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Having enjoyed decades of great memories as a sports fan and athlete and having been an Illini fan since the mid-fifties, there are few things I enjoy more than Illini victories and Cheatigan losses. Today is a particularly joyous day!!!
I don't disagree with staying calm, but this article makes a good deal of baseless assumptions/conclusions, and on principle I'm opposed to doing such things even if it's in support of a viewpoint I agree with. I'll list them below:
Illinois basketball receives some unwanted preseason news
The 2025-26 campaign for the Illinois basketball program is one that many fans are anxious to get started. That doesn’t necessarily mean Illini fans are excitedwritingillini.com
-"It is just the start of September. The season doesn’t really get going until November. " - KJ got injured very early in the season, his shooting was never the same. We saw what happened to his draft stock as a result.
-"If this were a massive injury that was going to keep Stojakovic out for a long period of time, there would have been mention of that." - They have practically refused to comment on Ty Rodgers, so this means nothing.
-"Stojakovic has had time to gel with his teammates." - Did he have time to gel with Petrovic? Sort of key to your season for your planned starting SF to practice with your starting PG.
I completely agree with you on your read of the quality of the article, and I'll list the reasons below my reasons why:
-the article was written by Rees Woodcock.
I dont disagree with you.when I first read the headline my first thought was here we go again as far as kj injury was closer to mid year and I agree he definitely slumped after.But as the far as the article says its still early but I do hope he gets back soon so the team can have time to gel and get used to playing together sooner then later hopefully its more of Brad just not turning a minor injury instead something that prolongs throughout the as I do believe AS is a really important piece to this teams success
I mean these all read like worst case scenarios to me.
- Are we certain that all injuries going forward will affect players in this way? KJ was shooting 50/40/90 and that was unlikely to be sustained over the course of a full season.
- Well, it was reported that Ty was having surgery. No clue how someone could come to the conclusion you have here.
- Petrovic. Right… so like, one guy?
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- No, not all injuries, but the point was time does not indicate how an injury will impact a season.
- It was reported he had surgery, they have not given us a timeline of any kind. We've been left to speculate on if he'll even play this season. So I guess if you want to interpret what we've gotten regarding Andrej is at least he won't need surgery, then sure, but that's still not a timeline.
- It's the most important relationship he could have, player-wise.
Goillinikobd
- Southeastern US
It was reported he had surgery, they have not given us a timeline of any kind. We've been left to speculate on if he'll even play this season. So I guess if you want to interpret what we've gotten regarding Andrej is at least he won't need surgery, then sure, but that's still not a timeline.
A couple things
HIPAA violations can get expensive. I still think HIPAA is the reason we ever got the full story about Curbelo
I don’t know of a single college coach who is also a licensed medical doctor
I don’t know of a single college coach who can predict when an injured player will be healed, or a single one who is stupid enough to try.
A couple things
HIPAA violations can get expensive. I still think HIPAA is the reason we ever got the full story about Curbelo
I don’t know of a single college coach who is also a licensed medical doctor
I don’t know of a single college coach who can predict when an injured player will be healed, or a single one who is stupid enough to try.
These are all very reasonable takes. Hopefully he is not out long, and it doesn’t linger like Coleman’s knee did.
HIPAA only applies to medical professionals and entities. If our athletic department is providing care of any kind, information regarding the injury can be public. While they might not be able to get into specifics that only a provider would know and wouldn't share, the timeline is a sharable projection. If you've never seen a coach project when a player will return from injury, I assume you're new to sports, so welcome.
From where am from athletic trainers are considered medical professionals.
They're only HIPAA-covered if they're employed by HIPAA entities. Trainers employed by the school can share any info they gain by treating you with the coach.
The gray area would be the info they can provide that they receive from outside entities, like a surgeon, however every NCAA school would have a waiver of some kind an athlete would sign to participate that would enable the sharing of medical info.
Previously you said to the public.
Goillinikobd
- Southeastern US
We will agree to disagree
The coach is then allowed to share that info to the public, yes.
HIPAA doesn’t apply but other privacy laws do.
Obviously a player can say whatever he wants.
Our coaches play these close to the vest. Oh well. Fans dont have any right to the information.
Obviously a player can say whatever he wants.
Our coaches play these close to the vest. Oh well. Fans dont have any right to the information.
LouHenson
- Naples Florida
I was a ref so I say this with very honest opinions. I thought the screw up (I was at the game), was when Auggie got his 2nd foul, Weber should have put Pruitt in and said, “Go in and break his Fing arm”. I would have fouled May so hard that it would have required a flagrant foul. The place would have gone nuts, and those refs would have tightened up like puckered “you know what”. Then the game would have been called evenly. 35,000 Illinois fans, if I am Weber, I am doing every thing I can to bring the wrath of that down of those 3 clowns the minutes it was obvious they were going to let May get away with murder.
I had a coach do that once in a game I was on a three man crew with. He flat out dared us to do anything? All we could do was tightens the game up. That is exactly what we needed. Pruitt was not going to play anyways. It was the NC game, sorry for the pansy A$$ people it offends, but some times you gave to make a statement, and in that game Webber needed to flat out lose it.
I had a coach do that once in a game I was on a three man crew with. He flat out dared us to do anything? All we could do was tightens the game up. That is exactly what we needed. Pruitt was not going to play anyways. It was the NC game, sorry for the pansy A$$ people it offends, but some times you gave to make a statement, and in that game Webber needed to flat out lose it.
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for whatever reason, this popped up in my links
I-L-L now and FOREVER
This is nothing orginal, but thee is no way Illiinois should have been able to come back from that many points in that small amount of time
Woud love to be able to hear from other diehards how it happened
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