Interesting AP story out today. There's been a lot of talk here about the trainers here, with all the injuries we've had. This can't help.
They're still doing this, too. Fagundez got a concussion in that collision against Columbus, and even though the game was completely meaningless they just sent him back out there. Another head collision after he went back in would have done SERIOUS damage.
On the other "still doing this" front, it took them over a month to figure out Perovic had a torn ACL/MCL and not just a "knee sprain" (initially reported by Kyle McCarthy as "not that serious" - NFL training staff find that stuff out in 2/3 days, max. Just bizarre levels of incompetence all around.
How common is this sort of 'undiagnosed serious injury' in the rest of the League? In the rest of soccer? Are we really that far behind the curve?
I blame the turf.....for everything. Clearly it's Belichik's fault not Nicol's. Ask Ted Johnson. Wonder if the training staff works for both Football and Soccer? There would probably be 2 different mentalities regarding each sport in regards to injuries. Meaning would a trainer from with most experience in American football recognize the impact of a specific injury for soccer?
Did you check with the people who know what should or should not be believed? Some how I bet this is a "don't believe"
I couldn't believe it when I saw that. The kid's 16 - get him out of the game when he hits his head so hard that he can't get up for a couple of minutes.
What happened with Twellman is a disgrace. But now with 16 year old Fagundez? Almost criminally negligent.
yeah i just read the ESPN article, that is tragic. Twellman was a hell of a player for the league and he'd probably still be tearing it up right now if it wasnt for his concussions; he had this leagues number. I always wished nothing but the best for Twellman, and as a San Jose fan i love that Wondolowski has been able to mirror him so much in style. That is pretty damning of what happened to him though, just my two cents, especially with Fagundez's case showing theyve learned nothing.
Amazing that none of the usual "Rev franchise bashers" have passed on what Twellmen has been Tweeting about how his statements are being misread. Twellman is NOT casting any negative aspersions on the Revs. His story is about the way Concussions have been handled by all professional sports and how it's management has been less than ideal. He's making a commitment to changing the way players with concussions and PCS are treated. He makes it clear that the Revs were completely supportive, always followed medical advise (his doctors not the team trainer) and the Rev organization have no blame in how his PCS played out. The Rev franchise has a lot they can be faulted on but this isn't one of them.
Dell Apa article today on the topic where TnT was more conciliatory: http://www.boston.com/sports/soccer...evolution_did_not_ignore_concussion_symptoms/ I remember the game where he got hit by the keeper but I can't remember whether I saw any symptoms immediately after where I thought there might be an issue. I very much remember when Diego sustained his concussion thinking that he likely had a concussion and wondering why the Revs left him in. After some play where he did not look particularly solid, it must have been more obvious to the Revs. I'm neutral on whether the Revs should have immediately gotten TnT out after the collision; also who knows if it would have made a difference. But not so with Diego. They must improve on this. I think coaches/medical staff at all levels are just catching up on how serious to take any initial jarring of the head.
I remember the game very well, and I remember Taylor scoring, running to the sideline to celebrate and then turning around to Shalrie, pointing at his head and you can clearly see him say "I got a concussion." In fact, here is a link to youtube highlights of the game and you can see all of that happen at around the 1:00 mark. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYUStc4d4ls&feature=related"]08/30/08 Los Angeles Galaxy vs. New England Revolution - YouTube[/ame] I think it is understandable why people around here were so ready to jump on the story, and I think it is commendable that Taylor hopped on Twitter to clarify. Head injuries are finally starting to be taken more seriously. I (vaguely) remember being put back into a club game with a concussion when I was 18 and it was only when I started asking my teammates who they were and said I couldn't see that I was taken out for good. It is a shame that guys like TnT and Marc Savard - and God knows how many others at every level in sports - had to suffer so much before we started taking them more seriously. I hope all this stuff I'm reading about Diego is wrong. It is better to be overly cautious with a minor head injury than to be reckless and risk someone's future.
the concussion dirty little secret in professional sports involves all professional sports, when checks for "team" doctors are signed by the team, then it will continue to be a problem. All professional sports need to have federal regulations that make doctors completely independent from the teams, and these doctors make the determination if a player plays or practices, without any involvement from the team or its trainers!
Thank you for providing the link to the video. I had forgotten that he was down for a while. Scariest part of the video for me was at 2 minutes when he went down again. And the video shows he played until at least the 75th minute which is more than 50 minutes after the collision. Crap.
You would think that after the whole thing with losing the best player the franchise ever had, and how basically everything went completely to hell until they realized he wasn't coming back, you would think that they would be even more sensitive to that when it happened to Fagundez. You know, that 16-year-old kid who is the future of the franchise, the guy who is pretty small and who has been only gradually integrated into the first team in fear that some giant thug of a defender might take him out. Yeah, that guy. If anything, they should err on the side of caution. Even the harshest critic wouldn't have had a problem if they took him out as a matter of prudence. Especially in light of what happened to Twellman, you'd think this. Then again, maybe not...