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Message: [QUOTE="ucmiami2, post: 5340215, member: 13062"] The problem with anyone with concussion history (and the neck (and back) issues are similar) is that it remains a day to day issue for the rest of your career - you can do everything to alleviate the current problem, but the susceptibility to injury cannot really be corrected in most cases. You may never have another problem, but it is often just a matter of luck. (My second back surgery was a result of a sneeze!) It is one reason that I wonder if Geno will 'trust' Caroline to be a starter, while her talent may mean he still gives 25+ minutes. Replacing a starter due to injury is more disruptive to the team than replacing a major contributor off the bench. I believe he will have other viable players to start with less history of injury to choose from. On 'hockey line' substitutions - he actually did some of that in the Olympics when he had a very talented 12 person roster and I could see some of that happening with this roster. And hockey line substitutions are often done with the 'forward unit' of 3 or the 'defensive unit' of 2 players - and that kind of unit change, two forwards or two guards with the wing being included with either might happen not infrequently. It allows players to develop special chemistry together that they might not develop as well if they were mixing and matching piecemeal. It is what happens quite a lot in blow-outs anyway where end of bench players learn to play together, but with the talent and depth on this team I expect that time will be more productive, too. [/QUOTE]

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