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Author Topic: So once we decided winning the Big East title game wasn’t important….  (Read 4786 times)

denverMU

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Why the hell did we play Stevie? I don’t disagree with sitting Tyler but you are admitting there is a more important goal. Winning the NCAA tournament. So we should have sat Stevie and probably Kam, Oso, and Jop! Might as well rest them all.

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Why the hell did we play Stevie? I don’t disagree with sitting Tyler but you are admitting there is a more important goal. Winning the NCAA tournament. So we should have sat Stevie and probably Kam, Oso, and Jop! Might as well rest them all.

Stevie earned the right to play with his 2 games to get there.

Even more important...sitting Stevie puts a lot of other guys at risk. Need bodies.
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Why the hell did we play Stevie? I don’t disagree with sitting Tyler but you are admitting there is a more important goal. Winning the NCAA tournament. So we should have sat Stevie and probably Kam, Oso, and Jop! Might as well rest them all.

Maybe two completely different situations are treated differently? Wild I know….
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I don’t necessarily agree… but I think there’s a semi decent point in there somewhere

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They sat Tyler because they are concerned about reaggrevation or worsening the injury.

Is Stevie’s injury similar?  Or does it just hurt without similar concerns?

I guess in addition to coaches, announcers and referees, Scoopers are now armchair athletic trainers.
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denverMU

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The determination was made our goal is to win in the NCAA tournament.Fine.  After getting the sh#t beat out of him yesterday, Stevie should have sat for sure.  Oso sure looked like he was injured. Either Tyler plays or rest all our starters for the games that matter.

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Ok so I guess you are just going to say the same thing over and over without realizing that the situations may have been completely different.
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Ok, the situations aren’t different. We had 2 injured players both of whom we need in the NCAA tournament. We sat Tyler, therefore conceding winning this game.  We knew, based on conference play, we couldn’t win without Tyler. So once that call is made be consistent and sit all our injured players.

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Ok, the situations aren’t different. We had 2 injured players both of whom we need in the NCAA tournament. We sat Tyler, therefore conceding winning this game.  We knew, based on conference play, we couldn’t win without Tyler. So once that call is made be consistent and sit all our injured players.

The injuries are different. So they should be handled differently.
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Ok, the situations aren’t different. We had 2 injured players both of whom we need in the NCAA tournament. We sat Tyler, therefore conceding winning this game.  We knew, based on conference play, we couldn’t win without Tyler. So once that call is made be consistent and sit all our injured players.
The situations are different.  You can arm-chair quarterback a lot of things...but without knowing the details of the two injuries...I'm not sure how you can be so confident that Shaka and company messed this decision up.

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"dumb and dangerous" part 2?
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denverMU

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What? Both injuries could keep the players from playing. Whether they are wrist, ankle, shoulder, oblique doesn’t matter. My bigger issue is you should play to win, with all your players (Tyler would have played just like Stevie did) or rest players who are nicked up to win the games you decide are more important.

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What? Both injuries could keep the players from playing. Whether they are wrist, ankle, shoulder, oblique doesn’t matter. My bigger issue is you should play to win, with all your players (Tyler would have played just like Stevie did) or rest players who are nicked up to win the games you decide are more important.

It’s about reaggrevating or worsening the injury. I have no idea why you can’t understand this.
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Stevie’s shoulder was obviously injured, he could have injured more tonight. Why can’t you understand that? Yes, Tyler had already been held out but that only sets the precedent for benching injured players so they can play in the NCAA tournament.

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Stevie could have injured his shoulder more? How do you know that?
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Stevie’s shoulder was obviously injured, he could have injured more tonight. Why can’t you understand that? Yes, Tyler had already been held out but that only sets the precedent for benching injured players so they can play in the NCAA tournament.

Please CC me on these medical reports you are receiving.

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Note to denverMU-

Take the loss and move on.
Wild horses couldn't drag me into either political party, but for very different reasons.

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denverMU

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Now you’re just being silly. Injured players who play always have a chance of aggravating their injury. What you haven’t addressed is the fact that by not playing Tyler the coaching staff determined that the NCAA tournament was more important than the Big East tournament. OBTW I agree with that.

denverMU

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Please CC me on these medical reports you are receiving.

Right Stevie’s shoulder was just fine. Must have medical reports to know that.

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Now you’re just being silly. Injured players who play always have a chance of aggravating their injury. What you haven’t addressed is the fact that by not playing Tyler the coaching staff determined that the NCAA tournament was more important than the Big East tournament. OBTW I agree with that.


Uh…no they don’t.

Anyway, write Shaka a letter. I’m sure he will give it the response it deserves.
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Note to denverMU-

Take the loss and move on.

I will, I hope our guys heal quickly

denverMU

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Uh…no they don’t.

Anyway, write Shaka a letter. I’m sure he will give it the response it deserves.

It’s interesting that you freely go on a website where people are invited to express their opinions and then you get all bent out of shape when people do. No need to get pissy.

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It’s interesting that you freely go on a website where people are invited to express their opinions and then you get all bent out of shape when people do. No need to get pissy.

lol. White flag noted.
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It’s interesting that you freely go on a website where people are invited to express their opinions and then you get all bent out of shape when people do. No need to get pissy.
It's interesting that you go on a website and are surprised when people state they trust Shaka and the medical team more than you.

denverMU

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lol. White flag noted.

Yes, you “won”. Happy now. You, and posters like you, are why I rarely post anymore. It would be nice just have a reasonable discussion without worrying whether you need to prove someone right or wrong.

 

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