I choose option 1
David Mirkovic suffers left foot injury
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Coached preps for over 35 years. Three best teams all had one thing in common.
Injuries during the year that the team had to overcome.
Each case someone stepped up and got the job done. Bonus in two of those three teams is injured athlete was able to come back and compete.
We will be fine barring anymore significant injuries and may be the better for it in March as crazy as that sounds.
Injuries during the year that the team had to overcome.
Each case someone stepped up and got the job done. Bonus in two of those three teams is injured athlete was able to come back and compete.
We will be fine barring anymore significant injuries and may be the better for it in March as crazy as that sounds.
We'll have to get the full story from Brad. A 4-7 month time frame is way, way too big of a deviation for a foot. If there's a ligament involved, different story. That would erase the 4 part of the discussion.
It's also good that this is his 2nd year in system, so he won't be learning the full O & D on the fly, just the new stuff they implement this year.
Do we know where the break in the foot is?
Surgery & 12 to 20 week recovery for a 19 y.o. only seems reasonable if it's something like a lisfranc or calcaneus (heel) fracture...
Sleepers guys say they’ve gotten similar intel to Goodman’s report of 6-8 weeks.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
I looked at games missed by players who average 10+ mpg for every team in the B1G dating back to the 2020 - 2021 season.
We've faired pretty well.
This isn't a perfect science. For example, I know that TSJ or Skyy Clark's missed games weren't due to injury. But I don't have that same knowledge for every team so I just counted games missed indiscriminately. Likewise, I know that Ty missed all of last season with an injury but I didn't include him in our games missed because he didn't fit the criteria of averaging 10 mpg and, I didn't want to go through the exercise of figuring out all the players on other teams who would've played 10 mpg but didn't because of an off season injury.
Here are the results in order of most games missed. (Do they have healthcare in the PNW?)
Washington - 326
Oregon - 310
USC - 262
Nebraska - 259
OSU - 246
IU - 206
Minnesota - 197
Rutgers - 178
UCLA - 169
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Northwestern - 164
Michigan- 161
PSU - 152
Illinois - 140
Iowa - 126
Maryland - 89
MSU - 84
Purdue - 76
Wisconsin- 60
We've faired pretty well.
This isn't a perfect science. For example, I know that TSJ or Skyy Clark's missed games weren't due to injury. But I don't have that same knowledge for every team so I just counted games missed indiscriminately. Likewise, I know that Ty missed all of last season with an injury but I didn't include him in our games missed because he didn't fit the criteria of averaging 10 mpg and, I didn't want to go through the exercise of figuring out all the players on other teams who would've played 10 mpg but didn't because of an off season injury.
Here are the results in order of most games missed. (Do they have healthcare in the PNW?)
Washington - 326
Oregon - 310
USC - 262
Nebraska - 259
OSU - 246
IU - 206
Minnesota - 197
Rutgers - 178
UCLA - 169
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Northwestern - 164
Michigan- 161
PSU - 152
Illinois - 140
Iowa - 126
Maryland - 89
MSU - 84
Purdue - 76
Wisconsin- 60
It's kinda like how every fanbase thinks officiating consistently goes against their team (often to the point of conspiracy theory). Everyone thinks their team has the worst injury luck because they are very familiar with the injury history of their own team, but unfamiliar with the injury history of other teams.
The thing about officiating is it can be compared with previous seasons. Last year's team got worse officiating than Illinois teams in the previous few seasons.
Every loss it felt like ENDED in a bad call one way or another.
Injuries happen in competitive sports. We're just more aware of injuries to our own team.
There are very few teams that can survive losing one of their top players. Duke can plug in another Burger Boy if they lose someone, but not sure there's anyone else that can.
I would rather have this injury occur now than during the season, If we can start phasing him into the lineup in November and be close to 100% by early 2027, that would be great. Just hope for no more injuries.
I've broken my foot, it was pretty bad, top of my foot was crushed. 3 months later I was back to normal and that was like 25 years ago. With the facilities that Illinois has I can't imagine it would take much longer for him (obviously everyone heals different). I am guessing he will be playing in December.
Insiders- How similar is David's injury to Kendall Gills in 89? If I recall he was back in 6 weeks.
Everyone needs to breath. We lost Boswell and Stojakovic for a period of time last year, they recovered and we made it to the final four. I know there are serious injuries that could happen and someone is out all year, but this is a minor blip. The team we will be in March 2027 (and April) will be better off than the team in November.
SuperMetroid
- Evanston
80'sIllini
- Arizona
The only positive is the freshmen will het more PT that they otherwise wouldn’t have.
The negatives are obvious and multiple:
1. No practice time before games start and to build chemistry with what will be our best player and ultimate starting 5
2. We will not optimally perform in the non- conference marquee games without Mirk which will affect our NCAA seeding
3. All the work Mirk did with Fletch to get more athletic is down the drain. Can’t train your legs to be laterally quicker, quicker in general and better vertical during recovery from foot surgery.
4. He will likely need multiple games once he’s returned to get into top shape.
Arghh- this is so frustrating!!!!!!!
Of course it's terrible, but big picture we're looking at March/April as when we need all hands on deck and hope to make a run at a championship. If we drop a couple seeds we'll still be very dangerous with Mirk back. Ideal? Far from it, and missing a difference maker just isn't fun. But there is a possible silver lining with development and other guys getting minutes with him coming back sometime during the non-conference. Just hope he has a full recovery.
From what I’ve heard from some reliable sources, Mirk reportedly suffered a fracture of the fifth metatarsal. If that information is accurate, the typical recovery timeline would be approximately 6 to 8 weeks.
Dee Brown and Kendall Gill both dealt with the same injury. As with any injury, a lot depends on how well the athlete follows the doctor’s post-procedure and rehabilitation restrictions. If Mirk adheres to the recovery plan and there are no setbacks, he should be in a good position to return within that 6-to-8-week timeframe.
Dee Brown and Kendall Gill both dealt with the same injury. As with any injury, a lot depends on how well the athlete follows the doctor’s post-procedure and rehabilitation restrictions. If Mirk adheres to the recovery plan and there are no setbacks, he should be in a good position to return within that 6-to-8-week timeframe.
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