FreddieMercuryHayes

August 17th, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^

Hate to be that guy, but if you go back and read Ace's article on the attrition of Stanford's 2010 recruiting class under Harbaugh...eh, although they didn't 'yank' the scholarships, they kind of just stopped talking to two people who had senior year injuries, one of which was Kain Colter, and other with and ACL who ended up at Wisc.  We'll see what happens with Richardson.  Sure hope UM sticks by their offer.

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Avon Barksdale

August 17th, 2015 at 2:22 PM ^

If they pull the offer, they pull the offer. As long as they do it immediately, there is no harm. The player can re-open his options and the team can do the same. Offers are a promise: [we will pay for your schooling if you play football for us.] If the school does not feel the player can perform at the level he was performing pre-injury, they should have the right to revoke an offer. I'm not saying that is the case here, but no coach should feel obligated to an offer six months prior to signing day when the kid has one working knee.

That's like signing a lease in April 2015 to move to a new condo in February 2016. In August 2015, the condo gets blown away by a hurricane. Should you still have to pay for the condo despite it not being completely rebuilt by February 2016 (and may never be rebuilt the way it was or you intended). I'm not trying to be a jerk. I'm just merely asking the question. **Disclaimer: I do not think his offer should be pulled in this situation. I just don't believe the coaching staff (in most cases like this) are obligated to their pre-injury offer.**

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oriental andrew

August 17th, 2015 at 1:25 PM ^

Did you not read the article in the OP?

 

"I told [the Michigan coaching staff] I tore my ACL before I committed, so they knew what I was coming into," said Richardson. "They said, 'We'd still love to have you up here. Just rehab real good so you can get back to normal and start cutting the same.'"

 

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Lou MacAdoo

August 17th, 2015 at 11:58 AM ^

I feel for the kid. It's got to be pretty hard to miss your senior season. Hopefully he gets a good doctor for the surgery. Just from seeing previous recruits go through this it sure seems that rebounding from ACL injuries in high school is harder that college. I'm going to guess the surgeon and rehab have a lot to do with that.

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MeanJoe07

August 17th, 2015 at 12:17 PM ^

What if serious athletes went in and used cadaver tendons to strengthen their ACLs before they get a change to tear or something to that effect?!?!? 

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Ryanonymous

August 17th, 2015 at 12:49 PM ^

I'm no doctor but opening the knee and messing with things seems like it could create problems rather than proactively solving them where they don't already exist.
Not to mention, studies show that cadaver grafts are less likely for the body to take and create a greater possibility for infection.
I did a lot of research in choosing the type of graft and procedure I wanted done in my case of torn ACL.
I went with patellar tendon auto-graft from my same knee.

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StateStreetBlue

August 17th, 2015 at 2:12 PM ^

This is correct. 

From a previous post of mine...

> I've (unfortunately) been through 2 ACL surgeries, so I have quite a bit of knowledge on the subject. The first ACL replacement was a cadaver allograft, while the most recent one being a patellar autograft. 

My surgeon, a lead orthopedic surgeon for an NFL team, chose to use a cadaver allograft the first time due to an almost similar recovery time and research at the time suggesting they held up as well as a patellar or hamstring autografts.  However, that was about 4 years ago and after the wave of cadaver allograft use, more and more research is showing that there is a significantly higher retear rate with the allograft over either of the autografts. Last reports I've seen say that the retear rate of ~4% for autografts and ~ a 4 to 5 times higher rate with the allograft. 

My surgeon (the orthopeadic surgeon for an NFL team) says that pretty much unanimously across the board of NFL player's - patellar or hamstring autografts are used now. Patellar is a bit more common though as there are generally less side effects with the harvested tissue. It's really just a preference of the surgeon.

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Ryanonymous

August 17th, 2015 at 12:44 PM ^

I have a new found respect for this injury being in month four of my own ACL recovery.
One of the most grueling processes I have ever endured.
Hats off to Drake Johnson going through it multiple times. I hope Richardson has a speedy and full recovery!

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BigBlue02

August 17th, 2015 at 2:16 PM ^

I just had my third surgery for a torn ACL, LCL, meniscus and hamstring and my right leg doesn't even look it belongs on the same body as my left leg. I have one regular sized leg and one mini-leg. I can't wait to get back to being able to lift weights again with my leg

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Ryanonymous

August 17th, 2015 at 2:36 PM ^

I feel like if you get the nerve block, you have a greater chance of quad shutting down. If I could do it over I would opt completely out of any nerve block since you are asleep anyway during the surgery and the nerve block only lasts 24 hours supposedly anyway.
I had weird stuff going on in my leg as that thing wore off.
I did opt out of the extra nerve block through the pain pump device that was supposed to make it last longer but got the single injection.
Month four (and a half) and my quad is still way smaller and weaker than the other side. I am making gains but it is super slow!
Just got an athletic brace to help the mental aspect by providing more stability so I can go a bit harder in PT. We'll see how it goes from here.

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