Injured Eatmon No Longer With the Utes
Fans going to the game against Missouri State here in a little while might notice somebody missing from behind the Utah bench.
Point guard Curtis Eatmon has left the Utes, having finished his final exams and headed home for the holiday break -- in advance of the surgery next week to repair the hip problem that has kept him out all season.
Which makes me wonder ...
Will he ever return?
After all, Eatmon has been with his teammates at practices and games all season, even though he has not been able to play. So it seems odd that coach Jim Boylen would allow him to leave early and miss a game, unless perhaps Eatmon essentially was leaving the program for good. And we do know that Eatmon -- nice a kid as he is -- did not exactly impress the coaching staff when he had a chance to play during the exhibition tour of Australia over the summer. We shall see ...
Point guard Curtis Eatmon has left the Utes, having finished his final exams and headed home for the holiday break -- in advance of the surgery next week to repair the hip problem that has kept him out all season.
Which makes me wonder ...
Will he ever return?
After all, Eatmon has been with his teammates at practices and games all season, even though he has not been able to play. So it seems odd that coach Jim Boylen would allow him to leave early and miss a game, unless perhaps Eatmon essentially was leaving the program for good. And we do know that Eatmon -- nice a kid as he is -- did not exactly impress the coaching staff when he had a chance to play during the exhibition tour of Australia over the summer. We shall see ...
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