If Gilbert is out for the year again...

[methodology]

@Giddyup5 and @Doctor Hoop

Always appreciate your guys insight. Great stuff.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

Question for you. My son's collarbone was broken in a pre-season game two days before Thanksgiving. Today, on his first visit since the surgery, the doc looked at the xray (weird seeing a plate and screws in my kid's shoulder) and said he should be able to play again at the 6 week mark. Does that sound resonable? Seems fast but maybe it is because surgery was done instead of letting it heal naturally, which wasn't an option in this case.

Without getting too specific, some of that depends on the age of your son and the level of football. I'm assuming high school. If that's the case, then I would be a bit more cautious on the time frame. My experience is that for a contact/collision sport like football you will want no less than 8 weeks, most likely 10, and xrays that show really solid healing. For example, Aaron Rodgers is now 7 weeks out, but the earliest they are considering putting him in game situations is 2 weeks from now, 9 weeks out.

Briefly, I might wait a couple weeks more before contact/collision. And that assumes that the xrays look fabulous.

 

[Paesano]

What's his favorite?

Harvard. He cooled on the CA schools after our trip out there. He also likes the school located near good pizza. And his brother is 45 minutes away at Cornell so that is a great option too. He also has a couple liberal arts schools on his list. He really liked Williams, which surprised me but he actually liked the rural campus. Each school has its pros and cons so it will come down to which feels best out of the ones he gets into.

 

[Paesano]

Without getting too specific, some of that depends on the age of your son and the level of football. I'm assuming high school. If that's the case, then I would be a bit more cautious on the time frame. My experience is that for a contact/collision sport like football you will want no less than 8 weeks, most likely 10, and xrays that show really solid healing. For example, Aaron Rodgers is now 7 weeks out, but the earliest they are considering putting him in game situations is 2 weeks from now, 9 weeks out.

Briefly, I might wait a couple weeks more before contact/collision. And that assumes that the xrays look fabulous.

Believe it or not, we are talking basketball, not football. Still, I am leaning toward letting him practice with limited contact at 6 weeks but no live games until around 8 weeks. Thanks!

 

[intlzncster]

Harvard. He cooled on the CA schools after our trip out there. He also likes the school located near good pizza. And his brother is 45 minutes away at Cornell so that is a great option too. He also has a couple liberal arts schools on his list. He really liked Williams, which surprised me but he actually liked the rural campus. Each school has its pros and cons so it will come down to which feels best out of the ones he gets into.

Well then he's screwed in Boston. Go to Yale.

 

[Paesano]

Well then he's screwed in Boston. Go to Yale.

True but there are some good Italian restaurants in the north end. But Yale also has a phenomenal sushi place (Daiko) nearby and my sister and brother in law are both within a 15 minute drive so we have family nearby, which is nice. It is a great option for several reasons beyond the obvious. It will be an interesting couple of months. We really didn't need the drama of a broken bone on top of it. He has been on varsity for four years and was really looking forward to his senior season.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

It's such a shame this guy is not going to be healthy for us for likely 2 years now.
You can tell that when he's 100% healthy, he's an absolute beast. Jalen and Larrier have higher upside NBA wise, but this dude could easily be the best player on the team.

 

[intlzncster]

We really didn't need the drama of a broken bone on top of it. He has been on varsity for four years and was really looking forward to his senior season.

Sounds like he'll get some of it though, which is a blessing given the circumstances.

 

[Northbound]

Harvard. He cooled on the CA schools after our trip out there. He also likes the school located near good pizza. And his brother is 45 minutes away at Cornell so that is a great option too. He also has a couple liberal arts schools on his list. He really liked Williams, which surprised me but he actually liked the rural campus. Each school has its pros and cons so it will come down to which feels best out of the ones he gets into.

You made me laugh when you said Williams was a rural campus - I live in a rural area about 45 minutes from Williamsown and my family had a home there for many years to escape Connecticut on the weekends, but go to SUNY Morrisville, Cobleskill or hell even Alfred for your rural campus.

Does your son play in section 4 or 5?

 

[Paesano]

You made me laugh when you said Williams was a rural campus - I live in a rural area about 45 minutes from Williamsown and my family had a home there for many years to escape Connecticut on the weekends, but go to SUNY Morrisville, Cobleskill or hell even Alfred for your rural campus.

Does your son play in section 4 or 5?

LOL about Alfred! You forgot Geneseo!!! We are in section 4.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I haven’t read most of this thread, what’s the latest on him? Is the out for season looking most likely or..?

 

[HuskyHawk]

Question for you. My son's collarbone was broken in a pre-season game two days before Thanksgiving. Today, on his first visit since the surgery, the doc looked at the xray (weird seeing a plate and screws in my kid's shoulder) and said he should be able to play again at the 6 week mark. Does that sound resonable? Seems fast but maybe it is because surgery was done instead of letting it heal naturally, which wasn't an option in this case.

X-Ray looked nasty on Facebook. Hope he heals well. Can't go wrong with those schools. Smart kids.

 

[awfuldan]

Dom Amore says he thinks AG won't make a decision for a few weeks. He believes that the decision is between doing surgery now or postponing surgery to the offseason and playing through a degree of pain.

Also, a good solid reminder in this podcast that UConn was looking better and better this season until AG went down against MSU.

I hope AG can get right one way or the other, and that UConn can figure out how to make it work this season and beyond regardless of what he decides.

 

[HooperScooper]

Dom Amore says he thinks AG won't make a decision for a few weeks. He believes that the decision is between doing surgery now or postponing surgery to the offseason and playing through a degree of pain.

Isn't that the exact decision he had at this time last year? Stinks for the kid that he has to go through this again.

 

[awfuldan]

Isn't that the exact decision he had at this time last year? Stinks for the kid that he has to go through this again.

Pretty much. Last year he dislocated the shoulder again though, fully re-injuring it. I'm not sure that happened this year? The information that is out there is pretty limited either way.

Also, last year's decision was different because the redshirt year was guaranteed and the season was already in the toilet. Neither of those things are true this year.

 

[LIuconn]

If it's scar tissue/range of motion pain, then I'd assume the re-injury risk is low? And if that's the case, it'd be up to AG to determine his pain threshold and value he can provide to the team. My uneducated 2c

 

[Paesano]

X-Ray looked nasty on Facebook. Hope he heals well. Can't go wrong with those schools. Smart kids.

Yeah, it was nastier than we even thought. The surgeon gave us an additional detail yesterday. Apparently, one of the broken bone ends pierced through the muscle on top of it. So one end was below the muscle and one was above it. No way that heals without surgery and it explains the level of pain he was in. How he played a few minutes like that is beyond me. Can you believe that happened in a high school basketball game? A scrimmage no less!!!

 

[Chief00]

If it's scar tissue/range of motion pain, then I'd assume the re-injury risk is low? And if that's the case, it'd be up to AG to determine his pain threshold and value he can provide to the team. My uneducated 2c

In his case the reinjury risk is NEVER LOW.

 

[Tenspro2002]

He's out for the year. We desperately need to recruit a guard for next season. What a mess.

KO already screwed the pooch with MAL.

Akinjo seems like a good player, but we need better than a recruit ranked around 100.