The whole injury picture

[huskymagic]

"Certain guys being stiffs" and "lackadaisical and funky play on the hardwood" lead to injuries? Wow. You're brilliant. You should be hired in place of Doran.

You, on the other hand, are a fat, balding, 60-something insurance salesman who's the laughingstock on an online message board. I think I know who's the soft one here.

Your off by 30 years, a full head of hair, and nothing to do with sales. If I was anywhere near the team we would be a lot better than what we are right now I can tell you that, but I wouldn't want a trainer's job, but one on the coaching staff. Good try though Stair in your efforts they are admirable. The players play for themselves first not for me or you or the university. The university is the vehicle needed to take them where they want to go. I didn't question their efforts in representing UCONN just offered an insight of why there are so many injuries.

 

[Stainmaster]

If I was anywhere near the team we would be a lot better than what we are right now I can tell you that, but I wouldn't want a trainer's job, but one on the coaching staff.

I'm quite sure we'd have an 0-30 season on our hands if that happened.

 

[UChusky916]

Assuming JSM is in the thread? I've got him on ignore and seeing lots of posts not making sense. Thank god.

 

[nyhuskies13]

Am I the only person on the planet who thinks its ridiculous this season was thrown away back in November because of injuries?? How can anyone look at that list and claim we are 14-15 in a horrible conference because of injuries.

Mamadou never stepped a foot on the court - how can the team be missing him. The 3 players who account for 90% of the injuries played a TOTAL of 5 games in a husky uniform. Ollie, the team, the media/announcers, and the fans allowed this season to fall apart because 3 guys got hurt early in the season??

They showed promise, but youd think we lost Okafor and Gordon in '04 the way the team has played. We had 8 players, that's a normal college rotation. Some were young - but we were definitely more experienced than '11.

All need to stop drinking the coolaid on the injuries... they shouldnt score 12pts in a half no matter what. free throws, turnovers, poor situational awareness.. none of that has to do with injuries.

"ahhh the injuries.. we get a pass this year.... thats BS" they mailed it in a long time ago

 

[uconnell]

Assuming JSM is in the thread? I've got him on ignore and seeing lots of posts not making sense. Thank god.

That's my first guess when the thread goes downhill as I have him on ignore also.

 

[Dogbreath2U]

Am I the only person on the planet who thinks its ridiculous this season was thrown away back in November because of injuries?? How can anyone look at that list and claim we are 14-15 in a horrible conference because of injuries.

Mamadou never stepped a foot on the court - how can the team be missing him. The 3 players who account for 90% of the injuries played a TOTAL of 5 games in a husky uniform. Ollie, the team, the media/announcers, and the fans allowed this season to fall apart because 3 guys got hurt early in the season??

They showed promise, but youd think we lost Okafor and Gordon in '04 the way the team has played. We had 8 players, that's a normal college rotation. Some were young - but we were definitely more experienced than '11.

All need to stop drinking the coolaid on the injuries... they shouldnt score 12pts in a half no matter what. free throws, turnovers, poor situational awareness.. none of that has to do with injuries.

"ahhh the injuries.. we get a pass this year.... thats BS" they mailed it in a long time ago

Yes, you are the only person on the planet who thinks this season was "thrown away" as far as I know.

 

[HooperScooper]

Inconsistent play (even in 2014, weren't we 9-9 in conference play)...

They were 12-6 in the AAC (4th seed in the AAC Tournament) and 24-7 overall in 2013-2014. You're probably thinking of 2010-2011 when they were 9-9 in the BE going into the BET.

 

[UChusky916]

Am I the only person on the planet who thinks its ridiculous this season was thrown away back in November because of injuries?? How can anyone look at that list and claim we are 14-15 in a horrible conference because of injuries.

Mamadou never stepped a foot on the court - how can the team be missing him. The 3 players who account for 90% of the injuries played a TOTAL of 5 games in a husky uniform. Ollie, the team, the media/announcers, and the fans allowed this season to fall apart because 3 guys got hurt early in the season??

They showed promise, but youd think we lost Okafor and Gordon in '04 the way the team has played. We had 8 players, that's a normal college rotation. Some were young - but we were definitely more experienced than '11.

All need to stop drinking the coolaid on the injuries... they shouldnt score 12pts in a half no matter what. free throws, turnovers, poor situational awareness.. none of that has to do with injuries.

"ahhh the injuries.. we get a pass this year.... thats BS" they mailed it in a long time ago

Wow, what a trash post. You are simply wrong on so many accounts:

• "How can anyone look at that list and claim we are 14-15 in a horrible conference because of injuries."
  • Easy -- because of my original post. At BEST, we're fielding 2/3 of a team out there because of injuries. Pretty obvious to see that injuries are the biggest reason why we've been losing.
  • We lost Larrier and Gilbert, 2 of our top 3 players, just 3 games into the season. So, it's pretty simple -- we have LESS TALENT out on the floor than we normally would, meaning we're NOT NEARLY AS GOOD as we would have been. We lost top talent.
  • We've played multiple games with NO POINT GUARD in a GUARD-ORIENTATED offense.
  • We've had other depth guys get hurt too -- Durham, Enoch, and Diarra all play in the post and would have provided great depth at the 4/5 spot. Instead, because of their injuries, we have to rely on Facey and Brimah staying out of foul trouble and playing 35 minutes per game.
  • With all of the shuffling in and out of injured players, we haven't had a consistent and cohesive line-up to form team chemistry.
    • When we didn't have injuries to our starters for a stretch of the season, we had a streak where we won 9 of 11 games.

• "they mailed it in a long time ago"
  • Want to explain the furious comeback versus Memphis? We were down 17 at one point, and closed out the game on a 12-2 run to win it. But yeah, they mailed it in, right?
  • What about the comeback against Temple? Again, down double digits mid-way through the second half, we came back and won. But yeah, they mailed it in, right?
  • Go find me a game clip from www.uconnhuskygames.com where it's obvious that a player 'mailed it in' on a play. We've got guys out there playing 35-40 minutes NIGHTLY. I've never ONCE seen a player not hustle to get back on defense or go up for a rebound. Find me some evidence that this team has 'mailed it in'. You can't.

6 posts in to your account, might be time to call it quits. You're either an insufferable human or just an idiot.