Damm! Was afraid of that when we saw it happen. Can't imagine how frustrating and disappointing that must be for her. I guess all you can do now is get it repaired, rehab and then decide if you want to continue to try and play hoops next year or after, or finish up your degree and move on to your "after hoops" career now. Either way, I hope to hear sometime in the future that she's happy and doing well.
Many Drs are going away from leg braces after an ACL tear. I’ve actually been surprised to see all the gophers still wearing them.
Yeah Glenn, Christian, and Tonga will see increased minutes. Holloway seems to be moving better too, hopefully she can make a jump this year too. Stil wonder about the other Breshers sisters who has missed last two games with a minor injury. Does she have anything to offer this year?
I did notice that Holloway doesn't have hers anymore. Surpriosed to see Klick still wearing one after two years.
You’re right good catch.
I see Tonga playing the 5 spot for Hart(like she has been) . I see Christian getting Woodson’s minutes. The year of 4 guards….good thing all the guards are around 6 feet. I see Holloway as an as needed position.
Agree with your comments. So far Glenn appears to have more versatility and scoring potential than previous portal guards.
Klick has got to get stronger. She is also pretty slow (guessing that big brace does not help)
Having torn an ACL myself, leg braces are a psychological reinforcement as much as anything physical. Once rehab is complete and full strength is returned, the fear of re-injury is a very real obstacle to overcome. Especially for me, I had never had a significant injury before tearing mine - not even a broken bone. The ordeal was traumatic. Learning to trust that joint again takes some time. I wore a brace for a few years, and that was just playing intramurals. I still have some lingering emotional trauma, and it was over 30 years ago now. I wasn't even close to playing at her level, so I feel for her.
I think Glenn did better in the second game, but in both games, I noticed that she has a tendency to drive into triple coverage. She needs to look out and find the open person just a little bit more. Hopefully that will come, because she does appear to be a good shooter and good on defense.
I don't think it's about preparation. Across all of women's sports, there's just an increase in ACL injuries recently, and there's some new research being done as to why this type of injury is more common in women than men.
Hate to tell you, but her knee blew out right before there was really any contact from the defender. You could see her right leg collapse a little as soon as she planted it. I stopped the video at the exact moment it gave way and if there was any defensive contact at all at that point, it was very incidental and certainly not an intentional, frustration foul. I guarantee that coach Dawn P, or anybody else on the sideline are not thinking that the defender caused that unfortunate injury.
I agree. Mine was no contact. It’s more common in women. I coach basketball and our worst season we had 3. The Gopher vb team has been greatly affected by knees. The head coaches daughter tore hers three times before medically retiring in college. At that time in 2014 the push was big on knee braces. I have noticed that Fudd and PB don’t wear one. The last couple of local kids have not worn one. I agree it is a mental support just as much as a physical support. I don’t think there is a correct answer I was actually just discussing all of this before Woodsons injury.
I'm not going to argue a lot given the gravity of the situation, but a couple minutes after the play, I saw Dawn go to one of the referees and argue the foul (because a foul was indeed called!) should have been upgraded. I also heard Manhattan's coach reassure her bench, "This is okay. She didn't mean to hurt her. No one means to hurt anyone when they foul." So it appeared to me that in fact both head coaches were thinking it.
Absolutely, 100%. Bet if you asked them tonight, they would say that after reviewing the tape, it was not a result of contact by the other player.