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Message: [QUOTE="RPM101370, post: 4295466, member: 410"] I need to weigh in here. Christyn played four years at UConn mostly injury-free. UConn practices are legendarily-brutal and UConn plays more games than almost any other team since they make it to their conference championship and the Final Four every year. Many teams have less talent than UConn and so resort to a more-physical game against our players. And UConn’s kids give it right back. We all know you go hard or you sit. Given all of that, I’d stack UConn’s injury record against any other team. It is nothing short of remarkable that those kids aren’t injured MORE. Instead of randomly blaming the staff at UConn, please consider this: Christyn has been through a brutal punishing college season Where she was called upon to play major minutes, deep into both tournaments. She’s then immediately thrust into the stress of the draft, end of her college career and a new basketball environment. Probably lots of travel, hotels, lack of sleep, more stress. She is a second round pick so is probably working her off in individual training AND in training camp to try to secure her spot. There’s a new coaching staff possibly asking her to make different moves, different cuts, different reps than her body is used to. She’s also competing against grown women some ten years+ her senior, most of which are bigger, faster, stronger and more-experienced than she is. She may have just pushed too hard, too fast. Oh and also, injuries just happen and are part of the sport. Nobody is to blame. Thoughts to Christyn. She has always seemed like a very sensitive and wonderful young woman and I was really rooting for her to shine in the W. Wishes for a speedy recovery and a great season next year. [/QUOTE]

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