The Blazers at a crossroads January 14, 2011, 10:36 am Recommend comments(0) Facebook It's such a critical time ahead for the Trail Blazers. Decisions are soon going to be made that will have a big impact on the team's future. It's a real simple sort of either/or proposition right now: do you blow this team up and begin a rebuilding process? Or do you hang tough and hope that this group can somehow emerge from under that injury cloud that has hovered over it for the last couple of seasons? Brandon Roy's upcoming arthroscopic surgery is a big key. It's a chance for team doctors to get inside both his knees and see what's really going on. When Roy's knee problems first surfaced, Dr. Robert Cook, a former Trail Blazer team doctor, told me the best thing with problem knees is not an MRI, but rather go in with a scope and get a more accurate look at the injury. With a scope procedure, the knees can be manipulated during the process, allowing further ability to diagnose specific problem areas. I think the Blazers will know much more about Roy's future on the court after a peek inside those knees. That will probably play into whatever decision they make moving forward about this roster. There is a faction of management that would like to move forward, jettisoning most of these players, begin building a bank of draft choices and just start anew. You know the drill. We've seen it before. But there is another faction that isn't quite sure it wants to give up on what's already here. I mean, what if -- and yes, that's one gigantic WHAT IF -- Greg Oden comes back healthy next year? What if Brandon Roy somehow is able to figure a way to return to form on those knees? What if Nic Batum continues to develop into a star? What if expiring contracts of Andre Miller and Joel Przybilla can bring a solid young point guard our way? You sure you want to burn a chance at that future? Sure, I'm well aware of those what ifs. It's probably a near long-shot possibility. But you know what, as much as a whole lot of smart people want to give up on this bunch, I would beg for more time before bailing out on this team. I've seen just as many teams blow their team up too soon as the ones who held on too long. And I like the odds of sticking with the status quo just one more season than I do blowing it all up and waiting through a few more 30-win seasons for this team to draw a high lottery number again. ]Once you drop out of the playoffs it can be a long wait to get back. My advice would be to proceed with caution, rather than emotional impatience. and..... http://www.csnnw.com/pages/dwightjaynes/
At some point Mixum has got to be banned permanently. It would be OK if the guy was voicing and actual opinion but all he does is try to piss people off. I certainly hope you're 14-17 and angry at your parents but my gut feeling says you're a grown man who is living a very, very sad life.
I enjoy a lot of Dwignts comments but that second article is pure rubbish. Someone ought to bitch slap that trainer. He has no idea what is happening inside Brandons knees. I have no doubt that the Blazers spared no expense to come up with the current plan and looked at every conceivable option. For that stupid turd to sit back and insinuate that proper exercise would solve the problem is ridiculous.
Why is it ridiculous? I have made posts questioning the rehab and training staff for a long time. Where there is smoke there is often fire. And there is so much smoke (excessive injuries and failed rehabs) around the Blazers the last few years that the chance there isn't at least a small fire (some level of failure on the part of medical and training staff) is virtually nil. Bottom line: The results are poor. There is a segment of very successful surgeons and rehab specialists that claim that STOP has been wrong for a long time and that there is a better way. Read this: http://books.google.com/books?id=20...lt&ct=result&resnum=14&sqi=2&ved=0CIgBEOgBMA0#
Bingo. If the results are consistently bad, you need to do more than just wring your hands. You can't expect the medical staff to bat 1.000 - but the past few years, they are close to .000.
Its ridiculous because the douchebag who wrote the article offers a simpletons diagnosis of Brandon Roys problems. He has never ever examined Brandon, yet he pretends to have a better idea of what is up with his knees than a good number of orthopedic surgeons. Its bullshit to make statements like that without having any facts to back them up. Yes, the Blazers have had injury problems, and yes it calls for a close look at the training methods. But its not like we're the only professional sports team or nba team with issues like this.
There are hundreds of professional sports teams: Name 5 teams (not counting any borderline near bankrupt teams) that have had as much "bad luck" in the past decade.
If you read the article you would notice that he did indeed insinuate that HIS methods and exercises would solve the problems the Blazers and Brandon have. Then he goes on to toot his own horn and let the reader know where they can hire him for personal training.
