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HooperScooper said:
Wasn't the original timeline 4 weeks for McNeeley's high ankle sprain last season? 6 weeks original prognosis sounds worse than a high ankle sprain. And FWIW McNeeley took over 5 weeks to get back into game action.
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I am not certain what that timeline was but if it was 5 weeks it was wrong as it clearly took much longer to heal. If it is worse than a high ankle sprain that would start to put a lot of different could be’s on the table.

Hamstrings and high ankle sprains have a clear track record that coming back to early could be really bad. Look at Mike Evans with his hamstring issues. There are just some injuries that you can’t rush back from. And 4 or 5 weeks may have been an aggressive timeline for Liam because we were already in season with this one happening pre season (if it is a high ankle sprain) I believe 6 weeks would be a more realistic timeline.

Then you have credible sources that say it could be less time because Mullins is a quick healer. Not going to discount that after seeing what Mahomes did when he had that gruesome knee dislocation and was playing in two weeks.

But I understand your reasoning.
 
Silver lining. It gets Stewart and Ross time to build momentum in their game. We will survive the OOC stretch without Bray, Alec Millender can provide high quality 3%.

Be confident that we do well in the OOC schedule then the kid comes back and we are that much better.

This feels more like a Steph Castle impact (key piece but not vital) vs Liam impact (had to be vital due to lack of guards)

Demary, Malachi, Ball, and Alec can be a good group of Gs
 
We went through this with Calhoun when we had good teams that were always hit by something. Scott Burrell bout with mono really cost us. No way to spin this as a positive as it will set back his development this year. Hope this team isn't snake bit.
 
Dove said:
You know we have Solo Ball and Alex Karaban and Silas Demary, Jr. and Taris Reed and Danny Hurley and Jaylin Stewart and Eric Reibe and Furph(!!) and Jayden Ross and Malachi Smith and Jonathan, right?
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And we got Mojo. Don't forget, we got Mojo.
 
husky429 said:
Stewart, Ross and Malachi get ready
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Yep.
We dont know what we have in Stew, Ross and Smith. We really don't. Many people lack imagination. Often we need to be spoon fed visual, 100% tangible proof before we back anything up. Its wrong to copy/paste Stew as a sophomore to Stew as a junior. It seems at times that the Dixon defense game is treated as an outlier. Dixon was arguably the best offensive player in the country and Stew did a number on him. Will we get it every game? No. But no one shows up every game. Ever
 
UConnTrumbull said:


Article is all over the place though. Goes from saying “out nearly two months” to “source says he’s a quick healer - less than 6 weeks”
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Lol. More likely, this will have a negative impact on his play all season. High ankle sprain are a devastating injury for young players to recover from. Liam was a shell of himself when he came back.
 
TouchdownHusky said:
So what's the deal with Furphy?
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Think he’s in the same place he was post commitment but before he torched that international tourney and people were losing their minds about finding him minutes - he’s last guy off bench and hopefully gets a little run here and there so he can be a meaningful piece long term
 
PAHusky said:
Think he’s in the same place he was post commitment but before he torched that international tourney and people were losing their minds about finding him minutes - he’s last guy off bench and hopefully gets a little run here and there so he can be a meaningful piece long term
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Like the very last guy off the bench? I agree he probably won't get much run this season but he's definitely not one of the last guys off the bench of the 15 scholarship players.
 
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TouchdownHusky said:
So what's the deal with Furphy?
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He can play, but the adjustment to speed of UConn/high major D1 is a lot. Consider him a luxury at the moment. He's one of the better 10th/11th (well 9th/10th for the moment) dudes in the country.
 
Putting my money on Smith starting. Silas and Ball are both 6’4 and solid it’s not a tiny lineup by any means. Mullins was easily the most expendable starter, much more concerned with Reeds injury.
 
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auror said:
He can play, but the adjustment to speed of UConn/high major D1 is a lot. Consider him a luxury at the moment. He's one of the better 10th/11th (well 9th/10th for the moment) dudes in the country.
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WHAT!?!? Appreciate your response, I do, but WTF, "One of the best 10th or 11th dudes in the country. Trinity or Wesylan probably have a couple of dudes who could perform at that level. A look back at some of the write ups on Furphy during spring and summer told us different. In fact, take those same articles and it sounded like they were describing Mullins: same size, same shot, same skill set. So is he just a body for practice?
 
One of the reasons that Liam wasn't great in the NCAAs is that he lost a lot of developmental time due to injury. Freshman like Mullins need to play to get get better.

Castle missed 6 games. Mullins is looking at five weeks.
 
If Reed and Demary recover in time for season start, team will be fine. Mullins will be a 3P sniper when he returns and that should be easier to integrate in later than a player like McNeeley last year that the offense ran through.
When he comes back it will linger and bother him, but with it happening so early, he could certainly be at 100% by March, and that is when this team will need him if everyone else is healthy
 
PAHusky said:
1. Can’t help but feel like this is Liam all over again. Brutal injury for a freshman as it puts him way behind the curve.

2. Calling for Ross to start over Stewart is insanity. Stewart is inconsistent but has shown real flashes and had actual contributions in meaningful games. Ross has not. I know Ross fans love long discourses on how he’s secretly Gary Payton on D etc but it’s a no-brainer Stewart should start now and needs to step up
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Liam’s injury happened at start of January. This one is in October. There is a lot more time to heal before March. This year’s team is in a much better spot to weather the storm as well. I worry more about Reed’s injury than this one.
 
Only concern for me is that ankles are very easy to re-injure. Castle, Clingan, Ajax and others were beat up to start seasons and it work out fine. Just need the team to come together and be healthy in late Jan., Feb., and March.
 

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