https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1608091715833/footy-concussions
Very interesting and tragic. Featuring parras Ray Price and Brett Horsnell.
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"And don't forget Utokimanu was let go and Khafusi. Two proven juniors. And we have the worst roster in the nrl. Then people want me to explain why o'neill and Sarantinos are both proven failures.
Sarantinos calls the shots on who the head of…"
Sarantinos calls the shots on who the head of…"
"He was playing the Storm (who are playing terribly) with both Grant and Munster out - and the Storms second half was shockingly bad.
Credit where it's due, he played very well as did Kiraz and Galvin. I wouldn't pay $1m for any of them though."
Credit where it's due, he played very well as did Kiraz and Galvin. I wouldn't pay $1m for any of them though."
"Can i suggest you guys watch last night.....Christ I cannot believe you would not look at this gift horse....offer him 1m before someone else does!"
"Richard you say he offers nothing attack, use his game against Storm last night, he plays for us we dont lose the game against Storm."
"You say paying a million for a centre is not smart cap management but your thinking is too narrow and is conventional thinking. Our overarching goal is obviously to build a premiership team within the confines of the cap. Conventional thinking is to…"
"Funny how they've put the offloads and short passing away as you say and yet they're making far more errors than they did last year. So perhaps they need to rethink their current strategy as it's not working"
"Yehez, I was agreeing with you and then you fcuked it up with your lack pof rationality.
1. Burtonnis an organiser, did you see how he managed that win last night for the dogs.
2. He will cost us best part of a million in an environment when his…"
1. Burtonnis an organiser, did you see how he managed that win last night for the dogs.
2. He will cost us best part of a million in an environment when his…"
"Can't see it happening as he seems quite happy at the Bulldogs and his contribution last night against the Raiders didn't give any indication he wasn't happy at the bulldogs. "
"LB, I am maturing slowly, my wife thinks too slowly......she wants to see a body of evidence."
"What makes either of them a failure? I'm after something more concrete than your opinion or that of some journalist. If you've got a set of performance criteria that they have failed to meet let's hear it."
"Yes we got him for a steal but it wasn't really my point. JAC is an elite rep player that's played origin and for Aus and he had an immediate impact on Russell. We have offloaded highly paid players and filtered through some good juniors and decent…"
"Adam, the proof is in the pudding. We currently have a bottom rung roster. You can deflect all you want because Sarantinos and o'neill are both proven failures.
If you don't agree, please explain why Parramatta has a bottom 4 top 30"
If you don't agree, please explain why Parramatta has a bottom 4 top 30"
"The fox was on a fairly minimal type contract, big difference to the figures being touted for other players "
"Just for clarification, I'm not taking aim at you or your comments. I'm saying that managing a playing roster isn't as easy as some suggest, there's a lot of moving pieces at any one time.
I wholeheartedly agree with your take on juniors, there's…"
I wholeheartedly agree with your take on juniors, there's…"
"It is when the market is so competitive and you have a half that's in the latter part of his career and the kicker you've got nothing that looks like nrl quality in your outside back ranks.
We are so devoid there.I mean at one point way back when…"
We are so devoid there.I mean at one point way back when…"
"Right though the thing is paying close to a mil for a Centre is not smart cap management unless it is a once in a generation talent. Farnworth it is too much but also he is the best Centre in the world so it is easier to swallow.
At the same time,…"
At the same time,…"
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Ray Price sounded so fried when he was speaking. My young bloke wants to play league next year, jury is still out for me if I let him.
Shit poppy, that was a bit harsh. Feel free to have a crack at me, but taking a dig at the intelligence of my son is a bit low.
My earliest memory of the eels is my old man making me watch the 86 GF. When pricey and crow were chaired off, my old man was crying. So, either dad love them, or he had a horrible foreboding of the priemership drought to come :)
Concussions were poorly understood in Ray's day. Given the era and position he played in, he likely had a number of concussions, especially when you take into the fact players like Matty Johns said he had about 10 or so through his career.
But concussions aren't the biggest issue here. The biggest issue is repeated sub-concussive impacts. Those hits that rattle you but don't give you a complete concussion. It's like a boxer taking small jabs throughout a fight. The more of those they take the higher chance of a KO. What Dr. Omalu found was that those repeated minor head traumas had more of an impact on later quality of life than the larger, more infrequent hits.
I do know that the NRL is actually seen as one of the better concussion managers in professional sport. Their HIA system and protocol is seen as one of the most stringent and most closely abides by the recommendations from medical professionals. It's also why I don't think we'll see a class action against the NRL. Unlike the NFL, as far as we know, the NRL has tried to address the long term impacts of concussions as soon as they became aware of them.
What would you change poplet?
Maggie, Both Ray and Brett Kenny need a Swahili interpreter on hand at all times.