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fdiapmf Masters Student Posts 590 |
11-07-19 02:35 AM - Post#290179
Haven't been paying attention, any reason he didn't play v. Bama? |
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weinhauers_ghost Postdoc Posts 2138 |
11-07-19 07:31 AM - Post#290181
He has been sidelined by a particularly bad case of knee tendinitis. According to Donohue, he didn't make the Alabama trip because he hasn't been able to practice for the past week. |
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LyleGold PhD Student Posts 1712 |
11-07-19 07:44 AM - Post#290182
I'm afraid we'll never see the Wang we glimpsed at the beginning of last season (and have dreamed about since) ever again. My hopes were raised at the scrimmage, but this has the feel of a chronic condition that will tease and torment us for the next three years. Anyone remember Frankie Brown? |
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TheLine Professor Posts 5597 |
11-07-19 08:14 AM - Post#290183
I remember Frankie Brown. I haven't given up on Mike but have tempered my expectations. |
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Penndemonium PhD Student Posts 1899 |
11-07-19 08:36 AM - Post#290184
Quite honestly, I think we should put Wang on a load management program similar to Kawhi Leonard. Team training tends to be monolithic. This help certain players, but each person has different physical areas of development and areas of injury risk. I believe physical training should be individually customized to the needs and capacity of the individual. I believe this is why Leonard was upset with the Spurs. They weren't listening to what his body needed and he didn't want to put his career at risk to suit their timelines. Save Wang! |
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Streamers Professor Posts 8236 
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11-07-19 09:00 AM - Post#290185
Anyone remember Frankie Brown? You have quite a memory. I am reminded that he had a chronic health issue. Was it similar to this? |
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LyleGold PhD Student Posts 1712 |
11-07-19 09:14 AM - Post#290187
Oh, yeah. Frankie was highly touted (along with Jed Ryan and Paul Romanczuk) to help restock our roster after the graduation of the Allen-Maloney class. Oh, and there was also the infamous Indiana transfer Rob Hodgson who spent one night in the Quad and then moved on to Rutgers. Frankie had chronic sore knees and was basically a 10 minutes every once in a while player. Big disappointment considering the expectations. |
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Silver Maple Postdoc Posts 3775 |
11-07-19 09:39 AM - Post#290189
Sadly, I think Lyle is probably going to prove right. I gather one of his problems is chronic inflammation. I've read that athletes have been recently using diet to address this issue. I wonder if they're considering this with Wang? |
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T.P.F.K.A.D.W. PhD Student Posts 1171 |
11-07-19 10:26 AM - Post#290195
Anyone remember Frankie Brown? Frankie Brown 90210. |
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TheLine Professor Posts 5597 |
11-07-19 11:08 AM - Post#290199
Anyone remember Frankie Brown? Frankie Brown 90210. LOL |
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weinhauers_ghost Postdoc Posts 2138 |
11-07-19 12:49 PM - Post#290204
I wonder how effective this can be. I've managed chronic tendinitis in both knees since before I turned 30 (I'm 59 now), and played in rec leagues until I was in my early 40s. For the most part I was successful through consistent strength training focused on quadriceps and hamstrings, always being careful to warm up and stretch properly, and ice after playing. At this point I don't play more than once a week, but I can still play. |
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10Q Professor Posts 23368 |
11-07-19 12:58 PM - Post#290206
I hung up my softball spikes at 57. Barking knees |
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QHoops Senior Posts 369 |
11-07-19 01:12 PM - Post#290207
I still could get up and down the basketball court until around 50 before the first of 2 hip replacements. Sadly, my time on the court is only for coaching now. |
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Quakers03 Professor Posts 12530 |
11-07-19 01:29 PM - Post#290209
Frankie put together a very nice final season. |
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yoyo Senior Posts 365 |
11-07-19 02:05 PM - Post#290215
If I remember correctly, wasn't frank brown also from California? |
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palestra38 Professor Posts 32809 |
11-07-19 02:06 PM - Post#290216
Guess you missed the 90210 reference above.... |
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yoyo Senior Posts 365 |
11-07-19 02:12 PM - Post#290217
yup 90210 soft zip |
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penn nation Professor Posts 21193 |
11-07-19 02:13 PM - Post#290219
Yes, he had some excellent moments in his 9th year of eligibility.
