How is that a team can rush a player back into
action before they are fully healthy. There have been numerous medical
controversies in sports recently when it comes to franchise players. In
football the most recent case is Robert Griffin the Third the starting
Quarterback for the Washington Redskins.. He tore his ACL last year in the NFC
wild card game. Going into the game he was already injured and hurting, but
pushed through to help his team. He should have been benched. The coaches made
the descion to let him play or was it the teams medical staff, or was it the
medical staff being pressured by the coaches to clear him? After all was said
and done, the NFL and the fans have no idea.
Flash forward to this football season. The Redskins held RG3 out of the preseason, but RG3 has
started every game of the regular season. So far it seems he is a shell of his former self. People were
exepcting him to recover and have a Adrian Peterson like recovery, sadly he has
not. You can tell that he's ailing, that his accuracy is off, his speed is
down. Now questions are coming up on whether he is full healthy, whether he
should have been cleared, whether he should be playing at all, or is it all
mental?
In both situations the player is the star of
the franchise and have big contracts. In both situations it has affected the
over all performance of the team. The Bulls made it to the playoffs last year
and made it deep into them. The Redskins are 0-2 going into week 2 of football
season. The Redskins also drafted Kirk Cousins who is basically the same player
as RG3 to back him up. He could start for the Redskins while RG3 sits.
Should the Redskins take a page out of the Bulls book and sit their star until
he's %100, or should they continue to allow him to play? Yes, when it comes to RG3 the Redskins should learn from the Chicago Bulls situation with Derrick Rose. Some might say that RG3 is just rusty from lack of preseason play and he will come along just fine as he keeps playing. Sometimes
these players don't know what is best for them, and it’s the organizations
obligation to see to the health of their players. The Redskins drafted Kirk
Cousins just in case a scenario like this would happen. So use the back up plan
Redskins.
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ReplyDeleteI agree, Josh. I have gone through two ACL surgeries in my life time, both football related. Both times I did not rush the healing process because I knew I just was not ready. Granted, I only played division 3 football, but it still holds true no matter what sport or level of play. Players need to take the proper amount of time before getting back in the game.
ReplyDeleteJosh,
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you. Derrick Rose was one of the most explosive point guards in the NBA when he was playing and due to his unfortunate injury has been sitting out for the last 2 seasons. As fans we would love to see him come back and play as soon as possible but the player must do what's in the best interest of his career. Derrick Rose has chosen to rest and gets criticized for it but it may pay off. We will see how productive he can be this upcoming season. In my opinion, RG3 made the decision to play through his injury in the playoffs last year with the support of the Redskins coaching staff. So far the performance he has been putting on through the first three weeks of the football season is evidence that he should have rested the injured knee. I don't know if he can truly recover. I feel that his coaching staff needs to take part of the responsibility and act fast before this season ends with a worse outcome than last.