Polley Tears ACL

[Scoe]

Any excuse to find fault with someone. It happened. It's done. Sometimes it is just luck.

Theres no one to blame, bad luck happens but it doesnt hurt to evaluate it.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Excalibur]

That’s it!!!! No more jump stops . . .

 

[Hankster]

Get well soon. It came after the best game of his career....I guess Bouk and Sid will be seeing more playing time

I am so impressed with Tyler. He looked he was going Pro last game. Then I heard this just before the game. Sucked the life out of me. Maybe, just maybe Bouk and Sid will really shine?

 

[JimHurley]

Best of luck to Tyler...kid works hard. He may frustrate the fans at times but he puts in the work to get better I can promise you that. Wonder if he'll qualify for a 5th year, anyone know the rule with that? Fast recovery Tyler Phommachanh!!

The team I think will be okay...I personally think Bouk is an upgrade at the 3 (not taking a dig at Tyler). If we can get anything near what Sid brought us today, we'll be just fine. Gilbert, Vital, Bouk, Akok, and Carlton with Adams, Gaffney, Sid, and Whaley off the bench.

 

[bendm]

grad transfer also a possibility for him if he redshirts next year

 

[tuvent08]

He could play such a useful role on a high level team — play 8-10 mins and just fire up threes. In a perfect world that’s where we will be.

 

[joober jones]

We need to break out the Raid for the injury bug. This is getting old.

 

[bigknight3]

He knew his body. You guys pushed him to rebound and look what happen.

This sucks. For Tyler and the team.

But that was a funny take!

 

[UconnU]

The jump stop is Hurley’s favorite move, they practice it religiously.

 

[AdamaNation]

The injuries UConn has had over the past 4 years are absolutely insane:

Gilbert Shoulder
Gilbert Shoulder
Larrier ACL
Adams Knee
Diarra career ending Knee issue
Polley ACL

Don’t forget
Juwan durham
Jalens concussion
Boats ankle (we win that aac tourney game if he stays in I always felt this is when the wheels fell off)
Omar calhoun
I think purvis missed a load
Steve no show Enoch
Yakwe

 

[CL82]

Sid better take this opportunity and run with it.

Well this ended up being prescient. Got any lotto number picks?

 

[HurricaneDave]

Explain. I want to hear this. Call it morbid curiosity.

Although rarely employed even at the highest level of sport, high intensity training days should be followed by a low intensity day. This minimizes the risk of non-contact injuries like Polley's torn ACL. Friday was the day before Saturday's game so Friday should be a low intensity day. That virtually eliminates the possibility of a torn ligament or other injury. What teams will instead do is lower the volume (time) of practice the day before a game but not the intensity of movement. It happens all the way from professional sports to high school and is probably the biggest contributing factor to major injuries like this. Why? There's no good answer except "this is how we've always done it."

 

[Kathy]

Although rarely employed even at the highest level of sport, high intensity training days should be followed by a low intensity day. This minimizes the risk of non-contact injuries like Polley's torn ACL. Friday was the day before Saturday's game so Friday should be a low intensity day. That virtually eliminates the possibility of a torn ligament or other injury. What teams will instead do is lower the volume (time) of practice the day before a game but not the intensity of movement. It happens all the way from professional sports to high school and is probably the biggest contributing factor to major injuries like this. Why? There's no good answer except "this is how we've always done it."

One problem.with that theory- the game was on Sunday not Saturday

 

[superjohn]

Oops. Care to retract your bull#$&* statement?

How does this guy not know the game was Sunday? He posted that the injury was totally unavoidable right before the game yesterday.

Does he think today is Sunday?

 

[huskymedic]

... and Saturday was a low intensity day w/ a just a walkthrough/shoot-around @ XL.

 

[HurricaneDave]

How does this guy not know the game was Sunday? He posted that the injury was totally unavoidable right before the game yesterday.

Does he think today is Sunday?

Oops

 

[HurricaneDave]

Oops. Care to retract your bull#$&* statement?

FULL RETRACTION. Thought it was torn on Saturday. My sincere apologies.

But one has to wonder what went on Thursday and it's still my contention that improper "load management" is the cause of non-contact injuries such as this.

 

[Excalibur]

FULL RETRACTION. Thought it was torn on Saturday. My sincere apologies.

You know what, I'm going to delete my post. I wanted it to sound tongue-in-cheek but it's just obnoxious.