Players put faith in Saints' intercession on medical staff issue

burningmetal · 08-19-2017, 07:54 AM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

Considering an NFL team deals with dozens of injuries every season I would have to believe that the vast majority are dealt with correctly. Even practitioners with bad reputations only have a small percentage of major issues. We, as the public, only hear about the ones that don't work out.

Besides Breaux, only Chris Chamberlain and Keenan Lewis have brought forth claims of mismanagement. I know a few around here claim that the Unger case was mishandled, but it was actually handled with proper protocol. First a non-evasive approach was taken until the last chance to try a surgical approach that could still have him ready prior to the beginning of the season. As I have pointed out, surgery is ALWAYS the last resort whenever other options are possible.

What you are saying is undoubtedly true for the majority of teams. That said, there is such a thing as malpractice, and if that was happening here, I would imagine these incidents aren't as isolated as you might believe. A lot of players probably wouldn't know if they are receiving bad treatment, or if they are being misdiagnosed, so they don't say anything.

Sean Payton fired these doctors, and I find it unlikely that he did so solely on the Breaux situation. I could be wrong, but I get the feeling a lot more dirt is out there that we haven't heard about for legal reasons (they don't want to make public accusations while any possible investigation is going on). But that's just my gut.

We've had a lot of players not just get hurt, which isn't terribly uncommon (though our numbers seem a bit high) but many of them seem to sustain injuries that linger for unusual periods of time. There never appears to be much of a plan to get these guys healthy, and they just keep running out there and re-injuring themselves. Maybe it's just bad fortune. Maybe it's bad doctors... Or, maybe it's both.

08-19-2017, 07:54 AM	#5
burningmetal 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,923 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Players put faith in Saints' intercession on medical staff issue Originally Posted by AsylumGuido Considering an NFL team deals with dozens of injuries every season I would have to believe that the vast majority are dealt with correctly. Even practitioners with bad reputations only have a small percentage of major issues. We, as the public, only hear about the ones that don't work out. Besides Breaux, only Chris Chamberlain and Keenan Lewis have brought forth claims of mismanagement. I know a few around here claim that the Unger case was mishandled, but it was actually handled with proper protocol. First a non-evasive approach was taken until the last chance to try a surgical approach that could still have him ready prior to the beginning of the season. As I have pointed out, surgery is ALWAYS the last resort whenever other options are possible. What you are saying is undoubtedly true for the majority of teams. That said, there is such a thing as malpractice, and if that was happening here, I would imagine these incidents aren't as isolated as you might believe. A lot of players probably wouldn't know if they are receiving bad treatment, or if they are being misdiagnosed, so they don't say anything. Sean Payton fired these doctors, and I find it unlikely that he did so solely on the Breaux situation. I could be wrong, but I get the feeling a lot more dirt is out there that we haven't heard about for legal reasons (they don't want to make public accusations while any possible investigation is going on). But that's just my gut. We've had a lot of players not just get hurt, which isn't terribly uncommon (though our numbers seem a bit high) but many of them seem to sustain injuries that linger for unusual periods of time. There never appears to be much of a plan to get these guys healthy, and they just keep running out there and re-injuring themselves. Maybe it's just bad fortune. Maybe it's bad doctors... Or, maybe it's both.
	If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.

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