Frankie put together a very nice final season. |
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Silver Maple Postdoc Posts 3775 |
11-07-19 03:30 PM - Post#290228
I wonder how effective this can be. I've managed chronic tendinitis in both knees since before I turned 30 (I'm 59 now), and played in rec leagues until I was in my early 40s. For the most part I was successful through consistent strength training focused on quadriceps and hamstrings, always being careful to warm up and stretch properly, and ice after playing. At this point I don't play more than once a week, but I can still play. From what I've read, I gather it really depends on what is causing the inflammation in the first place. If it's caused, at least in part, by chronic hyperinsulinemia, then reducing dietary carbohydrates might be beneficial. This is only anecdotal, but this approach seems to have helped me somewhat, and I have friends who swear that it had a major effect on them. |
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LyleGold PhD Student Posts 1712 |
11-07-19 03:55 PM - Post#290233
Frankie put together a very nice final season. I think his finest moment was in the season opener his junior year (probably 8th year of eligibility) when Roy Williams brought Kansas into the Palestra as a favor to their longtime announcer who was about to retire. Frankie shot the lights out en route to a close loss. I have a bunch of courtside photos from that game somewhere. Dunphy managed to nurse him through his career, but he never came anywhere near what was expected of him. The weird thing was that I don't remember him ever getting injured. He was just always in pain. |
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Quakers03 Professor Posts 12530 |
11-07-19 04:03 PM - Post#290236
We lost by 6 points I believe and Jeff Boschee played a great game against us. Luckily we got the win vs another top 10 squad in Temple a few days later. I can't believe that was only his junior year. I thought he graduated that year. Wow. |
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LyleGold PhD Student Posts 1712 |
11-07-19 04:36 PM - Post#290247
You threw me for a second, so I looked it up. The Kansas game was his senior season technically, but he came back for a 5th year. At that point he was a bit player since Jordan and Langel were seniors and Ugonna and Koko were impact freshmen. Frankie never emerged as more than a complementary player. |
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10Q Professor Posts 23368 |
11-07-19 04:42 PM - Post#290250
Yet he lives on in basketball board lore. |
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LyleGold PhD Student Posts 1712 |
11-07-19 04:54 PM - Post#290256
Yet he lives on in basketball board lore. ...which is close to immortality. |
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Quaker75 Freshman Posts 37 |
11-07-19 05:20 PM - Post#290258
Well, medicine is better now. So before all of you put Michael in the crypt, I am wishing him well. Perhaps they are holding him out to not overwork. His career as a basketball player has few more years at Penn. |
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LyleGold PhD Student Posts 1712 |
11-07-19 07:07 PM - Post#290276
Agreed, we all presumably wish Wang well, but he did not practice during the week before the season opener. That doesn't sound like "holding him out to not overwork." It sounds like he's unable to play. |
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Quaker75 Freshman Posts 37 |
11-08-19 09:05 AM - Post#290291
I guess I would rather have him ready for IVY play/BIG FIVE play and healthy. I would be less worried about being hurt now than in January. Beating Alabama is fun, but it will not get you in the tournament. Beat Rice |
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Quaker75 Freshman Posts 37 |
11-08-19 09:05 AM - Post#290292
I guess I would rather have him ready for IVY play/BIG FIVE play and healthy. I would be less worried about being hurt now than in January. Beating Alabama is fun, but it will not get you in the tournament. Beat Rice |
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13otto Masters Student Posts 779 
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11-09-19 05:56 PM - Post#290425
.... Beating Alabama is fun, but it will not get you in the tournament. True, but it could help your seeding if you get in.
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