Hurley zoom call

[Hi-Low]

Let's hope you can't catch Omicron twice in 3 months. Once past this at least we'll have 9 players from mid-Jan on so fingers crossed our final pause.

 

[2north]

9 players (plus at least one coach) from a team that is 100% vaccinated (plus boosters).

Well that's a head scratcher...

Thanks for ruining another thread.

 

[kansashusky]

What a mess. Basically starting from scratch with taking 2 plus weeks off.

 

[Kolumbo]

I don't understand any of it. Between spring pollen, summer sun, fall leaves, winter chill, I have mild symptoms all the time.

 

[Ts5034]

I know this has been said about 2,000 times over the last 5 years or so, but we have the absolute worst luck with players missing games because of injury and Covid. It’s really hard to wrap my head around. Im sure there is a stat somewhere, but I guarantee we lead the country in starters minutes missed due to Injury/Covid.

 

[Tiamat7]

This Zoom call was utterly depressing. I suppose the only positives were

1) Geez, with so many positive Covid cases now, we should be in the clear for the rest of the season.

2) Additional time for Adama to heal (though Dan even lamented that it will be difficult to get his core and cardio back up to speed).

 

[UConnSwag11]

Does this affect the team?

 

[Scoe]

I guess our next game is in March see ya then.

 

[87Xfer]

I guess our next game is in March see ya then.

God, you're terrible.

 

[TeasenDonut]

This Zoom call was utterly depressing. I suppose the only positives were

1) Geez, with so many positive Covid cases now, we should be in the clear for the rest of the season.

2) Additional time for Adama to heal (though Dan even lamented that it will be difficult to get his core and cardio back up to speed).

I don’t get this stuff with what Hurley was saying in regards to your second point. Don’t we have a strength staff? His legs are fine. There’s no reason his cardio should be an issue. That’s just an excuse.

 

[Vuce]

Hope we get through the rest of the season unscathed. I just read the US set a worldwide single day record today of Covid cases. Cases should continue to spike through the middle and end of January so I assume other programs will be postponing games and schedules will be further messed up. Fingers crossed that we can play the full schedule even if it means extending the season by a week or two.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Does this affect the team?

 

[MTBingNinja]

1) Geez, with so many positive Covid cases now, we should be in the clear for the rest of the season.


…hopefully other teams don’t get it down the road

 

[TeasenDonut]

Does this affect the team?

No, the team has already returned to campus.

 

[goskis2018]

Does this affect the team?

Wow. I love UConn, but I am so grateful I finished my 4 years before all of this madness unfolded. My younger brother (currently a senior) is at Clemson, his schooling was only impacted by this plague in the spring of 2020. Current students have been absolutely shafted.

 

[freescooter]

Probably some guys who are sicker might not be fully ready to go either still symptomatic or just need to ramp up conditioning

Plus not everyone likely got sick/tested positive on the same day, so the time frame is different for each person. And it might be different for people who are symptomatic vs asymptomatic.

 

[MTBingNinja]

In general, I don’t think people want to test asymptomatic people. The numbers would be much more staggering.

 

[HuskyHawk]

The timeline is really disappointing. I had hoped they could apply the 5 days and be ready for the 8th. Now he's talking about the 12th? Even if they tested positive tomorrow they'd be ready by the 12th. I don't get it. I am glad they are mostly asymptomatic or lightly symptomatic, as you'd expect from young athletes.

I'm hoping this wave burns out quickly as it seems to have in South Africa. Can't continue long at this rate of spread. This could be the end.

 

[UofCT]

The timeline is really disappointing. I had hoped they could apply the 5 days and be ready for the 8th. Now he's talking about the 12th? Even if they tested positive tomorrow they'd be ready by the 12th. I don't get it. I am glad they are mostly asymptomatic or lightly symptomatic, as you'd expect from young athletes.

I'm hoping this wave burns out quickly as it seems to have in South Africa. Can't continue long at this rate of spread. This could be the end.

Amen to that. Hopefully Jan - April has no more interruptions.

 

[tower1]

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Damn what the team went to a covid party ? They are obviously not taking proper care of themselves .

 

[8893]

Damn what the team went to a covid party ? They are obviously not taking proper care of themselves .

How did you reach that conclusion?

 

[Edward Sargent]

Damn what the team went to a covid party ? They are obviously not taking proper care of themselves .

Based on timing I think the "party" was the Marquette game. What is odd is that only one player from Marquette has reported as positive and didn't play in the game against us.

 

[navery12]

Damn what the team went to a covid party ? They are obviously not taking proper care of themselves .

I think we're well past the part of this pandemic where getting Covid is viewed as some black mark on the person who gets it

 

[BigTenFan]

Wow. I love UConn, but I am so grateful I finished my 4 years before all of this madness unfolded. My younger brother (currently a senior) is at Clemson, his schooling was only impacted by this plague in the spring of 2020. Current students have been absolutely shafted.

The Governor just stated in a news conference that all public schools are open and in person. If k-12 kids are in school- why isn't the State University open???

 

[Kenny11]

If you have been out around people in the last month you have been exposed to covid. You either got it, got lucky, or the vaccine protected you and/or you didn’t know you had it. If you are vaccinated, in most cases it’s a cold now. It shouldn’t be treated the same as it was in 2020 when slowing the spread to protect the vulnerable was the right thing to do.

 

[Scoe]

We have been through this before, gotta find a way.

 

[HuskyHawk]

How did you reach that conclusion?

Not to get this thread killed, but I really don't think some people quite get how contagious this is now. Think Measles. There isn't much anybody can do about it, no need for any behavior shaming for the team or anybody else.

 

[UConnSwag11]

L

Not to get this thread killed, but I really don't think some people quite get how contagious this is now. Think Measles. There isn't much anybody can do about it, no need for any behavior shaming for the team or anybody else.

yes but the doctors have said it’s not bad and can be treated at home. It goes away very quickly

 

[cohenzone]

I am sorry to hear about everyone getting sick. These are kids and families that work in profession where it is nearly impossible to avoid the slight contact that the omicron variant seems to need. Thank goodness for vaccination and what seems to be less virulence to go along with that high transmissibility. Happy New Year all and stay safe

I am related to several people who live all over the USA who have or had Omicron Spreads like wildfire. I learned today of a friend whose 2 year old has it. That's really scary.

 

[8893]

Not to get this thread killed, but I really don't think some people quite get how contagious this is now. Think Measles. There isn't much anybody can do about it, no need for any behavior shaming for the team or anybody else.

Yeah, I have yet to test positive and haven’t been sick since early January 2020 [knocking on wood], but at this point I believe that I either had it then, have had it since or that there is something about my constitution that prevents me from getting it. Still, I expect that I will get Omicron or that I already have. I’ve been mindful but not vigilant, but I don’t think either is going to cut it for this variant.

Like everyone else, I am just hopeful that this is beginning of the end.