Sounds like someone is projecting.
Mitchell injury
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Mitchell could be the biggest diva in pro sports history and it still wouldn't excuse our medical staff from blindsiding the entire team with the news that he was out hours before tipoff, a day after not including him on the injury report.
They should have, they probably would have won multiple championships if they had been more healthy in the playoffs.
From what has been reported it was the shoot-around that morning they saw some things they didn’t like. Things can change day to day with an injury especially since the previous 3 days before that were the first time he’d practiced in a month. The Jazz staff aren’t innocent here, however, they were absolutely getting pressure from Mr. Diva, hence the “deepened tensions”, for weeks before that. So they caved to that pressure obviously, decided they weren’t actually comfortable with it, and pulled him. Maybe Mr. Diva should have been patient with the process. First he threw the Jazz medical staff aside 2 weeks in, took a shot at them in his first interview, and pressured them to clear him.
If there was any possibility that he was going to be ruled out, Mitchell should have been on the injury report and the medical staff should have communicated that possibliity to the team. They did not. As a result, our team got blindsided hours before a playoff game.
The medical staff is really not concerned with the media reports, who telling the rest of the team something. They are there to make sure the team is healthy in both the short run and the long run. Would you rather he had come back in, we won the game, but he reinjured it and was out for the rest of the playoffs?
Their focus was probably on his $165 million dollar ankle and the long term well being of it. If he has a significant setback, or gets another injury because he Divad his way back too soon, it’s his fault. He always tells that story about breaking his arm after his mom told him God would humble him. That might be coming again.
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They should have said that they didn't like how he moved around in shoot around then.
Instead they said he was good to go and there were no setbacks or concerns and that he would play.
Then they didn't tell the team that he would be out and in Rudy's own words that had an effect on their play.
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Dons team can’t clear him to practice and scrimmage... I get things can change but if he didn’t aggravate it in shootaround how much weight should be placed on how he looks in shootaround versus how he says he feels and how he looked in practice. If the shootaround eval was that critical then he should have been listed as probable or questionable... the Jazz likely get fined now.
At very least the protocols were ****ed up here. It ain’t just the docs looking out for a guy. The natural progression on an injury like this is that it might flare up on day one or two of practice if it wasn’t quite right... if there was no aggravation or setbacks... like they said then I’m not sure how it all of a sudden looks worse. So they aren’t giving anyone enough info to see what is happening and they appear to have really messed up the communication on it... on top of it the front office goes silent (again) and let’s the players and coaches take the questions instead of stepping in... they are the talent not PR folks. DL should be **** canned or at least scolded since this is like the 10th time he’s nowhere to be found when there are tough questions... only time he seems to step up and issue any definitive statements it’s when he’s accused of saying something racist... he runs to the mic then.
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Dude, I just stopped conversing with that dude. We all know he has an agenda and is a completely bias lunatic.
Ignore is the way to go with that one.
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Everyone agrees they could have done a better job relaying the message. And yes, some frustration is reasonable. Crying to the media, “deepening tensions”, social media posts, and the side drama from Mr. Diva are what are asinine, garbage, selfish, distractions that will now linger.....again.
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If this were true you would think they would talk to the team about health related things.
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Things can’t change? Was the training staff supposed to notify the entire team during their naps? Shoot around likely lasted quite a while that morning. The time between when they saw what they didn’t like and made their decision wasn’t some giant amount of time.
Sean
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lmao it's straight up trash referring to Mitchell has Mr. Diva. Some of you fans are just garbage people.
Frankly, Utah doesn't deserve Mitchell. If he smart, he'd probably bail this toxic franchise with their ****** fans before he spends his top years trying to win at a franchise that has been totally *** in the playoffs for most its history.
The trainers did Mitchell dirty. They were the ones who cleared him to play but probably got miffed that he trusted his own trainers more than them and decided to hold him out based entirely on spite. Mitchell called them out for their ******** and they had to quickly change their tone and put it out there he would play Wednesday despite the whole story about him being pulled so late was an apparent result of not liking what they saw (utter ******** because why say he's going to play emphatically knowing there's still two shoot arounds where this supposed issue could resurface again, forcing another about-face and yank him again).
But go on and hate arguably our franchise player.
God, some of you are ****ing morons.
Frankly, Utah doesn't deserve Mitchell. If he smart, he'd probably bail this toxic franchise with their ****** fans before he spends his top years trying to win at a franchise that has been totally *** in the playoffs for most its history.
The trainers did Mitchell dirty. They were the ones who cleared him to play but probably got miffed that he trusted his own trainers more than them and decided to hold him out based entirely on spite. Mitchell called them out for their ******** and they had to quickly change their tone and put it out there he would play Wednesday despite the whole story about him being pulled so late was an apparent result of not liking what they saw (utter ******** because why say he's going to play emphatically knowing there's still two shoot arounds where this supposed issue could resurface again, forcing another about-face and yank him again).
But go on and hate arguably our franchise player.
God, some of you are ****ing morons.
prodigy
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Donovan is no diva. If you are a athlete and you wait for days being told they are a good to go for whatever sport you are in than suddenly being told no you can't compete just before you would be pretty pissed too, now think you play at the highest level, even more pissed.
Granted he could have been a little been mature and not make the cryptic instagram post about a bad jay z song. But I understand his frustration. He said he couldnt sleep at all last night. He's no diva.
Granted he could have been a little been mature and not make the cryptic instagram post about a bad jay z song. But I understand his frustration. He said he couldnt sleep at all last night. He's no diva.
If you think I’d feel bad about trading Mr. Diva at this point, you’re wrong.
He could have been more mature? Like when he blamed Rudy for 4 months or threw fits over social media comments? Nah. It is who he is. He’s a Diva. He’s a child. And I have no respect for him whatsoever. A PR, image protecting, selfish individual who does whatever he can to save face for him.
Sean
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Oh I don't think you'd feel bad because you're just the moron who'd actually support such a move. But hey, at least you own your stupidity. Congrats.
