LAWRENCE — These days, Joe Dineen prefers taking a glass-half-full approach to a situation that once only caused the Kansas linebacker heartache.
Dineen suffered a hamstring injury three games into the 2016 season. Despite his pleas and protests to return made to coach David Beaty, the Lawrence native was shut down in early November, bringing a premature end to his junior campaign.
His first junior campaign, that is.
The glass half full in this scenario is the medical redshirt the Jayhawks obtained by taking the safe approach with Dineen, meaning the KU captain will be available for this season and the next.