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What I don’t like is that I think it’s really the foot bc he has been grimacing a lot and not moving well all season. When you have a strain in your foot it stresses the ankle. You see this in football all the time, guy will have turf toe, play through it, all the sudden he has a sprained ankle. I think what he really needs is just time off his feet so that all the little ligaments can heal. Maybe I’m way off base correct me if I’m wrong, not an expert by any means.
 
50cPitchers said:
Was at the game last night. For what it's worth, when he came back from the locker room he came running out of the tunnel and got right into the time out huddle. Felt like he was about to get put right back in. Got up off the bench multiple times through H2 and looked like he wanted to go in
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Big men and lower body injuries are rough, He supports a lot of weight on those pins
 
Greg said:
Big men and lower body injuries are rough, He supports a lot of weight on those pins
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50cPitchers said:
Was at the game last night. For what it's worth, when he came back from the locker room he came running out of the tunnel and got right into the time out huddle. Felt like he was about to get put right back in. Got up off the bench multiple times through H2 and looked like he wanted to go in
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This is true but he was limping every time he got up and walked around.
 
Deepster said:
I absolutely think we need to figure out some way to get Singare minutes. If Donny tweaks anything from this point forward, we might need him down the line for sure.
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We need someone besides DC in the frontcourt whose not afraid to bang on the boards. Why do we constantly have guards leading the team in rebounding???? It's nice that they contribute well but where are the bigs? Karaban and Samson looked like beanpoles compared to Hall players. If the refereeing in this game is indicative of what is to come in the league then we will be in trouble.
 
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Clingan would have given us a chance last nite if allowed to play. Game over without him as he was the only one who came to play. Not worth the risk . Thankful to have him vs SJ.
Singare should at least get a chance after what we saw from SJ.
First at practice in BW Scrim. Great attitude Tallented. 7' 6" wingspan.
 
Excalibur said:
I sprained mine in October and won't be playing hoops again until February. There are degrees to everything.

I also seriously doubt it's an ankle. He landed normally. Nothing rolled or twisted.
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That's what surprises me. I saw how the foot landed and it never turned in the slightest. I will be thrilled if it's just a sprained ankle, of the mild kind, and nothing more serious.
 
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What kind of coach lets a trainer dictate who plays or doesn’t. I’m so annoyed I could literally smash something. Danny better get his act together.
 
Clingan is so good and he really makes the team really good. He indispensable especially since we dont have a big body 4 or back up 5. But the only goal here is to stay above water and survive while DC gets back to 30 minutes pain free---thats our only legit chance
 
Question. Do ALL UConn players get their ankles taped before EVERY practice and game? I was shocked, after having had my ankles taped before every practice and game by my high school coach, that they were NEVER taped by my college staff. FYI, I played (full disclosure, it was the Frosh squad) for an ultimately very well-known, successful ND coach. He was my coach at Penn.
 
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This doesn’t seem good. Singare better get ready to get his big boy pants on.

Samson needs to be a lot better on the boards than what he’s shown this season as well.
 
It seemed weird to me from the jump that a 7' 2" big man with a foot injury was coming back while he was still visibly in pain to me. Then upon further injury.. kept playing even vs the likes of Pine Bluff.

Now I'm sure someone will chime in and say we don't know what the staff knows or were not entitled to know...which of course... But given he's injured yet again.. seems like there's enough there to at least question the process.
 
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Viet Vet said:
Question. Do ALL UConn players get their ankles taped before EVERY practice and game? I was shocked, after having had my ankles taped before every practice and game by my high school coach, that they were NEVER taped by my college staff. FYI, I played (full disclosure, it was the Frosh squad) for an ultimately very well-known, successful ND coach. He was my coach at Penn.
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Generally unless you've injured your ankle before (and usually a couple times), you don't tape. Even then most players don't unless it's botherinf them. Taping makes them weaker in the long and slows recovery so it's good to avoid it.

I'm sure one of the docs on here would know more about it, but that's pretty much standard on every team I've seen.
 
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husky429 said:
Generally unless you've injured your ankle before (and usually a couple times), you don't tape. Even then most players don't unless it's botherinf them. Taping makes them weaker in the long and slows recovery so it's good to avoid it.

I'm sure one of the docs on here would know more about it, but that's pretty much standard on every team I've seen.
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Just adding some additional context here for anyone curious, I don't know how it works in basketball at all, but a lot of football programs make getting taped mandatory before all practices and games. The SEC program I worked at actually made players run and do extra conditioning after practice if they didn't stop by the training room to get taped.

Not disagreeing with you at all, just figured I'd chime in with my experience.
 
DawgEnjoyer said:
Spencer would do a better job than Singare in this nightmare scenario
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You rather have Spencer a smallish guard guading soriano than Singare who is a legit 6-10 with long arms? At least he offers height and he will see time in Center if Clingan can't play wheter you like it or not.
 
With the long layoff, I would probably my sit Clingan unless swelling is down. Just not need to force him.

As far as singare. Should be ready for a couple of minutes, but I would imagine the non-Samson minutes will got to Karaban at the 5. Could then bring in Stewart at the 4.
 
JohnFSilver said:
With the long layoff, I would probably my sit Clingan unless swelling is down. Just not need to force him.

As far as singare. Should be ready for a couple of minutes, but I would imagine the non-Samson minutes will got to Karaban at the 5. Could then bring in Stewart at the 4.
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Karaban struggles with bigger and/or quicker 4s, he'd get eaten alive by guys like Soriano.

I'd rather throw Singare on him and just use up the 5 fouls as opposed to getting Karaban into foul trouble.
 
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