Graham Gano: Panthers doctors misdiagnosed career-threatening injury

[Harbingers]

1 minute ago, therealmjl said:

He never kicked in front of the new coaches. 

“I think it was actually the day I was coming back to kick in front of the new coaches [in July 2020],” Gano said. “I was walking out the door and they stopped me and said, ‘Just wait.’ And they cut me right then. That was gonna be my first day kicking in front of the new staff.”

So my question is which or both medical staffs are at fault here for costing us an excellent kicker? 

[therealmjl]

27 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

“I think it was actually the day I was coming back to kick in front of the new coaches [in July 2020],” Gano said. “I was walking out the door and they stopped me and said, ‘Just wait.’ And they cut me right then. That was gonna be my first day kicking in front of the new staff.”

So my question is which or both medical staffs are at fault here for costing us an excellent kicker? 

I interpreted it as, the damage was already done by the previous staff. Not sure why Hurney and Rhule didn’t at least give him a shot, so both. Just a failure on either side of the spectrum.

[Luciu5]

25 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

“I think it was actually the day I was coming back to kick in front of the new coaches [in July 2020],” Gano said. “I was walking out the door and they stopped me and said, ‘Just wait.’ And they cut me right then. That was gonna be my first day kicking in front of the new staff.”

So my question is which or both medical staffs are at fault here for costing us an excellent kicker? 

The previous medical staff.  New coach and new medical started last year, and he was cut before doing anything for the new staff.

He was probably cut due to his age, cap hit, and contract end date regardless of his play.  Last years offseason seemed to be all about getting younger and creating future cap space.

[Squid Game]

What did our GM and coaches say about Harrison Butker? 

[bLACKpANTHER]

NFLPA should be involved in process of hiring independent docs for clubs..

[CashNewton22]

Somehow this will turn into being silent Matt Rhules fault by some one on this thread. 

[trueblade]

 

[OldhamA]

Oh no, Kicker revenge game this weekend.

Everyone wear goggles in preparation for the blood and guts. 

[panthers55]

I am in the side of those who said Gano should have gotten second and third opinions.

[cookinwithgas]

Maybe we should sign Todd Sauerbrun for a week

[PandaMan]

I never thought Gano was as bad as many made him out to be.  Kasay spoiled us; teams like the Vikings have suffered through decades of kicker struggles.  Having lived through Olindo Mare and others of his kickless ilk, Gano at least made some clutch kicks for us.

Kickers miss sometimes.  He won us games, he lost us games.  But he’s more consistent than anyone we’ve had since.  Sucks having 2 competent kickers on your team, letting them go elsewhere to succeed, and still flounder around for a decent replacement.  

[pantherclaw]

On 10/21/2021 at 10:03 AM, countryboi said:

being a doctor and diagnosing issues is not always an exact science, a lot of times they are asking questions and making guesses to the most likely cause of the issue. this is why people get second opinions.

Yeah, haven't these people seen House??

 

[Cookie Lyon]

I've always thought the Panthers doctors were suspect and didn't know what they were doing.

[onmyown]

I know Doctors are human and multiple opinions should be a no brainer when it comes to your health but how do you miss a fracture in the largest bone in your body and somehow relate it to a tendon? Doesn’t a simple x-ray show you the bone? Very odd to me.