fdiapmf
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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
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11-07-19 07:31 AM - Post#290181
In response to fdiapmf
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
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11-07-19 07:44 AM - Post#290182
In response to weinhauers_ghost
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
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11-07-19 08:14 AM - Post#290183
In response to LyleGold
I remember Frankie Brown.
I haven't given up on Mike but have tempered my expectations.
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Penndemonium
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Reg: 11-29-04
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11-07-19 08:36 AM - Post#290184
In response to TheLine
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
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11-07-19 09:00 AM - Post#290185
In response to LyleGold
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
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Wang 11-07-19 09:14 AM - Post#290187
In response to Streamers
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
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11-07-19 09:39 AM - Post#290189
In response to LyleGold
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.
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11-07-19 10:26 AM - Post#290195
In response to LyleGold
Anyone remember Frankie Brown?
Frankie Brown 90210.
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TheLine
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11-07-19 11:08 AM - Post#290199
In response to T.P.F.K.A.D.W.
Anyone remember Frankie Brown?
Frankie Brown 90210.
LOL
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weinhauers_ghost
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11-07-19 12:49 PM - Post#290204
In response to Silver Maple
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
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Wang 11-07-19 12:58 PM - Post#290206
In response to weinhauers_ghost
I hung up my softball spikes at 57. Barking knees
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QHoops
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Re: Wang 11-07-19 01:12 PM - Post#290207
In response to 10Q
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
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11-07-19 01:29 PM - Post#290209
In response to QHoops
Frankie put together a very nice final season.
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yoyo
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11-07-19 02:05 PM - Post#290215
In response to Streamers
If I remember correctly, wasn't frank brown also from California?
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palestra38
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11-07-19 02:06 PM - Post#290216
In response to yoyo
Guess you missed the 90210 reference above....
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yoyo
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11-07-19 02:12 PM - Post#290217
In response to palestra38
yup
90210 soft zip
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penn nation
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11-07-19 02:13 PM - Post#290219
In response to Quakers03
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
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11-07-19 03:30 PM - Post#290228
In response to weinhauers_ghost
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
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Wang 11-07-19 03:55 PM - Post#290233
In response to penn nation
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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