Distracting and deflating as the loss of the hysterically hyped Michael Porter Jr. to back surgery might have been, Missouri coach Cuonzo Martin had no time or sympathy for the jarring loss beyond merely wanting Porter to get well for Porter’s own sake.
He did not indulge, for instance, the notion of MU sports curses.
“I don’t get caught up in all that,” the first-year coach said during a recent Mizzou practice. “For me, I believe in God. I don’t get consumed with anything else.”
He did not entertain a mourning period for his team, which may or may not yet have a Festivus Miracle in store with the return of Porter before anyone might have expected.