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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 4125448, member: 27"]
I understand why coaches keep information about the health of their players tightly guarded but it stinks when fans of the team don't understand what is really going on, see players struggling and make bad assumptions based on the lack of information out there.

In the BC game, yes, no question, Garrett was really banged up.  The NC State game as well.  If you went to the game in person and saw him struggling, you would know he was really hurting.

But the BC game is an interesting game to bring up.  Before the game started, there was rumors Jerk, who had been hurt most of the season, might return to action against Syracuse.  He had started practicing with the team the week of the Syracuse game.

He didn't.  Garrett did.  Pretty sure that was the reason we won.  People get down on Garrett for his performance in that game, and a couple of others late, when in my mind, he was being a great team player, doing what was best for the team, even if he had deal with a lot of pain to get it done.  Garrett being Garrett, he was not interested in going public with what he was going through, probably because he didn't want future opponents to know he was hurt, get specifics on it and game plan to take advantage of it.

Anyway, glad this info is coming to light.  I don't think Garrett is perfect.  He can and will get a lot better.  But he wasn't close to 100% late in the season and that was a big factor in how ineffective the offense was.  Almost as much of a factor as the deteriorating performance of the OL as injuries forced more and more backups to have to play.
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