Me too! And this is why I’ve been outspoken in suggesting JD’s name should be put of the trade table at season’s end. Awful to say it - I love him, and the potential for him to blow up the competition with a 80-100 goal season is still there BUT he’s actually never shown consistency, and I worry this is all we’ll get from him for the next 4 seasons - a few games here, a few games there. A run in the ruck, a MOTY contender a few 2-3 goal games and that’s it and he retires end 2023. I really hope I’m completely wrong, but we’ve seen this before with players with chronic repeat injuries never reach their potential. If a club was prepared to gamble two first round picks or say a Pick #4 and #22 on him - would it be worth considering it?
There’s little room for sentiment these days, especially for a former powerhouse club sitting 12th on the ladder (again!)
Think you have to wait and see if the surgery is a success. I’m doubtful we would get anything near market value this year. Therefore we can’t be trading low and expect to get anything decent in return.
The sash podcast covered it a few episodes ago. Surgery is never recommended on the first onset of the injury as 95% of OP cases will heal with the requisite rest and the risks for surgery are severe including possible sterility from infections.
For all those that are critical of us not getting surgery the first time around and playing a player with soreness here is another example of clubs playing a sore player and surgeons preferring to go the non operative option first.
“After missing the round eight win over Carlton with the same injury and playing through pain in the past fortnight, scans on Tuesday revealed more damage than first feared. Dayne saw a surgeon a couple of weeks ago. It was agreed then to push on but it has since become clear that the situation isn’t helping Dayne perform as he and we would like. The hope is that with a general clean-up and a smooth rehabilitation he will have the time to return late in the season”.
The Beams decision has been made over a 3 week period and they sacrificed a star player for 3 months to ensure he’s ready to go when he comes back.
We parked our best player in the hope that he would respond to whats considered “best practice guidelines” and after more than 12 months and numerous breakdowns he was put into surgery with a further 6 months or more recovery.
Dayne may only miss a total of 3 months yet Joe has lost almost 2 seasons.
it’s not an exact comparison but it was an example to those that disputed that clubs play sore players and that surgeons go safety first meaning the non surgery option in many cases only to have to have it later.
If that first bit is correct, than it’s likely most surgeons would not have done the procedure until a second onset, even if Joe and the club wanted surgery.