I thought that the article was dumb (and I am no Dawkins fan). The sample size for comparing injuries under Dawkins to injuries under previous coaches is way too small to draw any conclusions about JD's training program. My recollection is that we had a lot of injuries under Monty, too. Of course, Monty was successful, so the blame for those injuries fell upon the bouncy floor. Now, we have an unsuccessful coach and a less bouncy floor, so it's suddenly Dawkins' fault? And how exactly does the author know that Randle was gassed from practicing too hard? This is a lot of rampant speculation with zero evidence.Â
As for the impact of injuries, we'll miss the 3-point shooting of Gage and Bright, but neither are great on defense, which is our big weakness. Sanders and Allen were not major contributors last year. Having Brown would've helped last year, but I doubt that he would've made us a Tourney team. Blame Dawkins all you want for the team's poor performance, but injuries just happen sometimes.
(By the way, MBB has a big game at #10 UConn tonight on ESPN)
As for the impact of injuries, we'll miss the 3-point shooting of Gage and Bright, but neither are great on defense, which is our big weakness. Sanders and Allen were not major contributors last year. Having Brown would've helped last year, but I doubt that he would've made us a Tourney team. Blame Dawkins all you want for the team's poor performance, but injuries just happen sometimes.
(By the way, MBB has a big game at #10 UConn tonight on ESPN)