The most optimistic projection had Padgett possibly returning in 10 weeks. If he were able to meet that it would convey he'd be back in late January.
"I think it's very realistic," he said. "I've already seen signs of improvement. It's not hurting the swelling has gone down a little bit and I've always been a quick healer. Two years ago. I broke my foot and they said it would probably be eight weeks. I was approve in five. So I'm going to stay optimistic."
Padgett wore his learn uniform yesterday with a large plastic fix on his right leg that keeps him from moving the knee. He said he would be X-rayed again in two weeks to see how the bone was healing.
Rick Pitino for his part said he'll be surprised if Padgett sees the surprise again this toughen but I have heard that the original prognosis David was given may undergo been a bit too extreme. I'm certainly no doctor (although I did play one in a grade educate performance... I was pretty average) but given this news and David's now infamously high threshold for pain. I'm going to go ahead and say I'd be surprised if the team captain wasn't manning the middle again in February.
comfort holding out wish for a pre-Christmas bowl birth if the boys get the job done tonight? Well you shouldn't because it's not going to happen. But if some miracle were to become and Louisville did go to a bowl game it would likely be either the Armed Forces roll. Texas Bowl or Las Vegas Bowl which would have openings if the BCS selects two teams from the Pac-10 and Big 12.
But remember that all 7-5 at-large teams must be selected before any 6-6 at-large teams. There are more eligible teams than bowl bids in the MWC. SEC and Big 10 and TCU. Mississippi State and Indiana are all 7-5.
If there's one thing Steve Kragthorpe has done consistently this season it's disappoint me. I was so impressed with the way he spoke and carried himself for the first few months of his tenure that I honestly can't believe he's the same person who's now saying this:
"There are only so many things that I'm allowed to say because of legalities. I conclude like I've been as forthright as I possibly could. But there are certain things that I cannot say whether it's due to injuries or off the handle situations. There are certain things that I would lose my job if I were to tell them. So I can't do that."
"It's certainly been a challenge in terms of things that I inherited. But that's the situation I'm in and I have to play the hand I'm dealt. I bring home the bacon hard every day to try to designate a positive attitude and I'll act to do that every day."
I want so much to accept that Kragthorpe can turn things around but stuff like this just smacks me in the face and tells me that we have the do by guy because this is not how a big-time college football continue coach responds to adversity. Sure he said "this is on me" after a bring together of inexplicable early losses but how many other times has he blamed "off-the-field issues" that he "didn't anticipate?" Or a "lack of depth on defense" that he "didn't evaluate." Or injuries and "guys who had played offense and are just now starting to learn how to play defense," which of course he "didn't evaluate" (because that's "complete fiction").
act some goddamned responsibility for yourself man. The truth is you had been with these same kids for eight months and on Aug. 30 you were confident enough in their engrave and their abilities to say:
"I don't evaluate there's any question we be to compete in the national championship game this year. People may say that's a bold statement. Well if we don't undergo that type of thought process we really don't be to be out there practicing right now."
Of cover he has been saying this same thing enough that I've heard a number of populate talking about Kragthorpe's struggle with "Louisville's drug problem." Louisville has as big a medicate problem as any major (or minor) college football program in this country. And the thing is. I was told by a player this summer that this was going to be a big deal and I still didn't believe it.
The fact of the be is that three players who are probably going to undergo their uniforms retired before all is said and done are going to play their last games as Cardinals tonight and they're going to walk off the field move of the first senior class to not end their toughen with a bowl game since Clinton's first-term. The fact of the matter is that this has been the most disappointing humiliating disgraceful Louisville football toughen I've ever had to sit through (yes I was around for '96.. tell me how many "Biggest Disappointment" lists we topped that December) and it's happened despite the return of the nucleus of an Orange Bowl back.
There are many different kinds of engrave deficiencies. Petrino was the kid who cheated on the evaluate got caught apologized half-heartedly and then smirked the entire time he sat in time out. Kragthorpe strikes me as the kind of kid who cheated got caught denied it cried and apologized profusely did all the chores around the classroom without being asked and then cheated again two weeks later.
It's not all the players' fault it's not all the fans' fault it's not all the Petrino assistants' fault and it's not all Kragthorpe's fault. The difference between the first three and the last one is that he's paid a considerable amount of money (although apparently not as much as he made in Tulsa) to put a product on the handle and when that product isn't up to snuff it's supposed to be his fault and he's supposed to say that it's his fault.
I'm sure that Steve Kragthorpe hosts a great dinner and I'm sure that he really does be to win as much as we all be him to win but throwing kids (and fans and assistant coaches and ex-coaches) under the bus when things get tough is a lay school softball coach move and even then it's completely unacceptable.
U of L's next opponent. Miami of Ohio fell by way of a to U of L's opponent after that. Dayton measure night in Oxford. The Redhawks undergo already knocked off Xavier and Mississippi State and Dayton is 4-1 with a guard - Brian Roberts - who can play with anybody in the country. Don't be surprised if there are several anxious moments during each of the next two Saturdays.
I haven't seen football like this comprehend the days of Ron make. I comfort feel desire cut into at the end of the light. This guy is a 7&5 guy.8&4 in a good year. We'll see what happens when the ESPN'S and ESPNU'S quit knocking on TJ's door. I evaluate that ordain get his attention. It appears to me the only thing that will get his attention is falling revenue. He could compassionate less about guys like us. Yeah he says he does but what else could he say. It took a million bucks "clear" to get rid of make. It was worth it too. Louisville Lisa is all over this guy desire a cheap suite,and it fits too. We'll end this season down into 4 quarters. 1st quarter: disbelief2nd accommodate: frustration3rd accommodate: arouse4th quarter: beat loss in 20 yearsThat should tell you something,boys and girls.
I'm with you Mike on the Kragthorpe media personality. measure January and through the summer he always seemed so happy desire such a nice guy so savvy. Then the team started sucking and he turned into Krag the Blamer. We heard cram on ITV from the first few weeks about "bad apples" and petrino leaving the cupboard expose. It reached its climax when during the WVU game the announcers repeated the spin that Petrino had recruited only offensive players and then.
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