Parable of TD1 still evident today

[MarHill]

An excellent article about a young TD dealing with an injury and how Pop handled it...in lieu of what happened to RGIII yesterday and how Mike Shananan handled it.

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2013/01/06/parable-of-td1-evident-still-today/


Sometimes you have to think long term for your franchise player's career.

[racm]

Duncan tore his meniscus the year after ring number 1 and managed to get 3 rings since, and still contends for a fifth.

[dbreiden83080]

Duncan has played through some tough injuries.. Sprained ankles, plantar fasciitis. RG 3 was a tough call yesterday when the NFL is one and done and he wanted to play so badly..

[boutons_deux]

RG3's medial collateral ligament is a useless rubber band.

[Obstructed_View]

Some commentator mentioned before the season started that Shanny was going to run Griffin into the ground to save his job. That prediction was pretty spot-on. I don't understand why they wouldn't pull him when it was pretty clear that he couldn't throw an accurate pass.

I've had my criticisms of Pop over the years, but I don't have any problem with him sacrificing a playoff series because he treats his players like human beings. Telling Timmy to take whatever time he needed when his dad died is a similar example.

[Richie]

The Blazers need to take a good long read of that article. Playing Roy in the 2010 playoffs 8 days after knee surgery was a disgrace.