Freddie Dillione Injury Update

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TheMookieMonster said:
Really unfortunate and hate that we can’t get just one season with a healthy roster. Dillione could have been a difference maker for this team, but now it sounds like we’ll be lucky to see him play any meaningful minutes this season.

It will be interesting to see how we distribute Freddie’s minutes now, but I would expect this means a larger role for Carr moving forward.
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Honestly, I didn't see a lot of minutes coming his way this season. Might be a blessing in disguise that it leads to a redshirt for him? As far as injuries go, I'm a nega so I always look at worst case. Knecht, Gainey or ZZ again. Those guys we just cannot afford to lose for any real length of time. It would be an enormous blow to the season....and I'll stop there to avoid irritating the basketball gods and bringing bad juju on our team.
 
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CAVPUT said:
Honestly, I didn't see a lot of minutes coming his way this season. Might be a blessing in disguise that it leads to a redshirt for him? As far as injuries go, I'm a nega so I always look at worst case. Knecht, Gainey or ZZ again. Those guys we just cannot afford to lose for any real length of time. It would be an enormous blow to the season....and I'll stop there to avoid irritating the basketball gods and bringing bad juju on our team.
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The backcourt definitely lost a top defender.. if he’d remained healthy he would have contributed. The minutes may not have been impressive(was thinking maybe 10-12 tops per) but his on ball defense sure looked like it was headed to next level good.
 
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CAVPUT said:
Honestly, I didn't see a lot of minutes coming his way this season. Might be a blessing in disguise that it leads to a redshirt for him? As far as injuries go, I'm a nega so I always look at worst case. Knecht, Gainey or ZZ again. Those guys we just cannot afford to lose for any real length of time. It would be an enormous blow to the season....and I'll stop there to avoid irritating the basketball gods and bringing bad juju on our team.
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Maybe Dillone can get a medical red shirt season if necessary.
 
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I may or may not have said Freddie was one and a half and done (I don't think I did, but I've been wrong before), but I did call him "The Truth" and said he would be a very productive player for the Vols, this year. My bad
 
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Lefteye said:
The backcourt definitely lost a top defender.. if he’d remained healthy he would have contributed. The minutes may not have been impressive(was thinking maybe 10-12 tops per) but his on ball defense sure looked like it was headed to next level good.
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He’s been really bad on D so far this season, hopefully it was related to his foot problem
 
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cncchris33 said:
Could be a Jones fracture, which would be about 5-7 week recovery time. If it is a Lisfranc fracture, he's likely done for the season. Could be a Lisfranc strain, and that would sideline him for a couple months, probably. A complete tear of the plantar fascia would result in a 2-3 month timeline to recover.

None of these are good, but are probably the most likely issues to result in the "pop" FDv said he felt. 😕
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Lefteye said:
The backcourt definitely lost a top defender.. if he’d remained healthy he would have contributed. The minutes may not have been impressive(was thinking maybe 10-12 tops per) but his on ball defense sure looked like it was headed to next level good.
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Man, you really think so? I've thought his defense was pretty awful, to be honest. Too much gambling and I've said already in other discussions that it has likely hindered his playing time. One thing Barnes won't tolerate is high-risk, low-reward defense that hangs your teammates out to dry when your man blows by you. Freddie did that a lot in his limited minutes it felt like.

I gotta respectfully disagree with you on this one. I'm open to being wrong, but to me, he's been very undisciplined on defense, although the physical ability is evident. He just needs to stop trying to make the splash play.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Man, you really think so? I've thought his defense was pretty awful, to be honest. Too much gambling and I've said already in other discussions that it has likely hindered his playing time. One thing Barnes won't tolerate is high-risk, low-reward defense that hangs your teammates out to dry when your man blows by you. Freddie did that a lot in his limited minutes it felt like.

I gotta respectfully disagree with you on this one. I'm open to being wrong, but to me, he's been very undisciplined on defense, although the physical ability is evident. He just needs to stop trying to make the splash play.
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Agree with this. His defense has been terrible and he wasn’t being aggressive on offense and hunting his shot which is supposed to be his strength. People called him a walking bucket, which I do think he can be with time, but if you aren’t going to score at will like Knecht bad defense is going to limit your minutes severely.
 
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CagleMtnVol said:
I'm pretty sure but don't know the exact number that Freshman can play so many minutes and still redshirt.

Football can play in 4 games I think now and still redshirt.
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That rule doesn’t apply to basketball, 1 minute and you’re ineligible to a standard redshirt.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Man, you really think so? I've thought his defense was pretty awful, to be honest. Too much gambling and I've said already in other discussions that it has likely hindered his playing time. One thing Barnes won't tolerate is high-risk, low-reward defense that hangs your teammates out to dry when your man blows by you. Freddie did that a lot in his limited minutes it felt like.

I gotta respectfully disagree with you on this one. I'm open to being wrong, but to me, he's been very undisciplined on defense, although the physical ability is evident. He just needs to stop trying to make the splash play.
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I agree. Ability is there, but he’s not performed well defensively in limited time.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Man, you really think so? I've thought his defense was pretty awful, to be honest. Too much gambling and I've said already in other discussions that it has likely hindered his playing time. One thing Barnes won't tolerate is high-risk, low-reward defense that hangs your teammates out to dry when your man blows by you. Freddie did that a lot in his limited minutes it felt like.

