snarling wolverine

January 17th, 2016 at 4:07 PM ^

When Beilein said they were going to test his ankle on Friday and then, if successful, they'd  allow him to start practicing . . . I think you could read between the lines.  

I'm just hoping he's back by February.

Mr. Yost

January 17th, 2016 at 5:36 PM ^

I think that's bullshit and it's just worse than anyone wants to report and that's their reason right now so that they're "protecting him."

We'll say we're holding you our as a precaution for the pros. Which technically is true, but the truth is...you probably can't play on it anywhere.

Just a hunch, but it just seems like one of those convienient excuses not to give a timeline or disclose the information. We'll make it sound like he can play now, but we're holding him out until he's 100%...

AlwaysBlue

January 18th, 2016 at 12:23 AM ^

a habit of slow playing injury information. They did it with Mitch, Walton and now Caris. In Caris' case though I'm just reading between the lines. He might be able to play through the pain but if it risks doing further damage I think Beilein said that is a conversation he has to have with Caris (he said it in so many words). He had a bone stress related injury the season before he fractured the same bone last year. It could be something similar now.

Willis Ward

January 17th, 2016 at 7:58 PM ^

but our program seems to have a lot of fragile players then.  So either we have a bunch of fragile players, horrible luck, or there is something wrong with our medical/triaining/rehab staff.

or of course it is possible that since i pay way more attention to michigan than any other team our injury woes are not actually worse than other teams.  but spike, caris twice, walton twice, zak, mcgary for his whole career...it seems nuts to me for a bunch of 18-21 year olds