Mychal Johnson (Notre Dame) tears ACL

[husky32]

Mychal Johnson, who was expected to get a lot of minutes at the guard positions tore her ACL Monday in practice. Injury bug has definitely been biting...

Irish lose point guard Johnson to torn ACL

 

[01Neaggrad02]

No Turner and now no Johnson.... Looks like ND might not be a favorite to win the ACC this year...

 

[bags27]

This is so very, very bad. I am so sorry for her and for the Irish. I can't imagine how down she must feel right now. All the work put into getting ready for a season and then a random movement ends it. A year (or more) of rehab and sitting on the bench watching her teammates. I know that "what doesn't kill us makes us stronger," but (and here I am departing from Nietzsche's text a bit) this sucks.

 

[HoopsFan21]

Too bad about the injury, but I always get confused by ND press releases that quote Coach McGraw, because it always says her full title: "Karen & Kevin Keyes Notre Dame women’s basketball head coach Muffet McGraw."

 

[Reypl21]

Plus Westbeld isn't going to start practicing until November.

 

[msf22b]

Good kid, horrible news.

 

[SVCBeercats]

Too bad about the injury, but I always get confused by ND press releases that quote Coach McGraw, because it always says her full title: "Karen & Kevin Keyes Notre Dame women’s basketball head coach Muffet McGraw."

Karen & Kevin donated a lot of money to be part of McGraw's title. Karen and Kevin Keyes endowed the Notre Dame head women’s basketball coaching position. I have an uncle who donated a lot of money to his alma mater to have a building erected with his name on it. When they unveiled it, he told them for the millions he donated the letters needed to be bigger to be seen across the campus. They made the letters bigger. Get used to seeing McGraw's full title. Money talks.

 

[bags27]

Money talks.

doesn't talk, it swears... ("It's Alright Ma [I'm Only Bleeding]")

dead right about the donor thing. Names get stuck on positions as well as buildings.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

doesn't talk, it swears... ("It's Alright Ma [I'm Only Bleeding]")

dead right about the donor thing. Names get stuck on positions as well as buildings.

Also Stanford. Not only is Tara endowed, but I think her Associate Head Coach is as well. Likewise, I believe the head coach of Yale has the long title.

Endowments are wonderful things. The fan club at RU gives an endowed scholarship, although it is far from fully funded.

 

[JordyG]

I have absolutely NO problem with endowments. In fact I wish Gampel Pavilion would get another very big one. In fact, UConn WBB in general.

 

[EricSD]

I can't even...

Makes my heart hurt every time I read about an injury like that. Just horrible, and so sad for Mychal. Prayers and best wishes for a speedy and full recovery...

 

[tomcat]

Karen & Kevin donated a lot of money to be part of McGraw's title. Karen and Kevin Keyes endowed the Notre Dame head women’s basketball coaching position. I have an uncle who donated a lot of money to his alma mater to have a building erected with his name on it. When they unveiled it, he told them for the millions he donated the letters needed to be bigger to be seen across the campus. They made the letters bigger. Get used to seeing McGraw's full title. Money talks.

Yeah, but it's one thing to give money so your name's on a building. It's another thing altogether to give money so your name is on someone else's name. That, IMHO, is just plain weird.

 

[Charliebball]

I can see it now................. The Chef Boyardee UConn Head Coach Geno Auriemma.................

 

[pinotbear]

I can see it now....... The Chef Boyardee UConn Head Coach Geno Auriemma.......

 

[CocoHusky]

Karen & Kevin donated a lot of money to be part of McGraw's title. Karen and Kevin Keyes endowed the Notre Dame head women’s basketball coaching position. I have an uncle who donated a lot of money to his alma mater to have a building erected with his name on it. When they unveiled it, he told them for the millions he donated the letters needed to be bigger to be seen across the campus. They made the letters bigger. Get used to seeing McGraw's full title. Money talks.

Also Stanford. Not only is Tara endowed, but I think her Associate Head Coach is as well. Likewise, I believe the head coach of Yale has the long title.
Endowments are wonderful things. The fan club at RU gives an endowed scholarship, although it is far from fully funded.

One of my daughters former teammates made a recruiting visit to Syracuse she decided to sign because Carmelo Anthony was actually there working out in the practice facility for which he had donated money and bears his name.

 

[Orangutan]

This is so very, very bad. I am so sorry for her and for the Irish. I can't imagine how down she must feel right now. All the work put into getting ready for a season and then a random movement ends it. A year (or more) of rehab and sitting on the bench watching her teammates. I know that "what doesn't kill us makes us stronger," but (and here I am departing from Nietzsche's text a bit) this sucks.

On top of that, as I noted in another thread, she was just cleared a couple of weeks ago to return after having shoulder surgery in April. Now another surgery and another lengthy rehab. So brutal for her.

