Lacrosse 2012

[ugarte]

Well, he'll be back in time for the tournament, so we can qual... nevermind. (I'm not worried about qualifying for NCAAs, even without him. Seeding aside, should I be?)

[semsox]

I'm more worried this injury will keep him out longer than 6 weeks, and possibly the season.  If that's a possibility, I have to imagine Rob has lots of scenarios going through his head right now, most of them not the best.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Final score:  Cornell 19 - Canisius 4

[ugarte]

Final score:  Cornell 19 - Canisius 4

"Looks like we don't need Rob Pannell after all. Ewing Theory, right!?" - an idiot

[RichH]

I'm more worried this injury will keep him out longer than 6 weeks, and possibly the season.  If that's a possibility, I have to imagine Rob has lots of scenarios going through his head right now, most of them not the best.

ARRRGH.

Let's say he's not 100% by late-April. What are the odds that he could get a medical redshirt for this season?  Yale's Jeff Hamilton played 2 hockey games in 2000 and was granted one.

[Ronald '09]

I'm more worried this injury will keep him out longer than 6 weeks, and possibly the season.  If that's a possibility, I have to imagine Rob has lots of scenarios going through his head right now, most of them not the best.

ARRRGH.

Let's say he's not 100% by late-April. What are the odds that he could get a medical redshirt for this season?  Yale's Jeff Hamilton played 2 hockey games in 2000 and was granted one.

I was wondering that too but figured there must be some Ivy League rule against it, which would mean if it happened, he would finish his career at another school.  Am I mistaken?  I didn't have any information that said that specifically, just assumed because of all the other crazy Ivy League restrictions.

[jtn27]

Brian Delany of ESPN Radio's local Ithaca station on Rob Pannell (from Twitter here and here):

If you missed it, Inside Lacrosse reported today Pannell had surgery to repair a broken foot suffered v. Army.

Ben DeLuca says he cant go into specifics re: Pannell but wont rule out a season ending injury. "Could be."

Doesn't sound good.

[jkahn]

I'm more worried this injury will keep him out longer than 6 weeks, and possibly the season.  If that's a possibility, I have to imagine Rob has lots of scenarios going through his head right now, most of them not the best.

ARRRGH.

Let's say he's not 100% by late-April. What are the odds that he could get a medical redshirt for this season?  Yale's Jeff Hamilton played 2 hockey games in 2000 and was granted one.

I was wondering that too but figured there must be some Ivy League rule against it, which would mean if it happened, he would finish his career at another school.  Am I mistaken?  I didn't have any information that said that specifically, just assumed because of all the other crazy Ivy League restrictions.

You can get a medical redshirt in the Ivy League.  However, IIRC, the Ivy League prohibits grad students from playing, so if he were granted a medical redshirt, he'd have to take the semester off, and not graduate after first semester next year.

[Redscore]

A lot of nonsense being posted about Pannell's status and it's just time to knock off the speculation.  One post asks, "what if he is out for the season", and then it takes off from there.  Can he redshirt?  Where will he play next year? and so on and so forth....  Over on the UVA Sabre message board they are already saying that two Pannell's will be playing at UVA next year.  I for one will just wait for six weeks and hope we can navigate our way through Virginia (very tough), Yale, Denver, Penn, Dartmouth and Harvard and with Syracuse up next, hope and pray he is okay by then.

[Al DeFlorio]

Yikes!  Penn 10, UNC 6.  Sacred Heart 13, Yale 12.  UMBC 8, Maryland 7.

[BearLover]

Wow, incredibly bad news...

[Swampy]

I'm more worried this injury will keep him out longer than 6 weeks, and possibly the season.  If that's a possibility, I have to imagine Rob has lots of scenarios going through his head right now, most of them not the best.

Beyond healing the injury itself, there's the issue of conditioning. I doubt he can run or even use his leg for much while it's healing. So leg strength, muscle tone, and aerobic fitness may suffer. (But he probably can lift weights on a Nautilus.)  I hope the trainers have some gimmicks to keep him in shape, otherwise you're talking 2-3 weeks more to get back into game shape.

[Towerroad]

I'm more worried this injury will keep him out longer than 6 weeks, and possibly the season.  If that's a possibility, I have to imagine Rob has lots of scenarios going through his head right now, most of them not the best.

Beyond healing the injury itself, there's the issue of conditioning. I doubt he can run or even use his leg for much while it's healing. So leg strength, muscle tone, and aerobic fitness may suffer. (But he probably can lift weights on a Nautilus.)  I hope the trainers have some gimmicks to keep him in shape, otherwise you're talking 2-3 weeks more to get back into game shape.

Rob has given us more that we have any right to expect. My only hope is that he heals, and goes on to a full life hopefully playing Lacrosse. If that involves more Big Red Lax that would be great but it is just a bonus.

[BearLover]

I'm more worried this injury will keep him out longer than 6 weeks, and possibly the season.  If that's a possibility, I have to imagine Rob has lots of scenarios going through his head right now, most of them not the best.

Beyond healing the injury itself, there's the issue of conditioning. I doubt he can run or even use his leg for much while it's healing. So leg strength, muscle tone, and aerobic fitness may suffer. (But he probably can lift weights on a Nautilus.)  I hope the trainers have some gimmicks to keep him in shape, otherwise you're talking 2-3 weeks more to get back into game shape.

Rob has given us more that we have any right to expect. My only hope is that he heals, and goes on to a full life hopefully playing Lacrosse. If that involves more Big Red Lax that would be great but it is just a bonus.

That's not my only hope.  Mine involves a national championship, and I don't know why yours shouldn't if you're a fan of a team that just lost the best player in the country.

[Towerroad]

I'm more worried this injury will keep him out longer than 6 weeks, and possibly the season.  If that's a possibility, I have to imagine Rob has lots of scenarios going through his head right now, most of them not the best.

Beyond healing the injury itself, there's the issue of conditioning. I doubt he can run or even use his leg for much while it's healing. So leg strength, muscle tone, and aerobic fitness may suffer. (But he probably can lift weights on a Nautilus.)  I hope the trainers have some gimmicks to keep him in shape, otherwise you're talking 2-3 weeks more to get back into game shape.

Rob has given us more that we have any right to expect. My only hope is that he heals, and goes on to a full life hopefully playing Lacrosse. If that involves more Big Red Lax that would be great but it is just a bonus.

That's not my only hope.  Mine involves a national championship, and I don't know why yours shouldn't if you're a fan of a team that just lost the best player in the country.

I sat in the stands at Gillette Stadium and believe me I share your desire. My point is that we may or may not have Pannell available and I would not want him to risk permanent injury just to satisfy my desires for a championship even though I am sure he wants it worse that either of us.