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We have no idea what this team is gonna be but I think we will be pleasantly surprised. We were electing Samson President 3 weeks ago, we should have the same faith in him and the rest of the team, which is one of the most complete teams we've had in ten years. Even if we lose a few unexpected big east games, which of you would have have taken 6-2 during last years winter stretch with no ring instead of 2-6 in the winter stretch with a dominant tourney and natty. Nobody knocks a super bowl or World Series winner if they get in as a wild card. Develop without DC and go into March healthy.
 
I mean really, if we’re being honest we had TREMENDOUS injury luck last season…..and we are coming off a Natty. The one thing I’ve sort of learned to accept about the regular season is:

1) Do well enough to make the NCAAs
2) Get healthy going into the NCAAs
3) Be playing our best going into the NCAAs

After those things really what matters? A Big East championship banner? A perfect season? Conference championship banner?

Meh. We play for the BIG prize, kids. The days of taking pride in extra laundry are well done and passed.
 
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This is not a relief at all. The next few weeks will be very difficult without our unicorn. 14 points and 7 rebounds a game just left our line up. That is a significant dent that we probably can't fully replace.

We are still very good. But we will have to play very well with a much smaller margin of error.
 
I posted pretty quickly that it did not look like an ankle. We won’t get anything else from UConn, so we can speculate and guess, but for those of us that have played sports and pay attention to detail, you kind of block out what coaches and others say about injuries. It is all BS and more with Hurley than most any coach I have seen. He has his reasons for being guarded about an injury, so take it as a statement and not criticism. But anyone who really watched and thought that was an ankle injury my suggestion is to pay attention better. I pledge not to post on this topic again. I will close by saying this. If we see DC back on the floor in January we will be lucky. And if he is on the floor in January we should be crossing fingers, legs and eyes that we don’t have a rinse and repeat issue. Big men and feet, only one solution time, time and more time. When you think they are ready wait longer. He hurt it on a pretty low impact play. He was never right and finally let it loose because he got it in his head that he was being tentative for no good reason. His body knew why he was being tentative. So as soon as he starts looking like DC wham re-injured.
 
Connecticut13 said:
To be fair, it seems it’s not an ankle injury after all.
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No, this isn’t necessarily correct. Could be a peroneal tendon issue which would absolutely feel like an ankle sprain pre-MRI but would be a lot less painful. This also makes sense with Dr. Dan saying there wasn’t much swelling.
 
SilentDog said:
I posted pretty quickly that it did not look like an ankle. We won’t get anything else from UConn, so we can speculate and guess, but for those of us that have played sports and pay attention to detail, you kind of block out what coaches and others say about injuries. It is all BS and more with Hurley than most any coach I have seen. He has his reasons for being guarded about an injury, so take it as a statement and not criticism. But anyone who really watched and thought that was an ankle injury my suggestion is to pay attention better. I pledge not to post on this topic again. I will close by saying this. If we see DC back on the floor in January we will be lucky. And if he is on the floor in January we should be crossing fingers, legs and eyes that we don’t have a rinse and repeat issue. Big men and feet, only one solution time, time and more time. When you think they are ready wait longer. He hurt it on a pretty low impact play. He was never right and finally let it loose because he got it in his head that he was being tentative for no good reason. His body knew why he was being tentative. So as soon as he starts looking like DC wham re-injured.
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As far as big men and feet, I think Joel sat out for 2-3 years to fully heal his when he got to Philly (which they had no problem doing because of “The Process”) and Chet I think had foot issues too which made him miss his first year.

I suspect whatever team drafts Donovan is going to do whatever to get this issue fixed immediately no matter how much time it would take. But it seems fixable as long as we treat it appropriately here.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
Wow all the message board speculators who knew nothing somehow figured out it wasn't an ankle, but his foot. Absolutely incredible!

This is a massive loss - no other way to spin it. If he's back before March you'd sign up for it at this point.

No freaking idea why they had him playing vs the Pine Bluffs of the world.
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Come on man. Do you think maybe he got the green light to play and we wanted him to be used in actual game conditions?
 
