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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"Ai could do a better job than both Sarantinos and o'neill "
"Chief, keep fighting the good fight. I don't know who has to go or who has to improve but that list is Terrible. It's even worse when you look at whom they didn't keep or were unable to keep as the juniors progressed through. That's more telling I…"
"Twal left in 2017. MON came in 2019.
Get facts right and leave agenda at the door."
Get facts right and leave agenda at the door."
"Lol meeik, cmon mate you either support o'neill or want him axed. Get on the choo choo meeiks. No sitting on the fence with sprinters in your anus 😝😝"
"I'll go in defense of MoN here and not only us but development was hurt with Covid there was basically zero development for 18 months nie on 2 years the competition was on hold in the junior grades for a long time.
Right now when we talk development…"
Right now when we talk development…"
"I'm talking about Sanders too you pelican."
"Both Utokimanu and Twal were on the verge of fg when o'neill came in .
Im talking about what's happened since Einstein "
Im talking about what's happened since Einstein "
"Nothing will happen with o'neill. All the front office protect each other. Jim has no balls he just looks at the membership and thinks all is good. This club has gone backwards everytime we look like turning the corner we fall back down. There seems…"
"You just named two players that are not even in your OP list..."
"Apa Twidle was talked about for many years as being the next young prodigy by yourself and every eels site
What im saying is until these guys are regular first graders nothing has been achieved to exonerate the fact that in 2027, we only have 3…"
What im saying is until these guys are regular first graders nothing has been achieved to exonerate the fact that in 2027, we only have 3…"
"Well that's a good thing, it means we have good talent. If they weren't looking we have real problems.
Koina is signed til 28' and Talagi til 27'. That's the positive. The other big one is Petrus.
Bamblett could be on their radar."
Koina is signed til 28' and Talagi til 27'. That's the positive. The other big one is Petrus.
Bamblett could be on their radar."
"You said to me yesterday you dislike how people compare us to Penrith. Yet you are doing the same exact thing now."
"Don't count on o'neill. Utokimanu, Khafusi, Twal, Blaze, Sanders - the best of our junior talent . Good luck with hoping O'neill has an eye for talent. "
"I have been told that Perth Bears scouts have been attending eels junior games of recent and circling on some of our juniors. So maybe expect some announcements soon of them poaching our juniors. O'Niel better have locked the best ones up long term."
"So 8 years isn't enough??? Ok.if we didn't have the right players in our development systems, why didn't we recruit young players from elsewhere just as Penrith did from country league, or identified from other clubs and brought into our flegg or…"
"Stefano was already progressing through our systems as a future elite before O'neill arrived. Was lost to the Tigers when o'neill arrived at Parramatta. Thats another stuff up on O'neill's resume."
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Whose this battler.
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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.