malpractice. I hope that did not happen because AG getting reinjured always seemed like a probability to me.
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Do you think Calhoun would have done that? Given the starting position through a promise to a high schooler?
 
upstater said:
Do you think Calhoun would have done that? Given the starting position through a promise to a high schooler?
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After a losing season like last year knowing that AG's shoulder injury will never go away, I think Calhoun would have told a stud like Waters whatever he wanted to hear to get him to Storrs. Of course he then would have made Waters puke at the first practice .

I'm pretty sure that Calhoun is on record that he would lie to recruits, do you really find that shocking?
 
I think everyone needs to take a step back with the speculation. Sure it doesn’t look great now, but let’s hold off until at least half way through the season before we make any grand write-offs
 
UCFan1513 said:
I think everyone needs to take a step back with the speculation. Sure it doesn’t look great now, but let’s hold off until at least half way through the season before we make any grand write-offs
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Chief lives ahead of the conventional wisdom curve - I am not dumbing down to satisfy the casual fan wishful thinking bias. Hopefully, there’s enough posters who appreciate good information regardless of how it falls into the positive or negative news categories. Having said that I am an optimist by nature but I do have to keep it real.
 
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metsfan2323 said:
After a losing season like last year knowing that AG's shoulder injury will never go away, I think Calhoun would have told a stud like Waters whatever he wanted to hear to get him to Storrs. Of course he then would have made Waters puke at the first practice .

I'm pretty sure that Calhoun is on record that he would lie to recruits, do you really find that shocking?
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Since every recruit who talked about this issue said Calhoun never promised them anything and always emphasized that they'd have to earn their minutes, you are off.
 
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