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HuskyWarrior611 said:
I’m worried he’s going to have to recondition again like he did at the start of the season. He was just getting back into regular shape.
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I'm not worried about because I know it's reality.
Really need to massage hisbl recovery and minutes. Really becomes everything timed for NCAA tourney.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
Wow all the message board speculators who knew nothing somehow figured out it wasn't an ankle, but his foot. Absolutely incredible!

This is a massive loss - no other way to spin it. If he's back before March you'd sign up for it at this point.

No freaking idea why they had him playing vs the Pine Bluffs of the world.
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Do we actually know that's why this injury happened? It seems very unlikely he'd be playing if the doctors said there was a chance of reinjury
 
I’m very curious to see how the minutes at 4 and 5 end up being split
 
If someone here suggests that we fire the technician that performed the MRI I hope such a suggestion is just a bad joke or hyper sarcasm. So now we will see what this team is made of. Quoting “Kapitan Obvious “ we of course all realize that that injuries are a fact of sports life.
 
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I blame the sneakers for most of this season’s injuries
AdamaNation said:
Yeah. What happened high or even mid tops? Who’d even want to “lace em up”? If you’re not having anything…..up? Slides will be the next evolution
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When they got that Kobe deal I knew there would be problems. Kobe’s, and mostly every other current basketball shoe, are made below the ankle and are not protective. Clingan needs an old pair of Hyperdunks. Problem solved.
 
So let’s say we go small with Karaban st the 5. Less of an issue than one may think. Who does Soriano guard if we employ a true 5 out offense? He gets gassed easily every game. His minutes will be limited because he won’t keep up with Alex or Samson for that matter.
 
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Rich said:
I mean really, if we’re being honest we had TREMENDOUS injury luck last season…..and we are coming off a Natty. The one thing I’ve sort of learned to accept about the regular season is:

1) Do well enough to make the NCAAs
2) Get healthy going into the NCAAs
3) Be playing our best going into the NCAAs

After those things really what matters? A Big East championship banner? A perfect season? Conference championship banner?

Meh. We play for the BIG prize, kids. The days of taking pride in extra laundry are well done and passed.
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Realistic hopes.

We won Nattys with bumps in the road and rough patches before.

It's all good. It's about the journey. The destination will take care of itself.
 
i like the thought of Castle as sort of a playmaking 4. Stewart also has the build to battle at the 4. Both of those guys could see their offense open up a little by matchIng up with bigger, slower defenders.
 
navery12 said:
Do we actually know that's why this injury happened? It seems very unlikely he'd be playing if the doctors said there was a chance of reinjury
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We don't - but he obviously hasn't looked like himself all season and has been grimacing at points during multiple games.

There's likely not a definitive answer a doctor could give to say yes this 7' 2" giant has 0% chance of reinjury - so they probably thought reinjury was unlikely and/or leaving himself to other injuries playing compromised. That of course turned out to not be the case.
 
ucp990411 said:
Come on man. Do you think maybe he got the green light to play and we wanted him to be used in actual game conditions?
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Pine Bluff was sandwiched in between a stretch of Kansas UNC and Gonzaga, I don't think Pine Bluff was make or break.
 
Improviser said:
Realistic hopes.

We won Nattys with bumps in the road and rough patches before.

It's all good. It's about the journey. The destination will take care of itself.
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Yeah we did it with Brimah.
 
F101Voodoo said:
If someone here suggests that we fire the technician that performed the MRI I hope such a suggestion is just a bad joke or hyper sarcasm. So now we will see what this team is made of. Quoting “Kapitan Obvious “ we of course all realize that that injuries are a fact of sports life.
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The radiologist interprets the findings and writes the report, not the technician. The technician puts you in the capsule and monitors the process and does know if if the test is progressing satisfactorily. The technician chides you if you move.

I have had enough MRI's to know this. Glad they play the music I like when I'm trying to remain still and immovable.

After the test is completed and reviewed by the radiologist, the radiologist would know if the MRI was obscure and indecipherable and would blame the technician for that.

Unless, the radiologist is there during the test, but I don't think so.

No need for conspiracy theories.
 
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