Injury Report: Eric Staal - Surgery to Repair Core Muscle Injury

[Joe McGrath]

The FB page has some gems on this topic. I specifically enjoyed the one asking if the surgery was to reattach his balls.

 

[garnetpalmetto]

The FB page has some gems on this topic. I specifically enjoyed the one asking if the surgery was to reattach his balls.

Pfft. Again displaying the poor knowledge of the FB crowd. Those aren't muscles. At least my joke mentioned an actual muscle.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

Isn't one of the leading causes of hernias C-Sections?

 

[tarheelhockey]

Well if it's a sports hernia it's probably not all that bad. Simple surgical procedure and some rest.

 

[Vagrant]

I assume he hurt a core muscle trying to bench press 400lbs in response to one of Pete's tweets.

Pete tweet format:

A leader doesn't (insert one thing), he (insert two examples)

 

[Vagrant]

I have heard that despite this injury, Eric still likes his core group.

 

[What the Faulk]

That was beautiful.

 

[Roboturner913]

 

[caniac247]

Well if it's a sports hernia it's probably not all that bad. Simple surgical procedure and some rest.

Yep. It was the same doctor who did Sekera's hernia surgery last off season as well.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Yep. It was the same doctor who did Sekera's hernia surgery last off season as well.

Well, we see what the result was there.

40 GOALS COMING FOR #12.

--hank

 

[tarheelhockey]

More details.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/08/29/4106573/canes-eric-staal-glad-to-be-back.html

Staal underwent surgery in late July for a core-muscle concern. Some referred to it as a sports hernia, although Canes trainer Pete Friesen said it was more of an abdominal wall injury.

“It was from training,†Staal said. “It wasn’t anything that was nagging. I felt it a little bit and took a week off from the exercise I was doing. I felt good the next week, then kind of really hurt it.â€

While the surgery was performed in Philadelphia, Staal first flew to Raleigh for an MRI and evaluation. That also gave him the chance to talk with new Canes coach Bill Peters.

Also more evidence that he essentially sees his captaincy as an administrative duty.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

Also more evidence that he essentially sees his captaincy as an administrative duty.

Kind of like you & Dave here #amirite?

/me hides from ban stick

 

[garnetpalmetto]

More details.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/08/29/4106573/canes-eric-staal-glad-to-be-back.html



Also more evidence that he essentially sees his captaincy as an administrative duty.

To be fair, THH, it just says that they talked - not that it was the first time they've talked since Peters became coach. It's possible this was their first face-to-face, but again that sentence in the article makes it hard to tell: "That also gave him the chance..." rather than "That also gave him his first chance..."

 

[tarheelhockey]

To be fair, THH, it just says that they talked - not that it was the first time they've talked since Peters became coach. It's possible this was their first face-to-face, but again that sentence in the article makes it hard to tell: "That also gave him the chance..." rather than "That also gave him his first chance..."

I was referring to the last part of the article:

“Regardless of whether you wear a ‘C’ or not, most guys would say you’re the same person, that you don’t change or do anything different,†he said. “There is some administrative stuff or dealing with the coach you may do a little bit more as the captain. I enjoy that. I like the ability to get a feel from all the guys in the room as to certain things from the staff they can do better. So you do a little bit more of that stuff.

“But as a player and how you act on the ice, off the ice, whether you wear a ‘C’ or you don’t, you’re going to be the same. That’s the way I’ve been my whole life. So I enjoy being the captain of this team and working with the players we have.â€

That's... not exactly an inspirational way to look at captaincy. It sounds like he basically sees it as a middle-management role. I respect his honesty, but one would hope to have a captain who sees it as a role that actually does demand some personal growth and a different standard of behavior.

 

[A Star is Burns]

I agree with him. The captain isn't that big of a deal and doesn't change who you are as a player or person. You can be a leader without it, or not one with it. It makes no difference. Every player needs to be accountable for themselves regardless of who the captain is or what he does.

 

[What the Faulk]

Seconded. Captains are the most overrated thing in hockey. These are paid adults, not kids.

 

[tarheelhockey]

And yet for some reason, leadership is regarded as one of the key ingredients to a successful organization in any endeavor.

I guess middle-management is also important though. Gotta get those TPS reports in on time.

 

[RodTheBawd]

These are paid adults, not kids.

I'm not sure why being a hockey player makes you impermeable to human nature.

 

[What the Faulk]

^ Responsibility generally comes with age. It's no different than any other full time job. You shouldn't need a co-worker to keep you in line.

And yet for some reason, leadership is regarded as one of the key ingredients to a successful organization in any endeavor.

I guess middle-management is also important though. Gotta get those TPS reports in on time.

That's what coaches are for.

 

[RodTheBawd]

^ Responsibility generally comes with age. It's no different than any other full time job. You shouldn't need a co-worker to keep you in line.

I don't disagree, but unfortunately, that's just not reality.

 

[tarheelhockey]

That's what coaches are for.

Yet teams at every level across sports seem to think of their captains as important leaders.

I mean, if the C literally means nothing other than a responsibility to occasionally run ideas up and down the flagpole between the players and coaches, we may as well give the job to Jay Harrison. He seems like a pretty organized sort of fellow. Maybe he could get a little desk next to his locker.

 

[What the Faulk]

Other sports have captains but no one makes a big deal out of it like hockey fans do.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Every team makes a big deal about veteran leadership though, whether they call it a captain or not. And when that leadership is poor, you rarely have success, and many times have an implosion (see Miami Dolphins 2013)

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Other sports have captains but no one makes a big deal out of it like hockey fans do.

Baseball: it's mostly a sport of individual actions that have team characteristics. No one cares.

Basketball: it's mostly a sport where a handful of talented individuals make the difference. The best players are expected to have magical leadership qualities where they "make other players better". Beyond that, no one cares.

Football: it's a sport where the QB is the de facto leader of the team, and ridiculous expectations of leadership are placed on his shoulders as a result. But the actual captains? No one knows or cares.

Soccer: it's soccer. No one cares.

Hockey: it matters. A lot. I think. But I don't know why, exactly.

--hank

 

[tarheelhockey]

^ The ONLY difference in those other sports is that there usually isn't a letter on the jersey to note which player is the captain.

If you are on a football team, you absolutely do know and care who the captains are.