This is one thing i'll say about Tom Clanton. He'll now officially be remembered forever in his work done for Houston if Yao really could not play again in the NBA. We had four 50 win seasons in 5 seasons. I mean this is fantastic results. But we only made it to the second round once. And all because of all these nagging injuries. And now both our franchise players could possibily be done with their careers. Look, I am not saying he did something critically wrong. But this guy has gotta be gotta to be responsible for something. I know Yao and Mac have bad luck; one has a huge body that takes toll on his foot while the other are just plain weak. I know this is not something a doctor can control. But he's gotta be responsible in something when we look at his history. Yao- enuf said. Tmac- this guy claimed that tmac should be 100% healed before preseason 08 begins and he expects NO problem with his knee. also implies it is a minor operation. Shane Battier- unexpectedly missed 1.5 additional month. For a guy who's never misses much game his career. Carl Landry- remember how his return was delayed and delayed and delayed again in his rookie season? Ron Artest- remember how his ankle never seemed to heal last season? Plz fire this guy, Morey!
Clanton is off to Colorado to start his own stint I believe. I do know he is leaving though so no worries on your part.
I have no idea whats the norm is, but when every single forecast or evaluation by every single experts, writers, ex players/coaches and fans, ends up with health permitting. I do think that is out of the norm. And if i'm not mistaken, Scola is the only player that have no injury problem for the whole season. AB misses a few games, rafer miss a few games before he got traded, battier have problem at the beginning of the season, artest plays with injuries all year long, barry got some thumb problem, dorsey have tendinitis all season long, mutumbo freak accident, landry have some knee problem earlier in the season, wafer misses a couple of games.
Most docs now days provide treatment based on EBM. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) aims to apply evidence gained from the scientific method to certain parts of medical practice. It seeks to assess the quality of evidence[1] relevant to the risks and benefits of treatments (including lack of treatment). According to the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, "Evidence-based medicine is the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients Using techniques from science, engineering, and statistics, such as meta-analysis of medical literature, risk-benefit analysis, and randomized controlled trials (RCTs), EBM aims for the ideal that healthcare professionals should make "conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence" in their everyday practice. Ex cathedra statements by the "medical expert" are considered to be least valid form of evidence. All "experts" are now expected to reference their pronouncements to scientific studies Problem with EBM in Professional Sports is that there is data (Trials, Studies, ect...) to support what is the right course of treatment, rehab, ect...in "athletes." You have a 7ft guy that jumps around of a living...do rest him for 6 weeks or 6 months for a broken bone. DM need to start doing some data mining to get EBM data for athletes. Sorry in advance if something like this already exists...I was unable to locate it. Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence-based_medicine http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/Evidence_Based_Orthopedics/index.html http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/715143/description#description
I have never made a comment before when I've seen critical threads about the Rockets medical staff this past year as I thought fluke injuries are just the result of some bad luck. But damn, the body of evidence here is quite damning. At what point does the organization make a Morey like assessment of the medical staff like they do when evaluating players? I hope that its happening now!
(Originally posted in the thread about overreaction to Yao's injury. But it was probably more appropriate in this thread. Sorry. I didn't see it before posting in the previous thread.) Hm-m-m? How do you go from one of the doctors who spoke with the media saying, "his foot could shatter", to "meh, overreaction"? This reinforces my feeling that the Rockets don't have good medical/nutritional training staff. Yao needs to find someone on his own, like McGrady did with Patterson in Waco. I would suggest Dr. Glen Luepnitz at Lone Star Oncology in Austin, Tx. He has worked with Olympic athletes (Dara Torres being one). Yao, PLEASE get in contact with him ASAP. I think he can help your foot to heal without surgery. You have nothing to lose but a few hours traveling to Austin and listening to his opinion.
It's difficult to trust the Rockets team doctors when they have had so much trouble keeping players healthy, especially when what they say appear to be very different than what actually happens. They said that TMac was healthy before last season started and he ended up having major knee surgery. They said that Yao would heal fine with just rest and he ended up facing a potential career-ending surgery. Tracy decided to go outside the Rockets medical team to get treatment for his injury. That tells you how much faith he had with our doctors. I think that for Yao's and the Rockets' sake, Yao should immediately contact the doctor who treated Big Z's foot problems to get a second opinion.
These doctors just bungled 40 million dollars in superstar talent. Imagine if T-mac and Yao had their initial injuries treated by real doctors??? Maybe T-mac would have been able to play in the playoffs, and Yao would have never re-injured his foot. They botched the treatment, and poor treatment leads to re-injuries in the exact same area - this is what we have seen in both T-mac and Yao. Failure to correct an initial problem. What a shame.
They're all garbage in my opinion. Dr. Clanton needs to get a refund on all that money he spent on his education. The training staff is no better.
As much as I love the Rockets, can't you see playing for his country probably means more to him than playing for the Rockets? Kobe said during the Olympics he valued a gold medal more than a Championship Ring. I'm not saying Yao doesn't care about Houston because I think he does...but I just find it silly blaming everything on China. Wouldn't they say "he's always injured because he plays 82+ games every year in Houston...it's always in the NBA that he gets injured not in the few national games he plays"...which I think would be a very accurate assessment. I think we're borrowing him from them each year more than they're borrowing him from us.
