How good of a physical could it have been? Remember, his OTHER ankle is fractured as well, so he didn't get this new one from playing ball.
Optimism is fine. Ignoring facts on the table, like being prone to stress fractures just because it sucks to be disappointed on draft day, is what I find a little silly. I'm reasonably optimistic about Goodwin and that bulldozer type we took in the second.
Also, both Hornacek and McD have been assistants. They've never had the big job. Some players make good coaches, others don't, and while Hornacek was a great player and seems to be a nice guy there's nothing to indicate yet that he's going to be a great or even decent coach.
Same with McD. He made a pretty good trade to get Bledsoe, but even with that the reason everyone is high on Bledsoe is his potential, not his on court performance. The only other thing McD has done as the man in charge is to draft a gimp with the number 5 pick. Bledsoe is going to have to be really good, or there are going to have to be other good moves, to wash that out.