I hope he recovers fully instead of being hobbled all year by a “healed” knee ala JDP or David. I’m not really familiar with this injury though.

I saw and talked to a very healthy T-Will today at the banquet, makes this all a bit weird

Let’s hope this is the only injury for the season. TWill’s such a freak athlete I expect he’ll bounce back from this, hopefully better than we’ve seen in past years as sam34gtr mentioned.

Well on the bright side…I’d rather have this happen now than during January or February.

Here’s what’s so troubling for me about this injury: It has happened to a young man so filled with the joy of playing that watching him, seeing his effort and elation, rubs off on everyone. You just pray that there’s not going to be anything long-lasting about this, and we should all be encouraged that the time-table for recovery is as brief as it is.

That said, we should also take a second to ponder what Terrance Williams has brought to us and to the university. He doesn’t always shoot the ball well, but he plays as if he knows that this is the best time in his life. His smile is as contagious to fans as his effort is to his teammates. He represents the best of the college game — a young man thrilled to be able to play; thrilled at being surrounded by people who like watching him perform. He’s from another side of the country but it seems obvious that he’s as at home here as the McCrays were, as Derek Smith was, as Charlie Jones and Lancaster Gordon and any of the scores of other players who were embraced by this city and, in turn, embraced it back.

Terrance Williams fits right in to all of this. Of course he’s a tremendous athlete, and of course he’s a gamer capable of doing something remarkably outrageous anytime he touches the ball. But he’s something else, too. He’s the incarnation of the U of L program — good guys who play hard, who like it here, and who become loved by their fans and community.

And so to T-Will we say “Get well, sport. And thanks for being part of our city.”