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Gus is dead

Gus is dead

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Dec 16, 2022
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Tsawvell55 said:
Rest him Jirak is getting valuable pt besides that kid is wearing on me. I picked him to be the guy who’s gonna turn heads this season, does everything well and a good athlete. His defense is impressive.
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It's ‘growing on me’ btw.
 
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JohnBeckwith

JohnBeckwith

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Was at the game tonight. McKeever is huge. He will help the D and rebounding a ton if he can move. Jirak seemed slow down low on D tonight.
 
RuggieC

RuggieC

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Tsawvell55 said:
Rest him Jirak is getting valuable pt besides that kid is wearing on me. I picked him to be the guy who’s gonna turn heads this season, does everything well and a good athlete. His defense is impressive.
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Agree on Jirak.....he transformed his body in the off season. Good distributor. Solid defense. Understands the offense and his role. Very happy for him and for us that when the back is ready we will have 2 really good bigs!
 
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Hawksfor3

Hawksfor3

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Dec 5, 2016
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Just watched the video Tom posted on the HR main page. My thoughts are that, first of all, starting out sucks if you have back pain. Secondly, as someone who has had back issues, there is that tendency for aggravation or recurrence, and in some cases it doesn't take much to do that. Tricky as can be. If this is chronic, then it's a real problem. Due to his young age, maybe he can get through it? Never had a back problem when I was young like this though. Maybe somebody who has had pain like this at this age, or somebody who knows more about this can us some insight into what he's headed for?
 
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1inamillion

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Hawksfor3 said:
Just watched the video Tom posted on the HR main page. My thoughts are that, first of all, starting out sucks if you have back pain. Secondly, as someone who has had back issues, there is that tendency for aggravation or recurrence, and in some cases it doesn't take much to do that. Tricky as can be. If this is chronic, then it's a real problem. Due to his young age, maybe he can get through it? Never had a back problem when I was young like this though. Maybe somebody who has had pain like this at this age, or somebody who knows more about this can us some insight into what he's headed for?
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Back pain related to muscle spasm has an excellent prognosis if there are no recurrent injury,
It sounds like mcKeever injury is localized and nonradiating. I am very hopeful.
 
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HawksRule25

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PeteJox said:
Back extensions
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Hawksrock

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Weird, I have never seen or heard "Andrew" shortened to "Drew". 🤷‍♂️

Anywho....hope his back is feeling better and he gets to play.
 
DukeSlater

DukeSlater

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Hawksfor3 said:
Just watched the video Tom posted on the HR main page. My thoughts are that, first of all, starting out sucks if you have back pain. Secondly, as someone who has had back issues, there is that tendency for aggravation or recurrence, and in some cases it doesn't take much to do that. Tricky as can be. If this is chronic, then it's a real problem. Due to his young age, maybe he can get through it? Never had a back problem when I was young like this though. Maybe somebody who has had pain like this at this age, or somebody who knows more about this can us some insight into what he's headed for?
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I imagine back issues come with being a young guy who's 7-3. It may, literally, be growing pains that will subside as his body acclimates. At least I hope so.
 
Palmerhawk

Palmerhawk

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Drew played in 31 games last year at St Marys.

Kind of bad luck this cropped up here at Iowa

They were touting how he had lowered body fat and gained some muscle this summer in Iowa city...maybe overdid it?
 
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Hawksfor3

Hawksfor3

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Palmerhawk said:
Drew played in 31 games last year at St Marys.

Kind of bad luck this cropped up here at Iowa

They were touting how he had lowered body fat and gained some muscle this summer in Iowa city...maybe overdid it?
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After redshirting in 2023, he finished there with career averages of 6/6.5/1. He only started in 10 total games of 53 played. When did his back issues begin? I have no idea. Ben sees a promising future here, so I'll go with that for the moment.
 
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fivecardstud14

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UIAlumFireFighter said:
This dude gonna play at all this season? How much did / are we paying him??

A big man was what Stirtz was missing last year and now without Bennett or a high quality 5 position? Yikes..
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Stirtz is in the past. You’re gonna have to forget about him for this years team. We’re on to Cincinnati now.
 
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