A W Root Beer Bear
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Posted Fri, Mar 28 1:48 am
(Edited Fri, Mar 28 1:51 am)
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Now $C fans are blaming the coach for Juju's injury
Woochifer
3/27 1:31 pm
I didn't watch Southern Cal's 1st round win over UNC Greensboro. It was a rout -- Southern Cal won 71-25. Apparently, Watkins tweaked her ankle in the 3rd quarter.
But, with Southern Cal up by 40 points in the 4th quarter, Coach Gottlieb inexplicably put Watkins back into the game. I've already seen a lot of comments to the effect that Watkins' heavy minutes this season contributed to the injury. But, I didn't realize that she'd already injured her ankle the game before. Watkins played a lot of minutes this season. She averages 34 minutes a game, and plays a lot of garbage time minutes with Watkins and Coach Gottlieb accused of stat padding. Someone on the 247 site posted this article from Athlon Sports about the fan reaction.
https://sports.yahoo.com/article/fans-furious-usc-coach-juju-003013726.html
By comparison, Lauren Betts averages 30 minutes a game and Kiki Rice averages 28 minutes.
Edited on Thu, Mar 27 1:35 pm by Woochifer |
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