What is Cougill's back injury?

[NewMexHawk]

What is the injury and how severe is it? I don't remember reading anything other than he has an injury?

 

[ForeverHawk]

When it first started, he was having back spasms. Other than that, I don't know if it is linger spasms or something else???

 

[clicheusername3]

What is the injury and how severe is it? I don't remember reading anything other than he has an injury?

it could be a bad case of "out of shape back".

 

[IAJay]

it could be a bad case of "out of shape back".

That's what I think it is as well. I honestly don't think it is an issue any longer, I think it is more of him not being anywhere quick enough to see the floor type deal.

 

[Bucketochicken]

He bent his dorsal fin in a freak laundry accident.

 

[tweeterhawk]

He bent his dorsal fin in a freak laundry accident.

Mean. (But a little funny...)

 

[NewMexHawk]

I've always liked Cougill and think he would have flourished on a Davis team, not to say he might not with Lickliter.

 

[Row55]

Part of the problem I think is that we desperately needed him to be B10-ready right away. In a perfect world he'd be watching from the bench as juniors and seniors got most of the playing time and everyone would accept his rawness as normal for a first-year player.

I think by the time he's a junior he'll be fine, but there aren't that many 6'8"+ bigs who are B10-ready as freshmen.

Look at UNI's Adam Koch and Grant Stout. Both studs as upperclassmen, but not capable of much as freshmen.