Otule out at least a month!

[Gwaki]

with a broken foot.

Source: muwarrior87

[Marquette_g]

Hello Pat Hazel!

[mu03eng]

You have got to be absolutely kidding me....how is this even possible??

Please tell me he got O'tule and McMorrow confused 

[Gwaki]

You have got to be absolutely kidding me....how is this even possible??

Please tell me he got O'tule and McMorrow confused 

I hope but he isn't the type to confuse the players.  And it would be very hard to confuse the two

[JSwarriors08]

*begins to weep bitterly*

we are so screwed

[reinko]

Oh man, we shouldn't even play this season.  We are done.  Put a fork in us.

[Strokin 3s]

Has anyone else heard this?  Also why didn't 87 just post it himself?

[OneMadWarrior]

Welcome to the overreaction part of our program, if people here think that losing a freshman bigman is the end of the world (despite our height disadvantages) I woudl like to present exhibit A: Villanova 2006. Lost their main big man to injury that offseason and rode a 4 guard lineup to the elite 8, despite their tallest player being 6'7

[MU B2002]

Welcome to the overreaction part of our program, if people here think that losing a freshman bigman is the end of the world (despite our height disadvantages) I woudl like to present exhibit A: Villanova 2006. Lost their main big man to injury that offseason and rode a 4 guard lineup to the elite 8, despite their tallest player being 6'7

+1

[jficke13]

Not to completely say i don't believe this, but shouldn't we have heard it somewhere else as well?

[Gwaki]

Has anyone else heard this?  Also why didn't 87 just post it himself?

Not to completely say i don't believe this, but shouldn't we have heard it somewhere else as well?

muwarrior87 is at work.  He works at the front desk of Humphrey where he cant use a computer.  He sent me a text.  I am assuming we will here about it later today

[4everwarriors]

I recommend Buzz have the feet of all potential recruits examined and x-rayed throughly prior to signing them. Crean really screwed us over on this one.

Now Buzz has something legitimate to be emotional and cry about

[ringoutahoya]

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[rocky_warrior]

Welcome to the overreaction part of our program, if people here think that losing a freshman bigman is the end of the world (despite our height disadvantages) I woudl like to present exhibit A: Villanova 2006. Lost their main big man to injury that offseason and rode a 4 guard lineup to the elite 8, despite their tallest player being 6'7

I don't think it's overreaction at all.  We NEED Otule and/or McMorrow to develop for next year.  If neither of them can practice or play for the the first half of this year, it severely hurts us next year.  Just my opinion.

It may not be super critical this year (though it could be!), but now we're down to only have Burke and Hazel to practice in the post?  Seriously?

[muarmy81]

Is he just wearing a boot?

[NYWarrior]

I how this is a joke. Why didn't he post this himself? He actually never posted this anywhere, so unless he sent you a pm I don't know how you are getting you information.

no joke.  the injury was confirmed by the MU Athletic Department -- it's up on CrackedSidewalks now

[StillWarriors]

Hard to overreact when we are almost to the point of being unable to fill the center position. No, it isn't like we could expect a ton out of Otule, but at least he is a big body to plug in there, demand some attention and have fouls to give. With Fulce out already, this is getting ridiculous.

Again, what a shame for the Big 3. They are going to have to carry such a load this year it's unbelievable.

Hopefully Otule and Fulce can come back strong if the story is in fact true, but tough to ask them to jump right into the BEast cold. What a bummer.

[rocky_warrior]

Oy.  Terrible luck so far this season (can I call it a season yet?).  Thanks (but no thanks) for confirming NY.  

All - please be considerate and try not to shoot the messenger when things like this come up.  If you think a post is going too far into speculation, then click the "report to moderator" button and we can deal with it.

[OneMadWarrior]

Also to go with the overreaction, he is out a botu a month. If this had to happen anytime I'd rather it happen now sure we'll miss him for the Chicago Inv. Tennessee and Wisconsin, but the only one of those teams with legitimate big men is Wisconsin (almost illegitimate) At least now we get to see if we have any known quantities in Pat Hazel, and Dwight Burke will get plenty of work to work on his conditioning before the get into the meat of the BEast schedule. Again, we shouldn't go around here acting like Kentucky or Indiana fans. We are better then that.

[rocky_warrior]

Not sure where it went but Cracked Sidewalks (NY Warrior) confirmed with Mike Broeker

http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2008/11/chris-otule-out-one-month-with-foot.html

Chris Otule out one month with injury

We have just confirmed that freshman center Chris Otule will miss a month of action after sustaining an injury this week. The nature of injury is unclear at this point.

According to Mike Broeker, Deputy Director of Athletics at MU, the university will release more information later after speaking with the coaching staff, Otule and team doctors.

With sophomore forward Joe Fulce already out until the end of December, the Otule injury leaves Marquette with few options on the baseline. Senior center Dwight Burke and sophomore Patrick Hazel are the only two healthy post players on the roster as the season opens tonight.

[RedWebster]

Heads are going to roll on the exclusive "Premium Board!"

Great work by Cracked Sidewalks!!

[dennycrane]

Welcome to the overreaction part of our program, if people here think that losing a freshman bigman is the end of the world (despite our height disadvantages) I woudl like to present exhibit A: Villanova 2006. Lost their main big man to injury that offseason and rode a 4 guard lineup to the elite 8, despite their tallest player being 6'7

Exactly.

[Phi Iota Gamma 84]

Doesn't Lloyd Moore still have two years of eligibility

[muball]

Nice to see info posted in a timely manner. 

[Strokin 3s]

Oy.  Terrible luck so far this season (can I call it a season yet?).  Thanks (but no thanks) for confirming NY.  

All - please be considerate and try not to shoot the messenger when things like this come up.  If you think a post is going too far into speculation, then click the "report to moderator" button and we can deal with it.

No offense, but I don't think anyone was critical of anything, everyone was just looking for more information.