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Re: Skogman injury

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 3:23 pm
by CatsRom
Waitress wrote:
Sun Jan 28, 2024 11:54 am
CatsRom wrote:
Sun Jan 28, 2024 8:43 am
I am new. Didn’t know that, I’ll be better!

The foot was certainly public with him missing games, but didn’t know if he would be shut down indefinitely.
The "i" word.

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Thank you for the direction. I will not post this going forward. I did not know about that overarching rule, but makes sense.

Re: Skogman injury

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 3:47 pm
by i77cat
We got a call once from an upset basketball coach. Jason Morton had broken his jaw (in practice, I think) and it was wired. A student posted on the board about the injury, the wired jaw, the liquid diet, and that he might not play. Coach didn't want an opponent to have that info. Fair. I think that was just before the game at College of Charleston that Jason won on a buzzer-beater.

Re: Skogman injury

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 8:43 pm
by MrMac
Tough young man.

Re: Skogman injury

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:01 am
by ScootCat
Do we know for sure that Skogman and Kochera have additional eligibility after this season and, if so, have they indicated whether or not they plan to return next season?

Re: Skogman injury

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:58 am
by DC69Wildcat
Skogman, Kochera, and Huffman started college basketball in 2020-21, and this is the 4th season for all three. Theirs is the last class to qualify for a COVID year, and any or all of them can come back or play another year somewhere else.

Will they come back? Either Matt and staff are failing badly with filling next year's recruiting class (1 signee, and he's going to take a redshirt year), they are holding schollies back for the transfer portal, or all of our schollies are already committed. You be the judge.

Speaking of playing somewhere else, Mike Jones is shooting 44.7% from three for the Cardinal, Lee is at 40.5% for Iliwarra, and Des is at 40.5% for the Ramblers. Sigh.

Re: Skogman injury

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:23 pm
by ScootCat
Thanks for the update on those three fine lads. I hope they all return, however, I'll be a bit surprised if at least one doesn't move on.

Re: Skogman injury

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 6:35 pm
by DC69Wildcat
ScootCat wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:23 pm
Thanks for the update on those three fine lads. I hope they all return, however, I'll be a bit surprised if at least one doesn't move on.
Grant is pre-med. Medical school admission is super competitive, so you'd best take your slot when you get it. If he gets an acceptance, he will almost certainly leave.

Re: Skogman injury

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 9:13 pm
by JCDC
We can write letters of recomendation if Grant can fix Skogman's problem, the one we're not talking about.

Re: Skogman injury

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 9:22 pm
by Dr. Bliss
What incentives (or inducements) are there for players to hang around for another year?

Re: Skogman injury

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 9:45 am
by collegecoach8502
DC69Wildcat wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2024 6:35 pm
ScootCat wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:23 pm
Thanks for the update on those three fine lads. I hope they all return, however, I'll be a bit surprised if at least one doesn't move on.
Grant is pre-med. Medical school admission is super competitive, so you'd best take your slot when you get it. If he gets an acceptance, he will almost certainly leave.
If I'm not mistaken, Grant has a job offer after graduation. I imagine he's either going to take the job or go play a grad year elsewhere. I am of the impression (from many) that of the group, Kochera plans to return.

Due to a lack of grad school at Davidson, student-athletes can't just randomly decide to take another year at Davidson, even if they have eligibility. You can do so, but it must be worked out well in advance.

Re: Skogman injury

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:37 am
by DC69Wildcat
collegecoach8502 wrote:
Wed Jan 31, 2024 9:45 am
DC69Wildcat wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2024 6:35 pm
ScootCat wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:23 pm
Thanks for the update on those three fine lads. I hope they all return, however, I'll be a bit surprised if at least one doesn't move on.
Grant is pre-med. Medical school admission is super competitive, so you'd best take your slot when you get it. If he gets an acceptance, he will almost certainly leave.
If I'm not mistaken, Grant has a job offer after graduation. I imagine he's either going to take the job or go play a grad year elsewhere. I am of the impression (from many) that of the group, Kochera plans to return.

Due to a lack of grad school at Davidson, student-athletes can't just randomly decide to take another year at Davidson, even if they have eligibility. You can do so, but it must be worked out well in advance.
Grant spent last summer as an intern for Stryker, a huge medical/surgical equipment company. I suspect this is the source of his job offer. If he is intent on medical school, he has some options in case he isn't accepted straight out of college. This is actually a common occurrence these days, as many med schools like to see some research or work experience after college. Back in my day, with the Vietnam war still raging, a prospective MD didn't dare risk a gap year unless you had a safe draft number. One of my Duke classmates flew F-4 Phantoms off an aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Tonkin prior to med school.

Re: Skogman injury

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:02 am
by loosha's lad
DC69Wildcat wrote:
Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:37 am
collegecoach8502 wrote:
Wed Jan 31, 2024 9:45 am
DC69Wildcat wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2024 6:35 pm
ScootCat wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:23 pm
Thanks for the update on those three fine lads. I hope they all return, however, I'll be a bit surprised if at least one doesn't move on.
Grant is pre-med. Medical school admission is super competitive, so you'd best take your slot when you get it. If he gets an acceptance, he will almost certainly leave.
If I'm not mistaken, Grant has a job offer after graduation. I imagine he's either going to take the job or go play a grad year elsewhere. I am of the impression (from many) that of the group, Kochera plans to return.

Due to a lack of grad school at Davidson, student-athletes can't just randomly decide to take another year at Davidson, even if they have eligibility. You can do so, but it must be worked out well in advance.
Grant spent last summer as an intern for Stryker, a huge medical/surgical equipment company. I suspect this is the source of his job offer. If he is intent on medical school, he has some options in case he isn't accepted straight out of college. This is actually a common occurrence these days, as many med schools like to see some research or work experience after college. Back in my day, with the Vietnam war still raging, a prospective MD didn't dare risk a gap year unless you had a safe draft number. One of my Duke classmates flew F-4 Phantoms off an aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Tonkin prior to med school.
Maybe it's still the case, but wasn't there a Davidson alumnus/a that was CEO of Stryker in recent years?

Re: Skogman injury

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:32 am
by ScootCat
Kochera plays hard at both ends of the court, and has noticeably improved his game. Grant and Skog will be sorely missed if they move on. Go Cats!

Re: Skogman injury

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:11 pm
by TiredCat88
ScootCat wrote:
Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:32 am
Kochera plays hard at both ends of the court, and has noticeably improved his game. Grant and Skog will be sorely missed if they move on. Go Cats!
It's not "if".

Re: Skogman injury

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 1:33 pm
by stevelee
DC69Wildcat wrote:
Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:37 am
Back in my day, with the Vietnam war still raging, a prospective MD didn't dare risk a gap year unless you had a safe draft number. One of my Duke classmates flew F-4 Phantoms off an aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Tonkin prior to med school.
A classmate of mine went to Harvard Law School straight out of Davidson. He had not done Advanced ROTC, so when the draft laws changed, he did NROTC at Harvard. It was a time of war protests, so very few undergrads there did any ROTC flavor. Almost everyone in the program was in med school or law school. My number was high enough that I didn't need deferments for which I was eligible. My draft board classified me 1-A. If you stayed in that for a year without being drafted, then you were exempt for all practical purposes. I recently found out that my friend from New York was in the same situation. Then after a few years in the parish, he became a chaplain in the Navy.