Comments on: The Deal with KG http://celticshub.com/2009/04/16/the-deal-with-kg/ Wed, 23 May 2012 00:06:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marcus Troge http://celticshub.com/2009/04/16/the-deal-with-kg/comment-page-1/#comment-837472 Marcus Troge Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:14:44 +0000 http://celticshub.com/?p=1465#comment-837472 I believe your readers could like you to putting up more about this. This is always a wonderful article, but it's not as in-depth as I would have wanted to see. I believe your readers could like you to putting up more about this. This is always a wonderful article, but it’s not as in-depth as I would have wanted to see.

]]> By: Zeb http://celticshub.com/2009/04/16/the-deal-with-kg/comment-page-1/#comment-1428 Zeb Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:05:29 +0000 http://celticshub.com/?p=1465#comment-1428 Celtics fans are arguably the whiniest group in all of sports. The "big 3" gamble paid off early with a championship last year, and now you're paying the piper a little earlier than expected. But it's not like your chances are nil! You've still got a puncher's chance with that lineup. Yet, every C's fan I know is crying about the "horrible luck" they're having, and have practically written off this season! Amazing! Welcome to the real world... sort of. No matter how bad things get, you can look to the rafters and see 17 banners. Anyway, the point is, KG is old, and even if you knew exactly what was going on in his knee (and nobody can, even now - see Martin, Kenyon, for perspective on this) you couldn't prevent him being out for this postseason, so deal with it. I know Paul Pierce will. And what's more fun? Rooting for the odds-on favorite, or the underdog? Oh, wait, I'm talking to Celtics fans... Celtics fans are arguably the whiniest group in all of sports. The "big 3" gamble paid off early with a championship last year, and now you're paying the piper a little earlier than expected. But it's not like your chances are nil! You've still got a puncher's chance with that lineup. Yet, every C's fan I know is crying about the "horrible luck" they're having, and have practically written off this season! Amazing! Welcome to the real world… sort of. No matter how bad things get, you can look to the rafters and see 17 banners.

Anyway, the point is, KG is old, and even if you knew exactly what was going on in his knee (and nobody can, even now – see Martin, Kenyon, for perspective on this) you couldn't prevent him being out for this postseason, so deal with it. I know Paul Pierce will.

And what's more fun? Rooting for the odds-on favorite, or the underdog? Oh, wait, I'm talking to Celtics fans…

]]> By: Today’s Links 4/17 at New England Sports 24/7 http://celticshub.com/2009/04/16/the-deal-with-kg/comment-page-1/#comment-1303 Today’s Links 4/17 at New England Sports 24/7 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:45:31 +0000 http://celticshub.com/?p=1465#comment-1303 [...] WEEI Wyc on Dale and Holly Doc Rivers on Dennis and Callahan Celtics Hub A look at life after KG The deal with KG SI.com 76ers in a rut as series against Magic looms No Garnett means no title in Boston Bleacher [...] [...] WEEI Wyc on Dale and Holly Doc Rivers on Dennis and Callahan Celtics Hub A look at life after KG The deal with KG SI.com 76ers in a rut as series against Magic looms No Garnett means no title in Boston Bleacher [...]

]]> By: Zach Lowe http://celticshub.com/2009/04/16/the-deal-with-kg/comment-page-1/#comment-1307 Zach Lowe Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:37:25 +0000 http://celticshub.com/?p=1465#comment-1307 I feel the frustration, Jason, but I it's tough for me to assume the team made a mistake here. KG is a prized asset, and I prefer to assume--and think it's probably true--that they did their absolute best to get the diagnosis right and only put him in those four games because they concluded there was no long-term risk in doing so. I suspect whatever setback he suffered would have happened even had they waited until the playoffs to play him. Oh well--to next year! I feel the frustration, Jason, but I it's tough for me to assume the team made a mistake here. KG is a prized asset, and I prefer to assume–and think it's probably true–that they did their absolute best to get the diagnosis right and only put him in those four games because they concluded there was no long-term risk in doing so.

I suspect whatever setback he suffered would have happened even had they waited until the playoffs to play him. Oh well–to next year!

]]> By: Jason http://celticshub.com/2009/04/16/the-deal-with-kg/comment-page-1/#comment-1290 Jason Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:53:44 +0000 http://celticshub.com/?p=1465#comment-1290 Disclaimer: I don't have any medical expertise or any knowledge whatsoever of any medical reports, treatments or conversations the C's had regarding KG's knee. Still, I do know is his return and diagnosis were constantly moving targets. Then he came back. And went back down again. And his return and diagnosis were moving targets again. Now his season is supposedly over. Hey, if he blew a tendon, it happens. But this has reeked from the beginning (and seems to have come to pass now) of incompetence and negligent care. How many different ways have they screwed this up? One, do they even actually know what's wrong with the knee? If they do know, have they always known or only recently? Was the treatment plan wrong? Was KG not following it? If it could be reinjured so easily, why was he put back out there? Why wasn't he allowed to rest more? Did he lobby to return and if so, are the max contract players making personnel and medical decisions now? Seriously, this is like mystery diagnosis. KG is a max contract, franchise player and that franchise happens to be one of the most valuable in the world, but this one knee seems to be more perplexing to their entire staff than some new third-world disease. How is there no accountability here? If KG exacerbated this, I throw some blame his way, but he's a professional athlete. They're a competitive group by nature and he's a competitive maniac even compared to them. But the staff, it's their job to diagnose, treat, protect (even from the player himself) and clear only when ready. And almost none of the duties seem to have been fulfilled here. NONE. And a potential championship has been sacrificed as a result. I dumbfounded and as an invested fan, I'm irate. Season -ending injuries happen, but this didn't seem like one of them and we were told it wasn't. Only after this staff mishandled its duties did they turn a 4-week injury into a season-ending, championship-costing one. Someone needs to lose his job. Doctors, trainers, decision-makers, whoever's responsible cannot possibly keep their jobs in this organization. Disclaimer: I don't have any medical expertise or any knowledge whatsoever of any medical reports, treatments or conversations the C's had regarding KG's knee.

Still, I do know is his return and diagnosis were constantly moving targets. Then he came back. And went back down again. And his return and diagnosis were moving targets again. Now his season is supposedly over.

Hey, if he blew a tendon, it happens. But this has reeked from the beginning (and seems to have come to pass now) of incompetence and negligent care.

How many different ways have they screwed this up? One, do they even actually know what's wrong with the knee? If they do know, have they always known or only recently? Was the treatment plan wrong? Was KG not following it? If it could be reinjured so easily, why was he put back out there? Why wasn't he allowed to rest more? Did he lobby to return and if so, are the max contract players making personnel and medical decisions now?

Seriously, this is like mystery diagnosis. KG is a max contract, franchise player and that franchise happens to be one of the most valuable in the world, but this one knee seems to be more perplexing to their entire staff than some new third-world disease.

How is there no accountability here? If KG exacerbated this, I throw some blame his way, but he's a professional athlete. They're a competitive group by nature and he's a competitive maniac even compared to them. But the staff, it's their job to diagnose, treat, protect (even from the player himself) and clear only when ready. And almost none of the duties seem to have been fulfilled here. NONE. And a potential championship has been sacrificed as a result. I dumbfounded and as an invested fan, I'm irate. Season -ending injuries happen, but this didn't seem like one of them and we were told it wasn't. Only after this staff mishandled its duties did they turn a 4-week injury into a season-ending, championship-costing one. Someone needs to lose his job. Doctors, trainers, decision-makers, whoever's responsible cannot possibly keep their jobs in this organization.

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