rebelhoosier848891 Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 What are our insiders hearing about Blackmon's knee injury? I heard Crean interviewed on BTN and he was vague but it did not sound good. If this is long-term at all this will be a huge loss on the offensive side of the ball. Anybody have any inside info????? Quote
WayneFleekHoosier Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 In the woods here. Chronic issue clearly going back to HS, and semi regularly since. Interesting that BTB hardly reacted to this news all day. Big breaking news really. No one seems to care much. We are an apathetic bunch right now. Str8Hoosiers, rebelhoosier848891, colonel06 and 3 others 6 Quote
rebelhoosier848891 Posted December 31, 2015 Author Posted December 31, 2015 I agree. Seems an injury to a high scoring 5-star/McDAA player would get more attention. I have griped about his defense---but I sure don't want to lose JBJ. He brings instant offense to the team. Get well soon JBJ! pappy1865, IUsafety and Naturalhoosier 3 Quote
MartintheMopMan Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 In the woods here. Chronic issue clearly going back to HS, and semi regularly since. Interesting that BTB hardly reacted to this news all day. Big breaking news really. No one seems to care much. We are an apathetic bunch right now. The problem is we just know absolutely nothing right? I asked about it in the game thread, but last I heard we didn't even know if it was the same knee. Quote
WayneFleekHoosier Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 The problem is we just know absolutely nothing right? I asked about it in the game thread, but last I heard we didn't even know if it was the same knee.different knee than off season surgery/scope. Not sure how it relates to HS injury of knee but different than most recent injury/treatment. Expected RoJo to shine in his increased role. Boy, was I wrong there, he played terrible today. Hopefully that was a fluke. OG going to be a beast if he can develop his role. I think that is part of our recent team's problems. Our 11-12 teams knew and played the roles as a team. Recent teams seem so confused as to who is doing what. GloryDays 1 Quote
TheWatShot Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 Recent teams seem so confused as to who is doing what. Kind of goes back to that discussion we had about too many coaches directing traffic at one time. AZ Hoosier 1 Quote
IUsafety Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 IMO, the Hoosiers are better with JBJ than without. Get well soon #1. WayneFleekHoosier, HoosierTrav, Naturalhoosier and 2 others 5 Quote
Str8Hoosiers Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 Any chance their is NO knee injury? My first thought was a cover up? Did he do something over the break that warrants a 1 or 2 game suspension but that kind of bad press right now absolutely couldn't come out? Or Crean mentioned recently that toughness was going to be a factor in playing time in Big Play... Sending a message? Just a thought... thebigweave, MikeRoberts and HoosiersLoveBanners 3 Quote
mdn82 Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 In the woods here. Chronic issue clearly going back to HS, and semi regularly since. Interesting that BTB hardly reacted to this news all day. Big breaking news really. No one seems to care much. We are an apathetic bunch right now.Ha we didn't have time to think about anything else other than the fire Crean thread. DawgBawls 1 Quote
Hovadipo Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 Any chance their is NO knee injury? My first thought was a cover up? Did he do something over the break that warrants a 1 or 2 game suspension but that kind of bad press right now absolutely couldn't come out? Or Crean mentioned recently that toughness was going to be a factor in playing time in Big Play... Sending a message? Just a thought... Doubt they call it specifically a knee injury if he got in trouble or something. lillurk 1 Quote
BlueDevil Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 Doubt they call it specifically a knee injury if he got in trouble or something. Maybe an ol slap on the knee instead of the wrist? Jk bad joke Hovadipo, Str8Hoosiers, Naturalhoosier and 1 other 4 Quote
Str8Hoosiers Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 Makes sense but they are being very vague and he has a history of knee issues.. Saying they are still evaluating etc... If he comes back quick and nothing major wrong it will be very fishy Quote
jmsgws Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 Any chance their is NO knee injury? I don't think Crean is that dumb. He is still in hot water from all the other off field incidents. If there was another, and he tried to cover up a suspension with a fake injury it would just get him in even more trouble. AZ Hoosier, LIHoosier, Parakeet Jones and 1 other 4 Quote
Str8Hoosiers Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 I don't think Crean is that dumb. He is still in hot water from all the other off field incidents. If there was another, and he tried to cover up a suspension with a fake injury it would just get him in even more trouble. What about covering up an internal issue... not an off court issue? Crean recently preached about toughness etc, I know it is not his style to bench a player for lack of effort or anything like that but could something else (besides injury) have happened at practice? And I really don't think Crean is dumb, but I definitely wouldn't say he is above trying to cover up any issues!!!!!! Especially knowing his job may potentially be on the line. I think he is smart enough to do anything he can to try to keep the prestigious position he has. **** I am not saying any of this is a fact, it is purely my speculation... It was what I thought of when I heard JBJ wasn't playing, and by watching his demeanor on the bench. Tom White 1 Quote
biteoftheapple Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 He is bad enough at his job. It does no good to speculate about potential problems that is created within our minds. johnsoniu 1 Quote
AZ Hoosier Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 different knee than off season surgery/scope. Not sure how it relates to HS injury of knee but different than most recent injury/treatment. Expected RoJo to shine in his increased role. Boy, was I wrong there, he played terrible today. Hopefully that was a fluke. Well, I think it's safe to assume that he only has two. If it's not the one from Last off-season, then it would be the one from HS, which would seem to be more serious. Of course, it's all speculation until someone says something definitive. With all the HIPAA regs, we may never know. Sent from my mobile device via Tapatalk 3.2.1. Quote
AZ Hoosier Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 Or Crean mentioned recently that toughness was going to be a factor in playing time in Big Play... Sending a message? Just a thought... Not sure CTC is any good at 'sending messages'. And there's too much for him to risk pulling something stupid like that. He could have just said something to the effect of it being an internal team issue. Sent from my mobile device via Tapatalk 3.2.1. Quote
JSHoosier Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 What about covering up an internal issue... not an off court issue? Crean recently preached about toughness etc, I know it is not his style to bench a player for lack of effort or anything like that but could something else (besides injury) have happened at practice? And I really don't think Crean is dumb, but I definitely wouldn't say he is above trying to cover up any issues!!!!!! Especially knowing his job may potentially be on the line. I think he is smart enough to do anything he can to try to keep the prestigious position he has. **** I am not saying any of this is a fact, it is purely my speculation... It was what I thought of when I heard JBJ wasn't playing, and by watching his demeanor on the bench. At this point the best thing would be for him to just be honest. It's rumored he tried to sweep Troy and Stan's first failed drugs tests under the rug, if he did it again it should be a guarantee that he's gone. Frankly, if I was AD and found out he tried it I'd be tempted to fire him on the spot. Quote
Alford Bailey Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 I suspect the staff is trying to keep the injury quiet as much as possible so JBJ doesn't become known for having bad knees. Could hurt his future. (Too Late?) Though Crean never gives much info on injuries. Hope James comes back healthy for his sake and so we have no built in excuses for a failure. Napleshoosier 1 Quote
rebelhoosier848891 Posted December 31, 2015 Author Posted December 31, 2015 We should be hearing something more on this soon. Let's keep our fingers crossed that it's good news. We don't need anymore bad news. Prayers to JBJ! HoosierTrav, HoosierAloha and IUsafety 3 Quote
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