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Can't comment on Charles, but I would definitely say that Peterson's is due to work ethic after the surgery. I guess I am saying that medicine has come that far, but it still depends a LOT on the player involved.
So you're basically suggesting that the hundreds of other ACLs over the years.....that none of those players had near the work ethic of your hero, Adrian.
Leaving out the obvious dig - you don't think work ethic has anything to do with the rehab? Sure, I believe medical techniques have improved over the years, but that also doesn't mean that work ethic isn't an important part of the recovery as well. That isn't a slight at players in the past that couldn't come back from it, you need both - good surgical technique and good work ethic.I just wouldn't look at the two players this year and make a sweeping generalization that medical technique means that any player with an ACL tear will be back to full strength the following year.
I don't know a ton about the rehab process, but I think its all monitored so closely that work ethic has nothing at all to do with it because everything they do is monitored exactly by the doctor/trainer. So anyone who is rehabbing a ACL injury will do the exact same amount of work during his rehab. Its not like the doctors were working with ADP and then he was going home and putting in extra rehab behind his doctor's back.
A fair amount of "how much they push" is based on a player's ability to handle the work given them without regressing. So no, they won't do the same amount of work, it depends on the player. Some players might not be willing to push that little extra bit. In fact, one of the things people were worried about with AP was that his drive to get back might cause him to push too hard too fast and reinjure his knee again.
Sorry, that was rude. I just thought it was a little silly to suggest that AP was different than all the rest. Talent-wise, of course, but to imply that it was his work ethic for the most part is inaccurate, imo. Medical procedures must have improved. Players -- especially RBs -- couldn't bounce back like this before. While I realize AP works his butt off, I just can't buy it as the major difference when there's been decades of pro athletes who were unable to come back this soon...if ever. If the sample size was small, then fine, but I find it hard to believe that it's AP's work ethic that has "a LOT" to do with it. Did all the other pros just not work as hard? Over the years there would have been at least a few other examples with a similar work ethic (talent notwithstanding, obviously) which would've proved that players could come back much sooner. Ironically enough, one thing about ACL recovery is that it's important (or used to be anyway) to not over-do the rehab...going too fast can derail you.
LOL. Funny that I just apologized for accusing you of a man-crush....it's true.
Well, I'm sorry I didn't reply to the obvious dig then. You are hoping to discredit any part of my answer by discrediting me, and that while that works too often around here, I find it a poor technique.In my answer I said medical techniques have improved. But when you have 1 or 2 outliers, you have to question whether or not their personal ability to heal and will to rehab has something to do with it in addition to the improved medical techniques.'BRONG said:
