No big surprise....
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feel bad for the young man. never easy getting injured but 3x is rough. hope he recovers well & gets back on the court next year.
I know there are those who are concerned that firing Ollie and getting a new coach would mean the loss of current players and recruits. However, AG is probably the best of the bunch, and at this point with his injury history, I'm not sure any decisions should be made based on keeping him or any of these guys. I hope he heals well and returns to form, but this certainly doesn't bode well. UConn may need to be in total rebuild mode at this point anyways.
What a shame. He has star potential and is a willing defender.
Maybe a new surgeon? Or let Ollie operate on the shoulder and the surgeon coach the team?
Maybe a new surgeon? Or let Ollie operate on the shoulder and the surgeon coach the team?
"As a surgeon we got to come out stronger, and be prepared to surgeonize, there can't be no excuses for not surgeoning, that's on us, we got to look at us in the mirror and see the we so we can get back to doin how we do"
I am involved in a legal case right now involving a guy who is a former hockey player who had 13 shoulder separations/dislocations playing hockey (high school and college) and now he was in a motor vehicle accident which resulted in the 14th dislocation and a looming second surgery. Interestingly he told me the hockey dislocations popped his shoulder in all different directions, but never to the back. The motor vehicle accident popped it to the back so he has now officially had it popped out in every possible direction.
Regarding Gilbert, I feel badly for the kid. Can you get more than one medical redshirt? More importantly his basketball career may somewhat be in limbo. When I saw him play this year he didn’t look right to me and his shooting was so bad I knew something wasn’t right. This team needed to have the top 3 guys stay healthy and the season now seems like a lost cause. I do not believe this team will have a winning record at season’s end and I think KO will not last beyond this season. It’s been two disastrous seasons in a row, some bad luck with injuries but also a whole lot of bad basketball from guys you would have expected to play better.
Regarding Gilbert, I feel badly for the kid. Can you get more than one medical redshirt? More importantly his basketball career may somewhat be in limbo. When I saw him play this year he didn’t look right to me and his shooting was so bad I knew something wasn’t right. This team needed to have the top 3 guys stay healthy and the season now seems like a lost cause. I do not believe this team will have a winning record at season’s end and I think KO will not last beyond this season. It’s been two disastrous seasons in a row, some bad luck with injuries but also a whole lot of bad basketball from guys you would have expected to play better.
Russ, that is a good question. The various articles I have read indicated that there is "damage" to the left shoulder and a "joint is loose." With repeated shoulder dislocations, that could mean a torn labrum or rotator cuff damage or both. He presumably had an MRI exam done because they sent him to noted orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews for an opinion and the MRI would have diagnosed the precise nature of the damage. Unfortunately, that information is not public so we do not know beyond what UConn releases to the media, which obviously has been somewhat vague about the exact nature of the injury. However, it's likely that tendons are torn or damaged if there is a surgical recommendation. I just hope someone good (like Andrews) does the next surgery and the kid is able to play hoops again.
Thanks @KhalidShockedTheWorld damn shame. I feel for the kid. Shoulder surgery is painful, recovery/rehab can take a long time
From todays notebook:
UConn Men Look To Freshman Tyler Polley To Chip In Against SMU
" Alterique Gilbert had his consultation with Dr. James Andrews, but Andrews, best known for treating baseball pitchers, recommended another surgeon more specialized for the type of shoulder surgery Gilbert needs. So Gilbert will have another consultation soon."
UConn Men Look To Freshman Tyler Polley To Chip In Against SMU
" Alterique Gilbert had his consultation with Dr. James Andrews, but Andrews, best known for treating baseball pitchers, recommended another surgeon more specialized for the type of shoulder surgery Gilbert needs. So Gilbert will have another consultation soon."
The physicians he is seeing are busy doctors who treat numerous pro athletes. You don’t snap your fingers and get appointments with them. They also like to use their own radiologists so if your MRI wasn’t with their radiologist, then before you see them you have to have an updated MRI with his radiologist. You move at the pace of these doctors and no faster. I have taken depositions of these guys and 2 hours deposition sometimes costs a deposition fee of $5000. Yep, $2500 an hour. And it takes me a month or two to set up that deposition if he is in surgery 2 Days a week and seeing patients the other 2 Days. These busy doctors that are high powered don’t have lots of time and for them Gilbert isn’t a more important patient. Most of their patients are pro athletes.
Alterique Gilbert had surgery to correct is often-injured left shoulder on Friday. It was performed in Vail, Colo., by Dr. Matthew Provencher, a specialist recommended by James Andrews. Gilbert is still in Colorado to begin his rehab, which is expected to take about six months.
