[Rosiak's Blog] Friday practice report

[ToddRosiakSays]

Friday practice report
               

One week into practice and it's so far, so good, as far as coach Buzz Williams is concerned with regard to his youngish Golden Eagles.

"It's just like my daughter (Addyson Reese) -- she's five months old, and that's why God gave her to us five months before practice started. How she grows is kind of how our team is growing," he said following practice Friday morning. "It's a lot of fun, you're waiting on her to smile at you, you're hoping she can look at you, and that's what's going on with our team, in a different way.

"They're doing really good, but it's a balance of, 'We've got to play really, really hard and smash-mouth and mean and tough,' and, 'Wait, calm down. No emotion here. I want you to learn to do it right.' So the ebb and flow of that is hard as a coach, and it's hard as a player."
               

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/65816287.html
               

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Great report by Rosiak.

[spiral97]

I totally would have sent all the players to play a mad game of rugby with Lazar or something.. anything to get them the bug now rather than mid conference season.

[mu_hilltopper]

They've got the flu thing all wrong.  The season is far from starting.  Get some sick students, put them all in a room together for a few hours, and start the coughing, get em sick, get the immunity now, so that come January, we don't have guys puking during half time.

Disclaimer .. I am not a doctor, but I've stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.

[SCdem@MU]

They've got the flu thing all wrong.  The season is far from starting.  Get some sick students, put them all in a room together for a few hours, and start the coughing, get em sick, get the immunity now, so that come January, we don't have guys puking during half time.

Disclaimer .. I am not a doctor, but I've stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.

I know you guys are joking, but can you imagine the firestorm if a player died from a coach giving him H1N1 on purpose?

I really hope there isn't a coach dumb enough to try that.

[muwarrior87]

I know you guys are joking, but can you imagine the firestorm if a player died from a coach giving him H1N1 on purpose?

I really hope there isn't a coach dumb enough to try that.

If it's the regular flu I don't think there is a concern of getting H1N1.

[mu_hilltopper]

I know you guys are joking, but can you imagine the firestorm if a player died from a coach giving him H1N1 on purpose?

I really hope there isn't a coach dumb enough to try that.

You are soooooo smart.  You must have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express even longer.

[SCdem@MU]

If it's the regular flu I don't think there is a concern of getting H1N1.

If Hawyard has the flu, it is far more likely that it is H1N1 than the seasonal flu.

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2310824220091023.

Regardless of the strain, it would be grossly irresponsible to infect a player on purpose (other than with a vaccine of course).

[ChicosBailBonds]

If Hawyard has the flu, it is far more likely that it is H1N1 than the seasonal flu.

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2310824220091023.

Regardless of the strain, it would be grossly irresponsible to infect a player on purpose (other than with a vaccine of course).

Then again, in this article it says H1N1 has been vastly misdiagnosed of late


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/21/cbsnews_investigates/main5404829.shtml

[muwarrior87]

What Chicos and Hilltopper have said.

I haven't stayed in a Holiday Inn Express lately so I'm not really in a position to comment on this topic I guess.

[SCdem@MU]

Then again, in this article it says H1N1 has been vastly misdiagnosed of late


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/21/cbsnews_investigates/main5404829.shtml

Good point,  but I'd still prefer that coaches stick to making coaching decisions instead of medical decisions.

Anyway, I know nobody was seriously suggesting this.

Let's just wish Lazar well and hope he gets some rest and has a speedy recovery. If/when other team members get the flu, hopefully they have speedy recoveries as well. The well-being of our players is far more important then whether or not a future hypothetical illness negatively impacts our season.

[mu_hilltopper]

Good point,  but I'd still prefer that coaches stick to making coaching decisions instead of medical decisions.

They won't, with you on the job.

[mu ricer22]

If Hawyard has the flu, it is far more likely that it is H1N1 than the seasonal flu.

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2310824220091023.
Regardless of the strain, it would be grossly irresponsible to infect a player on purpose (other than with a vaccine of course).
       

.          Hold on here Lazar has h1n1 or the seasonal flu                                                                                                                                                                                                           

[SCdem@MU]

.          Hold on here Lazar has h1n1 or the seasonal flu                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Rosiak says in his blog that Buzz held Lazar out of practice today b/c he displayed flu-like symptoms. Could be h1n1, could be seasonal flu, or he could have just been dehydrated/tired and needed some rest.

Probably find out more if he returns to practice this weekend (or doesn't return).

[chapman]

or he could have just been dehydrated/tired and needed some rest.

You mean the Tim Lincecum flu?

[SCdem@MU]

You mean the Tim Lincecum flu?

Hopefully Lazar does not require hospitalization -- that would suck. Nobody really knows what he has and from what Rosiak wrote it seems like it was more precautionary than anything else.

[ATWizJr]

No hospitals please.  Likely to make him sicker.

[4everwarriors]

You cats are flying off at the handle. Take it with a grain of salt.

I heard Buzz broke wind yesterday. Probably better to happen now, rather than during conference play.

[GGGG]

His comment regarding Jeronne picking up things quickly does not surprise me at all.  One thing that always impressed me about him was his basketball IQ...plays very smart.

[SCdem@MU]

You cats are flying off at the handle. Take it with a grain of salt.

I heard Buzz broke wind yesterday. Probably better to happen now, rather than during conference play.

+10000 lol.

[reinko]

His comment regarding Jeronne picking up things quickly does not surprise me at all.  One thing that always impressed me about him was his basketball IQ...plays very smart.

That can't be.  Badger fans said he was so stupid, and never would have lasted at UW.  So I don't believe you.

[Skatastrophy]

That can't be.  Badger fans said he was so stupid, and never would have lasted at UW.  So I don't believe you.

MU probably got someone else to take his basketball tests for him.

[romey]

MU probably got someone else to take his basketball tests for him.

In exchange for a new pair of Nikes

[ecompt]

he can't be too smart. He hasn't put a parrot in a microwave yet.

[chapman]

he can't be too smart. He hasn't put a parrot in a microwave yet.

Nor has he decided to go looting through the freshmen dorms.