 

[JordyG]

On top of that, as I noted in another thread, she was just cleared a couple of weeks ago to return after having shoulder surgery in April. Now another surgery and another lengthy rehab. So brutal for her.

Sad and brutal. Man it just tears my heart up to see these young players go down with serious injuries.

 

[Ozimoto]

I do hate to hear this kind of thing. It is horrible that this happens to so many good, talented kids.

 

[JRRRJ]

Yeah, but it's one thing to give money so your name's on a building. It's another thing altogether to give money so your name is on someone else's name. That, IMHO, is just plain weird.

Endowed positions have been around in universities for centuries. Now that having winning coaches is more visible/valuable for getting more donors to pony up with donations than having a Nobel-prize professor on the staff, it's not surprising that coaches have endowed positions too.

 

[oldude]

Doubly tough injury, this being her senior year. Given her past injuries and limited PT, I have to wonder whether Johnson’s playing days have come to an end.

 

[Vowelguy]

I can see it now....... The Chef Boyardee UConn Head Coach Geno Auriemma.......

No self respecting Italian wants anything to do with that swill.

 

[Fairfield Fan]

I cringe every time one of these young ladies suffers a devastating injury like this. Sorry for the Notre Dame team, but more so for their parents. Mom and dad must be beside themselves.

Hoping for full recovery and health in later life.

 

[SVCBeercats]

I can see it now....... The Chef Boyardee UConn Head Coach Geno Auriemma.......

You better hope Geno never sees your post. "Chef Boyardee" indeed!

Knock! Knock! "Buona sera, I'ma Luca Brasi."

By any chance do you own horses?

 

[tomcat]

Moving away from spaghetti for a moment and back to physiology, it appears the standard wisdom is that players are doing more athletic things and the game is faster and more demanding, and there's really not much we can do to stop all these torn-up knees. Is that the case, really?

Thoughts, anyone?

 

[oldude]

Moving away from spaghetti for a moment and back to physiology, it appears the standard wisdom is that players are doing more athletic things and the game is faster and more demanding, and there's really not much we can do to stop all these torn-up knees. Is that the case, really?

Thoughts, anyone?

For a number of reasons, physiological and otherwise, young women are 50% more likely to suffer ACL injuries then young men. Studies have found that various forms of balance training, strength training and stability training can minimize the incidence of such injuries, but there is no full-proof way of preventing such injuries.

 

[triaddukefan]

Hate to see any athlete injured. Hopefully she can recover and come back strong.

 

[Shorty Dee]

Even though I am not a huge Notre Dame fan, I do not like to hear that any player was injured during practice, games, etc. Praying Mychal, Westbeld and Turner have a speedy recovery. Also, praying there are no more injuries on any team.

 

[Dillon77]

Too bad about the injury, but I always get confused by ND press releases that quote Coach McGraw, because it always says her full title: "Karen & Kevin Keyes Notre Dame women’s basketball head coach Muffet McGraw."

Don't know how I missed this thread.
A little more background: Karen Keyes maiden name is Karen Robinson and arrived on campus the first year Muffet McGraw did and was a scoring point guard for MM. In fact, she is still in the top 10 in scoring. Her husband -- Kevin Keyes -- played tennis at ND and many of his sisters went to nearby St. Mary's. I believe Karen Keyes is still the head coach at Ridgewood, N.J., High School, just a 15 minute drive from where I live.

Here's an article in the Chicago Tribune with some more background on the endowment.
The former player behind the $5 million Notre Dame basketball gift

 

[Charliebball]

Don't know how I missed this thread.
A little more background: Karen Keyes maiden name is Karen Robinson and arrived on campus the first year Muffet McGraw did and was a scoring point guard for MM. In fact, she is still in the top 10 in scoring. Her husband -- Kevin Keyes -- played tennis at ND and many of his sisters went to nearby St. Mary's. I believe Karen Keyes is still the head coach at Ridgewood, N.J., High School, just a 15 minute drive from where I live.

Here's an article in the Chicago Tribune with some more background on the endowment.
The former player behind the $5 million Notre Dame basketball gift

so that's about five years worth of salary, then what.......

 

[Dillon77]

so that's about five years worth of salary, then what..

Hope Kevin Keyes' firm, Annaly Capital Management, a real estate investment trust, continues to do well. Very well.

Having just hit the "post" button, I realize that after 4 or 5 more years, MM might be considering hanging it up.
If she comes back -- and the resources are still there -- I imagine the endowment will come back because Karen Keyes is so enamored with Coach MM.

But it will interesting to see if those feelings translate over to a new coach if MM decides to step aside. Both Keyes are ND grads so maybe. On the other hand, is this based on more of a Keyes/Robinson - McGraw relationship?

In either case, it's very helpful to the athletic department in that it's put against MM's salary. If MM does leave and the successor is a bit more junior, perhaps the amount can last longer.