palestra38
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03-09-19 11:43 PM - Post#280360
"Freshman Michael Wang did not play because of knee problems that Donahue said have lingered for “a good month and a half.†The injury got bad enough that Wang did not dress Saturday night, and Donahue said he won’t play in the Ivy tournament."
So whether or not this was a consequence of his injury in the Toledo game or not, those of us who thought he was injured and did not have anywhere near to the spring he had prior to the Toledo game were correct. The guy was hurt and is out for the year.
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LyleGold
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Re: From Jon Tannenwald's Article on the Game"
03-09-19 11:48 PM - Post#280361
In response to palestra38
Wow, you've gotta wonder if he's gonna be a chronic sore knee guy who never really gets untracked. Remember Frankie Brown?
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TheLine
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Re: From Jon Tannenwald's Article on the Game"
03-10-19 08:47 AM - Post#280378
In response to palestra38
Even if it wasn't directly related, the body compensates for weakness in one part of the body by putting more stress on another.
Hopefully a whole lot of rest will fix him.
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SomeGuy
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Re: From Jon Tannenwald's Article on the Game"
03-10-19 10:57 AM - Post#280397
In response to palestra38
Glad you were at least partially right on this. When I said at the outset of the Ivy season that I thought Ivy opponents would make it harder for Wang than OOC opponents, I didn’t mean that they would make it so hard he would drop from the rotation. Not a scenario I was envisioning. Makes sense something more was at play, and I imagine it is very tough for a talented player who wants to prove himself (and can see how much he means to the team when healthy) to figure out what he can play through and what he can’t. In addition to the guys who were lost for the year, we had a lot of guys toughing out various levels of injury this year. Kudos to Mike and Max in particular for working so hard to get out there and play through pain.
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weinhauers_ghost
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Re: From Jon Tannenwald's Article on the Game"
03-10-19 11:07 AM - Post#280398
In response to TheLine
Even if it wasn't directly related, the body compensates for weakness in one part of the body by putting more stress on another.
Hopefully a whole lot of rest will fix him.
At least the injury isn't something catastrophic, like an ACL. Sounds to me to be something chronic and limiting in terms of mobility and strength, such as patellar tendinitis. And as someone who has managed that condition for several decades, I'll tell you the first thing your orthopedist will recommend is to rest it, so that the inflammation subsides. After that you can start a strength training regimen to work on your quads and hamstrings. This helps to enable the patellar tendon to avoid further irritation.
I hope the problem is no more serious than this, and that rest and physical therapy can help Wang get ready for next season with no setbacks.
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Streamers
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03-10-19 11:50 AM - Post#280409
In response to weinhauers_ghost
As I said more than once last, we had a pretty good team in street clothes: Wang, Williams, Betley, Hamilton - and.... OK, McManus.
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Quakers03
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03-10-19 02:09 PM - Post#280454
In response to Streamers
Add it to the list against the offbase fans of other Ivy teams who somehow think they have had to deal with more trials and tribulations this season.
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