I gotta respectfully disagree with you on this one. I'm open to being wrong, but to me, he's been very undisciplined on defense, although the physical ability is evident. He just needs to stop trying to make the splash play.
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I read it as Lefteye talking about Dillione’s obvious potential to be at that level on defense. I remember Chandler gambling a lot early on too
 
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Could possibly be a torn plantar plate. I experienced this about 7 years ago. I planted to run and felt my foot pop on the ball of my foot. Had surgery to repair the plantar plate and a hammer toe repair. Took about 3 months to halfway feel myself. My foot wasn't the same for about 2 years. Hopefully he has a way better scenario here.
 
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My wife is going through this right now. I feel so bad for her. I really don’t know how to help her though
 
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cncchris33 said:
Man, you really think so? I've thought his defense was pretty awful, to be honest. Too much gambling and I've said already in other discussions that it has likely hindered his playing time. One thing Barnes won't tolerate is high-risk, low-reward defense that hangs your teammates out to dry when your man blows by you. Freddie did that a lot in his limited minutes it felt like.

I gotta respectfully disagree with you on this one. I'm open to being wrong, but to me, he's been very undisciplined on defense, although the physical ability is evident. He just needs to stop trying to make the splash play.
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I agree about the gambling too much, just think his length and quickness is going to be a problem for teams when he gets fully healthy. And the fact he was seeing minutes at all with that over aggressiveness at times spoke volumes to me. But I could definitely be wrong in what my eyes were seeing too.
 
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My read is that he’s been pushing against the injury. When I saw how often he jumped out of the saddle on defense last week, I kept wondering why. The reports on him have been that he is very disciplined on D, and has great recovery speed. He’s been starting in practice because of his defense and ability to drive. Seeing neither in games makes me think the injury is a big input. We’ll have to watch the long arc, but I think he’s much better than what we’ve seen so far.
 
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Stoerner Fumbles said:
My read is that he’s been pushing against the injury. When I saw how often he jumped out of the saddle on defense last week, I kept wondering why. The reports on him have been that he is very disciplined on D, and has great recovery speed. He’s been starting in practice because of his defense and ability to drive. Seeing neither in games makes me think the injury is a big input. We’ll have to watch the long arc, but I think he’s much better than what we’ve seen so far.
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I only hope that we get to see that here at Tennessee. We saw similar concerns with Phillips last year being hindered by a nagging injury. With the portal and the fact that the NBA will take guys just based on good combine performances these days, nothing is ever guaranteed.

Hoping for a speedy recovery for him, but if he misses the majority of this season, just going to keep my fingers crossed that he’ll come back for another year and not look to find greener pastures which seems like a common theme by all athletes these days the moment adversity hits.
 
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Stoerner Fumbles said:
My read is that he’s been pushing against the injury. When I saw how often he jumped out of the saddle on defense last week, I kept wondering why. The reports on him have been that he is very disciplined on D, and has great recovery speed. He’s been starting in practice because of his defense and ability to drive. Seeing neither in games makes me think the injury is a big input. We’ll have to watch the long arc, but I think he’s much better than what we’ve seen so far.
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Assuming nothing official has been announced?
When does the Team get on a plane to HI and is FD going to be on it?
 
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Lefteye said:
I agree about the gambling too much, just think his length and quickness is going to be a problem for teams when he gets fully healthy. And the fact he was seeing minutes at all with that over aggressiveness at times spoke volumes to me. But I could definitely be wrong in what my eyes were seeing too.
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I definitely agree that there is potential there. His issue isn't one of ability or athleticism. It's more being young and undisciplined. Harness thise correctable issues and he has the ability, for sure. I guess I interpreted your post to be that you were impressed with his defense so far, which I'm certainly not, but as I said, his deficiencies are correctable.
 
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cncchris33 said:
I definitely agree that there is potential there. His issue isn't one of ability or athleticism. It's more being young and undisciplined. Harness thise correctable issues and he has the ability, for sure. I guess I interpreted your post to be that you were impressed with his defense so far, which I'm certainly not, but as I said, his deficiencies are correctable.
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I respect your take here, but I haven’t seen an explosive nor super quick/fast athlete yet. It may well be 100% related to his foot problem so my mind is open at this point. He hasn’t shown in the games so far a crazy burst like Keon or Chandler. Springer and Phillips both showed more raw athleticism IMHO. There’s a reason he was rated so high and that Barnes chose to recruit him so my fingers are crossed.
 
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walkenvol said:
I respect your take here, but I haven’t seen an explosive nor super quick/fast athlete yet. It may well be 100% related to his foot problem so my mind is open at this point. He hasn’t shown in the games so far a crazy burst like Keon or Chandler. Springer and Phillips both showed more raw athleticism IMHO. There’s a reason he was rated so high and that Barnes chose to recruit him so my fingers are crossed.
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I would say Barnes biggest bust recruit was BHH. Hard to quantify attitude.
 
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