(12-23-2022, 10:41 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: The fact we haven't heard anything yet does not bode well. If it's an Achilles injury, the injustice would be crushing. He's been grinding away in the trenches when things were the darkest, and now that the team is turning around, he suffers this.

It's a kick in the nuts, for sure.

I tore my achilles when I was reffing my daughter's soccer game.  Similar thing, I just made a quick change of direction with my planted right foot, and *POP*.

The way he was being helped off the field, the amount of pain he was in, and the fact that the moment his injured foot touched the ground was like touching hot lava was very familiar to my experience.  I've been a big fan of Smoot all year, I hate to see this for him.  He's gonna have a tough 2 months just for post op...  And then he'll need another 8 months to rehab his entire body, obviously including his foot, ankle, and calf of the affected side...

The only bright side I can think of is how quickly and successfully JRob came back from his achilles....  Maybe we have a really great training program that will make Smoot's injury just a bump in the road?

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