sully00 wrote:FACT - Dr. Dirty Water doesn't know what he is talking about. They did exactly what they were supposed to do with the injury it just did not heal on its own. Getting any procedure done was the end of his season whether they did it in FEB or JUNE and they didn't want to have to do a procedure for this injury. That is what is a FACT.
KG's bone spur(s) was there before he strained his tendon. It probably didn't bother him much until then, but with the strained (irritated and inflamed) tendon being continually rubbed by the spur he was in pain whenever he tried to move around. The hope was that rest would allow his 'inflamed' tendon to heal...leave it alone, rest it and it will become less sensitive, then when you move around it won't get irritated and give him pain. As it turns out, that didn't work, and every time KG attempted to come back (work out) his tendon would get irritated all over again, and he would have to sit back down and start resting his knee again.
Removing bone spurs isn't a big operation, but it would have meant KG having to sit out a month or two, making it certain he'd miss the rest of the regular season and maybe the playoffs, too. By the time it was clear...to everyone, including KG...that removing the bone spur was going to have to be done before he got any real relief, it was too late for it to matter, KG wasn't going to play without that pain in the playoffs.
INAD (and INAL either), but as a fan looking in that's the situation as I understood it.
Now, could KG have played through the pain? Maybe, but that would have, probably, been a bad idea. Compensating for pain in one area often leads to injuries (career ending in some cases) in other areas. IAC, it was decided not to risk it...decided by Doc and Danny, probably ownership had something to say about it too. I suspect that KG's vote would have been to play, on one leg if need be, but he got outvoted. Danny has to keep a "long term" view of things, that's part of his job.
KG had the surgery to remove the bone spurs the last of May, yes? Two months of rest to recover from the surgery brings us to the first of August. Let's say, he was doing light workouts...rehabbing...in August..did we hear that? Reports now is that he has been cleared for more strenuous workouts, but not games...that's September. Doc and Danny expect him to be "ready to practice" by training camp...that's October. And if what we were told right after the surgery ("didn't have to touch the tendon, just cleaned out some loose bits and removed a bone spur") all that sounds about right to me.
I expect KG to be fully recovered and ready to go by the beginning of the season. I also expect that Doc will want to limit KG's minutes to keep him healthy...same for Pierce and Allen. I thought Doc would do that last year, too, so whether that will actually happen or not I don't know.
