Re: Pierce's injury

[Elgin W Booth <ewbooth@christa.unh.edu>]

It's only an ankle sprain and give him a game or two and he should be
fine. Luckily it's not a knee or foot injury.

On Sun, 12 Dec 1999 Douglas342@aol.com wrote:

>    "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.
>