At some point though, it had to have hit Stew and the boys that, "Hey, we've still got other games to play!"
Luckily Berger's condition appears to have been rapidly improving. From the looks of things, this story is going to have an alright ending. Eventually though, we've got to get back to doing and talking about what Danny obviously loves... So let's talk some basketball, shall we? If anything is going to help restore a sense of normalcy, playing basketball will be it.
BERGER'S FUTURE
This is a tough one. Admittedly, when I first heard all this news, I thought there was no chance Berger would be able to take the court again in an NCAA game. Having heart troubles can be such a delicate thing, and especially after a scare like he's had, it seemed tough to imagine facing that risk once again.
But doctors are apparently pretty good at what they do, and according to reports of the presser that Berger and his doctors are doing down in Murray, there's a possibility that basketball might still be in the picture!
That right there is nothing short of amazing, and if Berger does indeed get to take the court again in The Spectrum, that's going to be one absolute hell of a moment!!
But let's not get ahead of ourselves here... There's still a long road to recovery ahead, and the fact that Berger even might be at Saturday's game is a miracle already! Oh, and will probably be quite the hell of a moment itself (so don't miss it!)
How the rest of this story goes will pan out over the next few months as his recovery continues. Should Berger be able to suit up in an Aggie uniform once again, this year would likely be ended with a medical redshirt and he'd return again as a junior again next year.
ENTER QUINCY BAIR
Rather than go with a three-man rotation on the wings, Stew Morrill said Friday that freshman Quincy Bair will no longer be redshirting this season. That definitely shakes things up moving forward, but with one veteran and two rookies manning the wings, you can't really fault Stew Morrill for wanting to be able to go four-deep on the wings.
Bair brings another solid mix of size and athleticism to the table, much like Marvin Jean does. But when it comes to the possibilities of foul trouble, slumps, or whatever, the safety net of a fourth guy is never a bad thing. Assumption right now is that Bair will be the fourth man in, but with the team only being five games into the season, plenty could change as we move forward.
For anyone critical of Stew's pulling of the redshirt for a guy who might only see sparse minutes, remember that once upon a time it was Preston Medlin only seeing a few, if any minutes per game behind Tyler Newbold, Pooh Williams and Brian Green. Bair might get the chance to redshirt next year much like Medlin did in second season, and have a much bigger role awaiting him after the graduations of Medlin, Butterfield and Jean.
WESTERN OREGON
Welp... Sucks to be these guys. Yeah, the team might be a bit unprepared from the missed practices and trauma of this week. My gut tells me that any lack of prep will be more than compensated for with inspiration to kick loads of asses in honor of their teammate.
It's going to be an emotional night at The Spectrum regardless, and a whole lot more so if Danny Berger is indeed able to make it up to the game. Maybe, just maybe, this is the will all end up as the kick in the ass to jump start Aggie basketball back into dominance. It would have been nice to not have to face tragedy, but the whole team certainly has a lot more to play for now! Few things will bring a team closer than something like this.
Said it a bunch of times already, but you're not going to want to miss this game!
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