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Jaxon News?

Jan 20, 2011
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I missed the first part of the game so I didn't get to see him play. Did he reinjure his wrist or did Pope just play him a few minutes to get him back in the mix?
 
maybe we should set him until sec tourny.I think he needs a few mins before the big dance but do we really need him there next 3 games.
 
He needs to sit until the NCAAT first round game and frankly most likely we’ll be able to steal even that first round game without him. Then we’ll have him when we really need him. For the five games we really really need him. Or at least we’ll have our best chance of having him then.

Pope didn’t listen to that advice so far (not that I had any way of telling him). And look where it’s gotten us. I just hope his intuition will somehow guide him into making that same decision on his own from here forward, before we wind up with even another setback in exchange for a questionable advantage in a game that means absolutely nothing in comparison to what those final five or six could mean if we get everybody as close to healthy as possible.
 
Pope saying today that Jaxson came out of that game “not so great”. Pope said Amari has ankle injury but had a pretty good day of practice yesterday and they will know more today.
 
Pope saying today that Jaxson came out of that game “not so great”. Pope said Amari has ankle injury but had a pretty good day of practice yesterday and they will know more today.
This is the latest as of mid-afternoon on 2/28. When the injury report comes out later today, we might know a bit more, but I'll bet it will say something like probable. When the report comes out tomorrow, we'll have a much better idea.
 
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He needs to sit until the NCAAT first round game and frankly most likely we’ll be able to steal even that first round game without him. Then we’ll have him when we really need him. For the five games we really really need him. Or at least we’ll have our best chance of having him then.

Pope didn’t listen to that advice so far (not that I had any way of telling him). And look where it’s gotten us. I just hope his intuition will somehow guide him into making that same decision on his own from here forward, before we wind up with even another setback in exchange for a questionable advantage in a game that means absolutely nothing in comparison to what those final five or six could mean if we get everybody as close to healthy as possible.
Let's say UK listens to your advice doctor, and he doesn't play until the 2nd round of the NCAA. Then he comes out, plays a half and the wrist reacts the same way and he's sitting again. What armchair theatrics will you provide then? There are no agendas here, no draft protections. They tried to see how the wrist would react in real game action and didn't react well so we're back to where we were. There were no guarantees. Like Butler's injury, this isn't a definitive time-table injury.

I'll give the nod to the UK sports medicine team over a message post poster but that's just me.
 
Let's say UK listens to your advice doctor, and he doesn't play until the 2nd round of the NCAA. Then he comes out, plays a half and the wrist reacts the same way and he's sitting again. What armchair theatrics will you provide then? There are no agendas here, no draft protections. They tried to see how the wrist would react in real game action and didn't react well so we're back to where we were. There were no guarantees. Like Butler's injury, this isn't a definitive time-table injury.

I'll give the nod to the UK sports medicine team over a message post poster but that's just me.
Not sure if serious.

Your point is that you can imagine a scenario where giving our hurt star player time to heal doesn’t actually help.

Imagine away.

But that’s one of the stupidest takes I’ve ever heard in my life.
 
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Not sure if serious.

Your point is that you can imagine a scenario where giving our hurt star player time to heal doesn’t actually help.

Imagine away.

But that’s one of the stupidest takes I’ve ever heard in my life.
since we don’t know the conversations that happened between Pope, the medical staff, and Robinson that led to their decision for him to at least try it Wednesday to see how the wrist would react then again I’ll take their knowledge and decision-making over random message poster who only assumes the way to heal from injury is just rest.

Injury recovery isn’t always black and white. Most injuries, sure you rest them until you feel better but Robinson’s injury seems unique.
 
This is the latest as of mid-afternoon on 2/28. When the injury report comes out later today, we might know a bit more, but I'll bet it will say something like probable. When the report comes out tomorrow, we'll have a much better idea.
Why in the world would it say "Probable" when everything is pointing to him being out for at least the next 3 games?
 
Was he wearing anything on it when he was playing? I didn’t notice. Tape? Some kind of wrist wrap? Anything to still have range of motion but some stabilization?
 
Why in the world would it say "Probable" when everything is pointing to him being out for at least the next 3 games?
I said it would say "something like probable". I was just giving an example of what it could be.

Plus not everything was pointing to that at the time I posted it. Pope had only given a vague update.
 
maybe we should set him until sec tourny.I think he needs a few mins before the big dance but do we really need him there next 3 games.
He needs to just play through it. It’s not getting better before the season ends. He played well. Tomorrow imo is the biggest home game since maybe UNC 2012.
 
He needs to just play through it. It’s not getting better before the season ends. He played well. Tomorrow imo is the biggest home game since maybe UNC 2012.
Have you ever tried to play basketball in his current condition? Actually, you can't answer the question because you don't know how much mobility he has with that hand or how much pain it causes him. It's not just a matter of having the pain tolerance to try to take a shot; if he isn't healthy enough to help the team then his presence in the game can only hurt the team, not help.
 
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