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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"It's not too late to make this real"
"We could hire God almighty as a coach, it still wouldn't help if his R&R can't sign the players he wants or needs.
We are playing chequers whilst others are playing chess.
Straight up 2nd rate.
How do we judge Ryles and the length of time he needs,…"
We are playing chequers whilst others are playing chess.
Straight up 2nd rate.
How do we judge Ryles and the length of time he needs,…"
"Watch his earlier highlights. He is fast with freakish footwork. His defence is probably better then Ionghi. "
"No coach can survive noise forever. Ryles has 3 years of "new rookie coach" buffer. After that the noise will grow. After BA holding on so long and not delivering us to the promised land I doubt we'll give another rookie coach a decade to reach…"
"Defensively we are the worst. If we dont show some grit we are pretty much done.....and Mitch does not deserve an Origin call up with his form so far..."
"If I'm parra give Cleary part ownership of the club to come, this is our only shot at glory. Cleary+Moses with iongi and smith+Tallyn. I'm so sick of the people that run the club."
"If I'm parra, if Ryles has a bad year I'll sack him bring Ivan and Nathan in. It's the only chance at winning a comp."
"Moses must play 6 so Ado Carr can get some ball ,at the moment he is being wasted ,while he's plays 7 the ball goes right."
"I don't think its attitude. Jnr paulo isn't even a mid tier prop now and wouldn't be worth 400k on the open market, Williams should be @ lock. We have one decent people but he's inexperienced in big Sam. Want to see more from Moretti and Teancum…"
"We have not really seen any "political type movements" in aspect of our revival, we saw BA go inevitably.....everybody's scapegoat MON has survived....I do not see the argument for Ryles not having the political cattle to survive.
That said…"
That said…"
"'Plus if you get dominated in the ruck ,and if the opposition dominate the run land on their front , they get a quick play the ball and we're left stranded with players out of position' - This is what im seeing also, Chief.
Maybe attitude isn't…"
Maybe attitude isn't…"
"That's the issue considering the boards first choice wasn't JR to start with they can use that as leverage to protect themselves.Yes I know a weak position but if it's between the coach that wasnt there favourite over there own jobs from what I'm…"
"ATITUDE When in doubt I think that's the measure."
"Plus if you get dominated in the ruck ,and if the opposition dominate the run land on their front , they get a quick play the ball and we're left stranded with players out of position.
Thats how you dominate possession and defence, which we are…"
Thats how you dominate possession and defence, which we are…"
"I hope Guymer and Moretti come into the starting side with Tuilagi and Walker back to the bench."
"Great point on the juniors. Joash playing let's Twidle get game time. Lorenzo gets game time regardless of Joash playing NRL or not but Twidle getting some needed game 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.