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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"The dogs have won only 4 of their last 13 games, how good is that."
"lol it's amazing how true that is and how much that would work."
"Luke Vella was his coach at Westfields Sport High. He loved working with him and Ciraldo was the orchestrator. Also playing 7 was a big factor.
He by what I've heard never actually met Gus."
He by what I've heard never actually met Gus."
"I think the plan all along was for him to be 6 or 13 with Woods as 7. They just felt get him in now and work it out later.
It showed that the Dogs are a team that thrive with a simple Halfback like Sexton."
It showed that the Dogs are a team that thrive with a simple Halfback like Sexton."
"He's not a 7. Dogs have caused this out of pure stubbornness and the fact to get him in, find a spot and work the rest out later.
Had he joined Parra and we performed poorly, he would have gotten some media on him but Moses would have copped more.…"
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"I like those guys too. But I'm talking about winning a comp not just scoring points or winning a few games. I certainly don't have all the answers hence why I'm very enthusiastic about hiring people who have proven that they actually do have the…"
"Galvin is a skinny 13 masquerading as a half. He makes poor decisions, throws some shocking passes and carries on like a pork chop. Absolutely, we dodged a bullet."
"X3, Bluey & Analyst.
No one wants to pay overs, but that is the position we are now in due to our own incompetence. .
We are not going to entice talent on bargain deals in our position, and talented players will receive overs from other clubs in…"
No one wants to pay overs, but that is the position we are now in due to our own incompetence. .
We are not going to entice talent on bargain deals in our position, and talented players will receive overs from other clubs in…"
"Yep "
"also, it's fucking with players careers....is Junior past it or not? It depends on how it's reffed."
"They all get sucked in by Gus silver tongue smooth talks over a succulent Chinese meal. The contract is signed and delivered as soon as they wash it all down with a cold Tsingtao.
Now picture what Mark O'Neil and Ryles would be doing in their sales…"
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"100% spot on. There are times when you need to pay overs for certain players, that might just be the ice breaker required to start winning games, which in return hopefully makes it easier to recruit. Sick of the rubbish of not paying overs....."
"Randy finding it harder to follow watching at the games so much faster especially when you hear bloody Ruck Infringement and everybody around saying. What the stuff for. No body knows . Plus everything is just going hundred miles an hour . I've been…"
"What worries me for this game is the ref. Same prick we had v the Tigers . 6 again galore, terrible calls all day. This is why league will never ever be a world game. The refs control the game too much and especially this year depends on who gets…"
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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.