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Message: [QUOTE="Charliebball, post: 2618047, member: 6831"] I'm not sure why it's hard to agree that for every additional minute a player is on the court there is a greater inherent risk of a new injury or the aggravation of an existing injury.............I haven't heard of too many players getting injured while sitting on the bench although I am aware that pink eye has been going around in Bergen County WBB circles recently.................this is not open to medical question, it's a simple fact..............I am not saying that I know better then the medical staff, I'm saying that sitting on the bench is safer for a player then playing in the game in the fourth quarter with your team up by 36 points.....................Geno often made the decision to play some of his starters longer then they usually would because he was not satisfied with the play of his bench players.......................therefore one could fairly make the argument that he is "risking" the health of his starters in order to make a point to his bench players...........now you can question how great that "risk" is or agree that this is a worthwhile risk necessary to maintain the UConn "Way" but no matter how you try to deny it this is a situation that all coaches have to deal with during the season [/QUOTE]