Re: Pierce's injury

[Douglas342@aol.com]

   "Day-to-day" is better, I guess, than the usual "4 to 6 weeks."  If there 
is any area in which we fans are ignorant, it's this "toughness" thing and 
how "the great ones play hurt."  I have no idea how badly Pierce is hurt, or 
what the deal is/was with Ellison's feet or Fortson's stress fracture.  I 
don't know how common it is for teams to rush a player back into action too 
soon and then denigrate him if/when he doesn't perform to expectations.  You 
hear a lot of it in football, where behemoth linemen can be replaced fairly 
easily.  Remember the TV special some years ago called "Disposable Heroes?"  
How it takes Jim Otto about ten minutes to get out of bed in the morning?  
One hopes that Pitino and his medical staff look at the long run - the rest 
of the seasopn - and let Pierce recover fully before bringing him back.