Yakwe out for season

[Fishy]

If anyone including Coach Hurley needs the services of an excellent sports medicine podiatrist, should contact Dr Brian Fullem. He is one of the best in the business, he is also a top notch surgeon. He operated on both of my ankles and completely cured me of heel spurs and severe pain caused by 40 years of running. I'm back to running and have never felt better.

Yeah, well, can you rebound?

 

[CL82]

Yeah, well, can you rebound?

At this point I'd take him if he can box out.

 

[cohenzone]

Nice to see Hurley following in Ollie's footsteps of recruiting injury prone players.

Kidding I hope. He wasn't exactly in a position to be all that choosy. This year is another thing. Calhoun was 9/19 his first year, with a weak OOC schedule and took 4 years to have a winning conference record. NIT twice before they made the NCAA. Like it or not, we are rebuilding and in a conference that's not as attractive as the old BE. That said, Gerry Besselink would help this team.

 

[Austin316]

I think the answer is no. Since we didn't have a basketball scholarship to offer him this year, he could only play as a recruited player if he came to campus without taking any financial aid whatsoever. Since he received aid, he is ineligible until next year when he received a basketball scholarship.

That is my understanding.

I feel like no one knows for sure. I mean if the UVA team manager can suit up for just home games and has no scholarship with the team why can’t Akok get added to the roster 2nd semester and do something similar? If your only allowed 13 scholarships and remaining 2 are walk-ons is it possible KY or KW is out indefinitely and Akok joins as a walk-on when he is officially enrolled? I don’t think this is a walk-on limit.

 

[mauconnfan]

Sucks best option gone.....

 

[joober jones]

Terrible news, despite my constant Yakwe complaints. Don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

I think we don’t have anyone over 6’5 on the football team. I’d be interested in seeing 6’4” 350 DL Kevon Jones battling on the boards!

Space eater?

 

[ZenConn]

Space eater?

Yikes. At 350 pounds, he's been eating more than space.

 

[huskyrob1]

Yeah, well, can you rebound?

Yeah, I can still get up. I think I've lost about an inch off my vertical though for every five years since college graduation. Lol. What Fullem did for me was basically allow me to run and jump like a 30 year old for another 30 years.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Yeah, well, can you rebound?

Fish I think he's thinking the podiatrist can rebound though

 

[spudzj6]

UConn has had rebounding problems all year. Yawke played in the villinova game as well, same result as Wednesday’s DNP. Yes losing him hurts, but the team is just not a good fundamental rebounding team, period.

Hell we won by 30 earlier last month, while getting out-rebounded.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Threads like these make me wish we still had game threads, so we could go back and read all the posters in this thread who were murdering Yakwe for the first half of the season.

 

[Dove]

Threads like these make me wish we still had game threads, so we could go back and read all the posters in this thread who were murdering Yakwe for the first half of the season.

For the record, Ern, I always liked him.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Well now it’s the worst THREE days in UConn MBB history! When will it end?!?

 

[Doctor Hoop]

Threads like these make me wish we still had game threads, so we could go back and read all the posters in this thread who were murdering Yakwe for the first half of the season.

I’ll cop to being in that crowd on the offensive end. Guilty as charged. He flashed a couple of moves but overall still much more a defender. We will miss his aggressiveness.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Tenspro2002]

Obviously disappointing for this year, but the silver lining is it doesn't hurt us beyond then, which is what we're mainly looking forward to anyway.

 

[Travelman6]

An open letter to the injury bug,
Hi injury bug, I see you there, smiling like a big jerk, you dummy. You've been pestering UConn for three years now. You stink, get lost. You know there are something like 351 D1 bball teams, why don't you bother someone else for a change? If you need a list of schools one will gladly be provided. (Not that I wish any particular Ill will on any one team coughbccough).

If you continue this nonsense, the UConn fans, in mass, will have to file a harassment law suit against you and you shouldn't underestimate UConn fans...just as a heads up and all.
Yours truly,
The average UConn fan

Clearly and as you can see, I don't know what else to do about this news and this is my way if coping with this depressing development )

 

[Jaker]

PLay Sid at the 5, he has hops and can block shots

 

[joober jones]

Threads like these make me wish we still had game threads, so we could go back and read all the posters in this thread who were murdering Yakwe for the first half of the season.

I was dumb enough to come out and admit it.

 

[Austin316]

An open letter to the injury bug,
Hi injury bug, I see you there, smiling like a big jerk, you dummy. You've been pestering UConn for three years now. You stink, get lost. You know there are something like 351 D1 bball teams, why don't you bother someone else for a change? If you need a list of schools one will gladly be provided. (Not that I wish any particular Ill will on any one team coughbccough).

If you continue this nonsense, the UConn fans, in mass, will have to file a harassment law suit against you and you shouldn't underestimate UConn fans...just as a heads up and all.
Yours truly,
The average UConn fan

Clearly and as you can see, I don't know what else to do about this news and this is my way if coping with this depressing development )

Nice. That should do the trick!

 

[UConnDad]

If anyone including Coach Hurley needs the services of an excellent sports medicine podiatrist, should contact Dr Brian Fullem. He is one of the best in the business, he is also a top notch surgeon. He operated on both of my ankles and completely cured me of heel spurs and severe pain caused by 40 years of running. I'm back to running and have never felt better.

You have any eligibility left and how tall are you?

 

[imno1]

I agree with whoever posted about getting a couple athletic football guys. At least they could help in practices.

Maybe this guy. Plays better d than Cobb

 

[junglehusky]

Can Akok play? (rhetorical question) Sure, if the trainer can get 25 pounds of muscle on him in two weeks.

 

[NowInStorrs]

Does Olander have any eligibility left?

 

[Horatio]

An open letter to the injury bug,
Hi injury bug, I see you there, smiling like a big jerk, you dummy. You've been pestering UConn for three years now. You stink, get lost. You know there are something like 351 D1 bball teams, why don't you bother someone else for a change? If you need a list of schools one will gladly be provided. (Not that I wish any particular Ill will on any one team coughbccough).

If you continue this nonsense, the UConn fans, in mass, will have to file a harassment law suit against you and you shouldn't underestimate UConn fans...just as a heads up and all.
Yours truly,
The average UConn fan

Clearly and as you can see, I don't know what else to do about this news and this is my way if coping with this depressing development )

Thanks but This is a “ casual “ fan approach. The “real” fans already filed a lawsuit and jumped the injury bug wielding baseball bats outside of Gampel one year ago. The injury bug is resilient and pesky.