I'm an out of state alum and have yet to see a ballgame or practice. Can anyone give some insight about what to expect from these two?
When are they projected to return?
From the Wiki site it looks like Fulce is a Lazar Hayward type guy. Put up some decent offensive numbers.
Not a lot to go on with O'Tule though. Is he just a big body?
I know there have been posts regarding their abilities before, but I was hoping we could get some thoughts in a single thread.
Anyone see these guys practice? Maybe on campus - do they look like "ballers"?
Talk amongst yourselves!
Fulce is probably in the 6-6 205 range and isn't a bruiser. He is a basketball player however and seems to be a right place, right time kind of player who will play some defense and grab some rebounds with his length. This may surprise some in that from endline to endline, he may be Marquette's fastest player and can really glide. Good shooter who you have to guard out to the three point line and is versatile enough to help bring the ball up at times. From seeing him a few times in different settings, I think he's the 5th best basketball player on the squad after the big 4.
Otule is hard to tell since he was starting to come on before the injury. Will be MU's best post up scorer, which isn't saying much. OK athlete who will need to improve defensively and on the boards to really help us out from January on. Very good future.
I've heard Otule is completely blind in his left eye, any truth to that?
If OTule isn't back until January 1 you can forget about him this year----much like Mbakwe last year-----takes a new guy right out of HS the Oct, Nov, Dec practice and game experience to orientate him to the new level of play.
Fulce has a better chance of contributing when he comes back because of his age and experience.
Quote from: Jeronne_toMU09 on November 27, 2008, 03:10:30 PM
I've heard Otule is completely blind in his left eye, any truth to that?
Is that a joke? I played against a kid in junior high who wore a patch over his eye, it was great....he'd nail like three 3s a game.
Quote from: esotericmindguy on November 28, 2008, 08:12:52 AM
Is that a joke? I played against a kid in junior high who wore a patch over his eye, it was great....he'd nail like three 3s a game.
Impressive since that completely messes up depth perception.
Otule wears safety goggles when he plays and practices...and his one eye looks "dead" when you look at him. But I haven't heard any official diagnosis on it.
Quote from: BrewCity on November 28, 2008, 11:20:31 AM
Otule wears safety goggles when he plays and practices...and his one eye looks "dead" when you look at him. But I haven't heard any official diagnosis on it.
I forget where I read it, but someone said he has Ptosis. Basically it's a condition where the eyelid muscle isn't strong enough to raise the eyelid, causing it to droop. The condition can cause a lazy eye or cross eye, but it's hard to tell if he has that from pictures.
Because of that condition, most doctors would advise against contacts, so he has to wear Rec Specs when he's playing and normal glasses when he's not.
Quote from: bma725 on November 28, 2008, 11:36:09 AM
I forget where I read it, but someone said he has Ptosis. Basically it's a condition where the eyelid muscle isn't strong enough to raise the eyelid, causing it to droop. The condition can cause a lazy eye or cross eye, but it's hard to tell if he has that from pictures.
Because of that condition, most doctors would advise against contacts, so he has to wear Rec Specs when he's playing and normal glasses when he's not.
Ptosis is correct and it's a condition that can be often be addressed successfully through outpatient surgery. The surgeon works through a small incision just below the eyebrow to tweak the muscle to strengthen it. My daughter had the surgery at age 2 and you can barely tell the difference between the eyelids anymore, unless she is extremely tired and it's then a slight difference. The problem with not having the surgery is that the weight of the eyelid can eventually affect the eyesight resulting in glasses and I'm assuming that has happened to Chris.
The doctor in Madison who performed my daughters surgery does more than 200 of these surgeries a year, so it's fairly common and although surgery now for Chris wouldn't necessarily help any eye issue's, it could make a world of difference for him if he did it for cosmetic reasons alone.