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[xlgman]

^ Sean has only 6 turnovers this year to Cady's 16. Just sayin'.

Cady still looks like he'll be very good but it's become pretty clear that he cannot get off the floor quickly off two feet. Hopefully that is just rust and a side effect from his foot injury. He's having trouble holding onto the ball in traffic but I think that has more to do with his inability to get his shot off quickly on offensive put backs and his tendency to avoid contact (with some nice moves BTW). He's leaving the ball down low too long and getting it stripped away. I expect he'll learn pretty quickly to keep the ball high, go up strong, and draw contact. If he does start to do that, look out because he looks like he has a real nice stroke and could put up big numbers at the FT line.

I'm loving that we are getting a combined 12 points and 11 rebs from the center position on 55% shooting.

Would love to see him get one of those alley-oops that Sean has been getting and see him really elevate with authority.

[Chris20]

Cady has great developing skills....I think he should get equal or more minutes than Sean C gets going forward. I know he is a work in progress, but he is doing just that....PROGRESSING......he needs to get floor time to work through things. We really don't lose much with him on the floor, other than the lob plays we run for Sean a couple times per game.

[uz2b-len]

Just looking around for recovery time info on stress fractures. Here's a quote from the intergoogle:

[LS71]

^ I kow it's hindsight, but too bad they didn't opt for the surgery right away instead of waiting until April.
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[xlgman]

I wish he had surgery a year ago the first time it happened.

[DoctorJ]

I think, as long as he gives it proper time to heal, he should be able to come back and contribute something at least in conference play (I hope).

Perhaps they nurse it for the OOC when they are playing at a slower pace. He has such soft hands that he can do damage under the rim without getting real air. We saw that last year. So I still think he has the potential to help by the end of the season if they are careful.

Hope he can give us a good 10 per game OOC against some of our tougher opponents. Just don't want to see him rushed back into duty until he is fully healed. I think Maxie, Berg, and Sampson should be able to carry the weight if necessary.

If sitting out next year is necessary, I understand. The guy had some serious work done on that foot. Just got to let it heal and be careful, then hope for the best.
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[NilesGold]

69MG enlightened me about Lalanne being a non-qualifier the other day and it got me thinking. I had been under the mistaken idea that Lalanne took a prep year and then enrolled in UMass and started playing that same year. In fact, just like Santee, Lalanne sat out all of the 2010-2011 season without being able to practice with the team. Then, in September of 2011 he suffered a stress fracture in his foot and had surgery on it, then injured the foot again at the end of December 2012, eventually had a 2nd surgery and didn't practice again until September 2012.

So in the last nearly 3 years that he's been at UMass, he's been healthy and able to practice with the team for only about the last 8 months, plus about 2 months back in 2011. If he can stay healthy, I'm extremely optimistic about what he can do over the next two seasons. I think he can become a dominant force with the potential to be an All A-10 first team selection.

I was looking through this thread to see what info there was on his injury history and I stumbled on this gem...

[uz2b-len]

Thanks a lot for that. Cady is certainly above and beyond Trey Lang, and has made some great contributions. My concern back then was his reputation for not having his head in the game consistently. That's much less of a problem now, although it still happens. He also has made some dumb moves off the court. I'm hoping that he doesn't end up taking the Jesse Morgan route.
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[NilesGold]

^ I'm fully aware no one can predict these things with 100% accuracy. I'm sure I've made my fair share of comments that if you looked back on them now would sound ridiculous, hindsight is 20/20. But we should always be able to look back and laugh at the times we were wrong and sounded like idiots.

[fenway617]

What a difference a year makes. I am in town (Amherst) often during the day and I see players out and about quite frequently over the summer. Last year I saw Cady a lot hobbling through town on crutches then in a walking boot then limping and so on.... today I saw him riding a bike through town peddling away free and easy.
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[Marty Peretz]

Comparing Cady to Trey Lang might literally be the worst analysis in the history of this board. Sorry, Len.
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[xlgman]

Cady actually first injured his foot during the year he sat out when he wasn't on the team (2010-2011). I think he didn't get proper medical treatment or may have just not realized what it was until he joined the team in the fall of 2011 and either aggravated it or finally had it diagnosed. He said himself that he wasn't able to play most of his freshman year that he sat out. So it really affected his development for nearly two years.

[diplomat]

Realistically what are expectations for Cady this year? Will he become dominant or a year similar to last year. Obviously He has the talent.