[quote="Chicago Days" post=311534][quote="Marillac" post=311522][quote="Beast of the East" post=311405][quote="Room112" post=311357][quote="stjohnnie75" post=311340]https://twitter.com/stjohnsbball/status/1080316032621924353?s=21[/quote]
You've got to love these kids.[/quote]
Keita when not in, was a gigantic cheerleader on the bench. The only thing that prevented last night's game from being perfect was Marillac not apologizing to Keita to his face.[/quote]
Never. I posted the night of the SH game that he'd play in this game. It makes his absence that much more egregious to me. This is a 7-week old injury...not some fresh sprained ankle. How is it possible for him to play with no visible sign of injury 68 hours after the SH game ended but not play in the SH game? The kid was running around and agile as ever against Marquette. He couldn't give 5 minutes against SH? His teammates needed him and any tough player would have answered that call if it was even close. He proved last night he was.
I know they all read these forums and I wanted end his free pass on here.[/quote]
I think you’re of the rails on this, Marillac.
Neither you nor me, nor 99.9% of posters know the extent of Keita’s injury and surgery repair.
There wasn’t a whisper from our coaches nor any grumblings from any players regarding Keita’s rehab integrity (that I’m aware of) that gives any credence to your continual harping about the kid’s—in your view—‘slow’ recovery from arthroscopic knee surgery to be able toplay in a high major D1 hoops game.
You’ve questioned the kid’s toughness and honesty, and you are way off base in my view and you, yeah you, should apologize punlbicly to Keita.
Almost better yet, just shaddup about it.[/quote]
Believe me...I'm all too familiar with knee and shoulder injuries. I'm also familiar with treatment in the SJU training room. I understand I played before the world went soft and before the whole concussion and athlete first mentality was born, but the athlete is still in sole control over whether he gets cleared to play based on the info he gives the trainer. The trainer has to rely on the athlete's subjective level of discomfort. It was standard to fib or even downright lie just 15 years ago. That doesn't mean I think I'm Rambo, but I got cleared by that same training room to play when I knew for a fact I had one big hit left in my shoulder. It was simple: Them: "Does it hurt?" Me "Nope" and then some range of motion where you don't outwardly show pain. Boom...cleared.
Chris Snee had 28 surgeries and procedures and never missed time. He was basically Frankenstein.
You've got to love these kids.[/quote]
Keita when not in, was a gigantic cheerleader on the bench. The only thing that prevented last night's game from being perfect was Marillac not apologizing to Keita to his face.[/quote]
Never. I posted the night of the SH game that he'd play in this game. It makes his absence that much more egregious to me. This is a 7-week old injury...not some fresh sprained ankle. How is it possible for him to play with no visible sign of injury 68 hours after the SH game ended but not play in the SH game? The kid was running around and agile as ever against Marquette. He couldn't give 5 minutes against SH? His teammates needed him and any tough player would have answered that call if it was even close. He proved last night he was.
I know they all read these forums and I wanted end his free pass on here.[/quote]
I think you’re of the rails on this, Marillac.
Neither you nor me, nor 99.9% of posters know the extent of Keita’s injury and surgery repair.
There wasn’t a whisper from our coaches nor any grumblings from any players regarding Keita’s rehab integrity (that I’m aware of) that gives any credence to your continual harping about the kid’s—in your view—‘slow’ recovery from arthroscopic knee surgery to be able toplay in a high major D1 hoops game.
You’ve questioned the kid’s toughness and honesty, and you are way off base in my view and you, yeah you, should apologize punlbicly to Keita.
Almost better yet, just shaddup about it.[/quote]
Believe me...I'm all too familiar with knee and shoulder injuries. I'm also familiar with treatment in the SJU training room. I understand I played before the world went soft and before the whole concussion and athlete first mentality was born, but the athlete is still in sole control over whether he gets cleared to play based on the info he gives the trainer. The trainer has to rely on the athlete's subjective level of discomfort. It was standard to fib or even downright lie just 15 years ago. That doesn't mean I think I'm Rambo, but I got cleared by that same training room to play when I knew for a fact I had one big hit left in my shoulder. It was simple: Them: "Does it hurt?" Me "Nope" and then some range of motion where you don't outwardly show pain. Boom...cleared.
Chris Snee had 28 surgeries and procedures and never missed time. He was basically Frankenstein.
