Mitch McGary out tomorrow...& how much longer?
Mitch McGary has officially been ruled out for tomorrow (which any of you watching Oregon vs. Stanford know). This is not surprising to me or likely too many other people as he has not been consistently practicing & has suited up in a very different way in the exhibition games.
My question is: does anyone know his status? Aside from the immediate 'he won't play tomorrow' do we know what he is dealing with? As previously noted here (I forget by whom but perhaps Ace) he has a "back problem" or "issue" but I've not seen the word "injury". This concerns me for a more chronic condition that could cut into a significant part of this season. Or worse...(EDIT: I see now that posting guesses of an amateur athletes diagnosis is inappropriate. Sorry. This was not my intention with this thread. Thank you to LSA for a genuine response)
Obvious statement is obvious that we are a much different team with much different goals if he is a full go. So could anyone help shine light off the situation?
I of course hope for his sake & future as well as for this year's team that he is just dealing with some spasms or something & will be back soon.
Meta EDIT: & now the banner add to the left is from 'Lasik Spine Institute' : "Suffering from Spinal Stenosis?" <smh>
November 7th, 2013 at 10:13 PM ^
They said during the exhibition game he will be back sometime in November.
Hopefully for Puerto Rico.
November 7th, 2013 at 10:19 PM ^
November 7th, 2013 at 10:15 PM ^
Ace Williams told me he's quitting basketball because he hates us
November 8th, 2013 at 7:35 AM ^
I heard the doctor has him scheduled for a backeotomy.
November 8th, 2013 at 9:33 AM ^
I'm no doctor, but removing his back does not sounds like a sound plan to improve his basketballing
November 7th, 2013 at 10:20 PM ^
And Drew Sharp will write a column tomorrow telling us that this is more evidence that the B1G is overrated, and should be disbanded immediately.
November 7th, 2013 at 10:23 PM ^
November 7th, 2013 at 10:24 PM ^
November 7th, 2013 at 10:50 PM ^
I didn't...was an idea thrown out by my wife. I'm sorry because I didn't intend for this to be an armchair diagnosis thread, but just trying to ask a detailed question (& also pointing out a 'worse case scenario')
I agree with you that HNP or something of the sort would be more likley, but it is interesting that no one seems to have heard that an injury occured, & this just happened with bad timing (although the week before the B1G tourney I suppose would be worse)
November 8th, 2013 at 5:43 AM ^
November 8th, 2013 at 10:27 AM ^
Sure she did, if your wife is anything like mine she has never heard of Mgoblog.
November 8th, 2013 at 8:32 AM ^
And how do you almost guarantee it's not that? Have you some inside info? Otherwise, you're both just speculating.
November 7th, 2013 at 10:25 PM ^
JB said he would shut down McGary until B10 play if it came to that. Seems like nobody really knows (including McGary himself and the coaches), so at this point I'm just hoping he's ready to go for conference play. I can handle dropping a game or two to Iowa St or Duke, as unpleasant as that sounds.
November 7th, 2013 at 10:29 PM ^
The sister of a friend of mine at work (who recently quit) is in a relationship with Mitch. Once I found out, I of course asked about his condition and status. What he told me two weeks ago was that is was worse than what was being reported. He didn't know much outside of that general statement, but it didn't sound good.
Even if he does come back, he may not have the same energy and play style as he did last year.
November 7th, 2013 at 11:03 PM ^
Please, let's not do this.
November 8th, 2013 at 1:55 AM ^
Get off your soapbox. I'm glad it was posted.
November 8th, 2013 at 5:18 AM ^
that Mitch slipped on that led to his ailing back!
November 7th, 2013 at 11:42 PM ^
My uncle's dog is in medicine. He looked at the way Mitch is sitting on TV and suggested it could be hyper-acute stentosis.
November 8th, 2013 at 12:11 AM ^
November 8th, 2013 at 12:13 AM ^
I thought your comment was going to end with, "I saw Mtich pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious."
Also, good detail that the guy recently quit. Adds to the voracity.
November 8th, 2013 at 12:17 AM ^
November 8th, 2013 at 7:26 AM ^
November 8th, 2013 at 8:19 AM ^
Seems fishy.
My sources say he is close. Source being medical staff of the actual University. Your guess is as good as mine when the coaches plan on putting him in the lineup. I can see them being patient and ramping him up slowly.
Back injuries can be nagging, especially for a big guy so I am nervous and hope for the best for him.
November 8th, 2013 at 8:39 AM ^
November 7th, 2013 at 11:16 PM ^
November 7th, 2013 at 11:57 PM ^
November 8th, 2013 at 5:23 AM ^
I'm shocked,shocked to find that an absurb thread is going on in here!
November 8th, 2013 at 5:15 PM ^
November 8th, 2013 at 12:15 AM ^
You don't want to seek out others' armchair diagnoses but you're happy to throw out yours?
November 8th, 2013 at 8:05 AM ^
November 8th, 2013 at 12:46 AM ^
I have watched a ton of episodes of "House". I am going to say it is Lupis.
November 8th, 2013 at 12:51 AM ^
If you rule that out, then it's definitely Amyloidosis. Or, you could check webmd.com and find it's simply cancer.
November 8th, 2013 at 12:54 AM ^
we really don't need him until conference season starts. Best to rest him and not jeopardize his professional career, even if it means dropping a couple of non confrence games.
November 8th, 2013 at 1:14 AM ^
I knew it was a bad idea for borges to try him out at right guard. this, like most things, is your fault, al
November 8th, 2013 at 4:51 AM ^
Well, I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night and.....
November 8th, 2013 at 5:24 AM ^
The diagnosis to Mitch's ailing back was due to excessive masturbation.
November 8th, 2013 at 5:42 AM ^
would your activities affect mitch's back?
November 8th, 2013 at 5:51 AM ^
That too much mastrubation will grow hair on your back. Or was that the back of your hands I forget?
November 8th, 2013 at 5:52 AM ^
In the words of Han Solo, I have a bad feeling about this.
November 8th, 2013 at 6:41 AM ^
November 8th, 2013 at 7:21 AM ^
Trying not to think of Ben Cronin. Trying not to think of Ben Cronin. Not working.
November 8th, 2013 at 8:41 AM ^
November 8th, 2013 at 10:10 AM ^
Try googling "really tall kid"
November 8th, 2013 at 7:57 AM ^
If there is interest, MLive had some minor analysis of the McGary issue - non-medical, of course - (HERE). It does contain some snippets from Beilein's interview on The Huge Show:
"Simonson countered by asking Beilein, “So you’d have no problem in shutting (McGary) down the entire non-conference schedule if you had to?” To which Beilein replied, “If it came to that.”
He was quick to reiterate, however, that they are pleased with the progress McGary and that they have an idea of the timetable should the progress continues as it has. No specifics, of course.
November 8th, 2013 at 9:35 AM ^
November 8th, 2013 at 8:35 AM ^
HTTV cover curse--Denard got hurt last year, and now McGary.
November 8th, 2013 at 9:32 AM ^
Good catch on this one. This is a serious issue that needs to be carefully rectified in the future. I vote for changing HTTV into a swimsuit-only edition featuring coaching staff, and notable MGoBlog participants.
November 8th, 2013 at 9:57 AM ^
Ha. Touche, Jake. I hope you're strumming your one-string guitar, smiling on us from above.
Edit: Whoops. This posted in wrong place; was in response to Shakey Jake above.
November 8th, 2013 at 10:30 AM ^
Speculating and diagnosing his issues without the facts is completely idiotic. Much like this thread.