Johnny Bear said:
Injuries are a part of almost every team sport and everybody has to deal with them from time to time - but for sports like bball they tend to be one off type bad luck events that aren't predictably chronic. In BU's case, we are going through our 5th straight season of impactful injuries, and it's getting harder to believe it's all just ridiculously bad luck. Five straight years is a trend. Are there other factors at play such as an inadequate S&C program, and/or are we recruiting too many guys that might be talented bball players but don't have the ability to withstand the grueling physical rigors of playing through a B12 season? Luck is something that tends to even out over time (I.e. you tend to have about as much good luck as you have bad luck) but when the "luck" is always bad it at least makes you wonder what else might be going on.
Thoughts?
I seem to remember something from my physics class about mass and speed having something to do with force. Basketball players are bigger stronger and a whole lot more active than they were, which subsequently increases the possibility of injury. There is no magic rehab or training. There is no identifiable pattern to the injuries we have had: Langston and Jonathan T in 22-23, and Josh last year, Adegbola and Njdonga were injured before they got to campus, and Perez was injured the first week of September. We have also had almost as many foot injuries, is it the shoe? One thing I have thought about, but I don't know if there is any data on it, but I thought of it again when watching Toppin's drive last night. Toppin has a lane to the basket, the opponent steps into the lane, Toppin appears to make an awkward step to avoid the charge. Would a FIBA/NBA wider lane make the college game a bit safer?
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love Him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9
