Injuries - the concern…

jbhtexas

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no reason to give the committee a reason to dock you. A training staff is going to have plausible deniability in 99% of cases as far as when they reach verdicts on players’ availability. I can easily argue it’d be even stranger to announce today if it were an attitude/chemistry issue. See the Grill situation
Why not announce later this week?
 

AllInForISU

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Did you have D1 levels of effort/contact while trying to get better?

I think the big issue with people processing this is how high of a level he played against BYU. That was the best he had looked in weeks. Did he make it worse vs BYU? I’m not saying he isn’t hurt, but the staff was acting like this was a day-day thing and now, out of seemingly nowhere, it’s not. I’m just curious as to what changed.
 

jbhtexas

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Because it makes it more difficult for the opponent to prepare. The players and coaches have been getting the questions for weeks...nothing new there.
 

Die4Cy

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Because it makes it more difficult for the opponent to prepare. The players and coaches have been getting the questions for weeks...nothing new there.
Once they move to Milwaukee, tournament practices are open to the public you know.
 

istater7

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You can only tell half truth so long before people just completely stop believing you.

Do I think Keshon is hurt? Yea I could buy that. Do I think there is something else? I could buy that too. But I also remember when Caleb Grill was out “due to injury” and was off the team a week later.
That’s not how the Grill situation went. He played 19 minutes against WVU on a Monday night and was dismissed on Wednesday. There was no tiptoeing.
 

not-the-manager

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Why not announce later this week?
I take your point. But Campbell’s gamesmanship/lying isn’t saying that someone with a torn ACL is day to day, he just refuses to rule anyone out the week of who at least practices. If Gilbert looked like a shell of himself or couldn’t practice period, and-or the training staff believes there is a good chance the injury will worsen in even one full game, I guess you’re getting out in front of a boy-who-cried-wolf situation—at a certain point no one’s going to believe he’s day to day if he’s played 11:00 since March 8. Who even knows if Lipscomb was going to spend much of their scouting report on him, let alone a team in the third round
 

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Because media is going to be asking all week. If you know now, why have the players and coaches constantly distracted by questions about it?
That’s even how he started the press conference. “I know you all will be asking about this …”
 

Cyhig

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The ticker on E$PN is reporting Gilbert has been struggling with a groin injury. It’s possible he tweaked it after the BYU game.

Which actually makes me more worried about Lipsey’s status and effectiveness. I think Lipsey will play, but will be limited in minutes and productivity

Lipsey’s health will be the difference from a S16 berth vs an early exit IMO
 
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Dgilbertson

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I think the big issue with people processing this is how high of a level he played against BYU. That was the best he had looked in weeks. Did he make it worse vs BYU? I’m not saying he isn’t hurt, but the staff was acting like this was a day-day thing and now, out of seemingly nowhere, it’s not. I’m just curious as to what changed.
Serenity my friend.

Enjoy the good. On to the next.
 
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