08-18-2005, 01:50 AM | #1 |
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Were Luke Staley's injuries truly career-ending
or did he just give up? It was such an abrupt retirement for him, and I don't think I ever saw a straight answer on this over a CB.
As his last surgery was explained to me, it was to fix an earlier botched surgery (that loose tendon in his knee). He wasn't really injured, it just started bothering him, he had the surgery, he came back, got cut and quit. Is there more to the story than that?
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08-18-2005, 10:57 AM | #2 |
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Staley Injuries
Luke was told by doctors that his knee would never fully recover and that his ankle injury was also very damaging. You have to remember that he had six surgeries just in high school. I played golf with Lavell Edwards this June in Richmond, VA and he told me that Luke Staley was the finest athlete that he ever recruited but that his body could just not stand up to the punishment. Lavell said that Luke could have been as good a RB as anyone in the pros had he been fully healthy. He had that rare combination of size and speed, plus he had the ability to kick it into a higher gear once he got open.
I know he took a lot of ribbing from the small minds on the Ute board for selling cell phones while he finished his degree but my hat is off to him for coming back and graduating.
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Re: Staley Injuries
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08-18-2005, 03:39 PM | #4 |
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Luke Staley will get the final laugh when he is making 50 to 60 THOUSAND dollars and all the Ute fans are pumping his gas! Heeheee.
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08-18-2005, 03:42 PM | #5 |
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why would fifty or sixty be reason for celebration?
that's barely resident money in our neck of the woods?
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08-18-2005, 03:44 PM | #6 |
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it's a famous quote from Lenny Gomes (?), before a rivalry game.
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