Alex McKinnon possibly Quadriplegic - Mclean guilty of dangerous throw - 7 weeks

[northwest9]

Maybe I wasn't following the game as closely or the media wasn't all over the Ross injury like this one - but I was of the opinion this sounds far worse.

perhaps ross' wasnt as serious, i dont know the details, i remember fused vertebrae and removed disks being mentioned at the time, sounded pretty bad to a layman like me.

the way i see it, it was a neck injury with a positive ending, and am hoping for the same outcome

 

[BranVan3000]

Ross wasn't in the same universe as this.

Good news here for McKinnon :thumn

 

[betcats]

The kid can only move his arm, whether he will walk again is a better question then whether he will play again, his NRL career is over.

 

[BranVan3000]

perhaps ross' wasnt as serious, i dont know the details, i remember fused vertebrae and removed disks being mentioned at the time, sounded pretty bad to a layman like me.

the way i see it, it was a neck injury with a positive ending, and am hoping for the same outcome

They are not dissimilar. Two fractured discs for McKinnon compared to one for Ross, no spinal cord damage. But Ross spent a lot of time and multiple surgeries to get back into the condition to play, and only just made it in the end

 

[God-King Dean]

They kid can only move his arm, whether he will walk again is a better question then whether he will play again, his NRL career is over.

This.

 

[taxidriver]

I'd also nominate O'Donnell and Hindmarsh's tackle on Darius Boyd in Origin 2 in 2010 as worse than this tackle.

you have a strange understanding of "worse"

 

[1 Eyed TEZZA]

I've heard on the radio this morning that he's in an induced coma. Can anyone confirm?

 

[BranVan3000]

I've heard on the radio this morning that he's in an induced coma. Can anyone confirm?

Yes he is, to reduce swelling

 

[betcats]

I've heard on the radio this morning that he's in an induced coma. Can anyone confirm?

Yeah this is being widely reported, induced coma to recover from surgery.

 

[1 Eyed TEZZA]

Cheers guys.

 

[1 Eyed TEZZA]

Yet again, the Melbourne Storm tackling tactics will get called into question. Seems to happen a bit to them.

 

[Kirky]

The kid can only move his arm, whether he will walk again is a better question then whether he will play again, his NRL career is over.

Jesus

 

[Dr Gonzo]

Yes he is, to reduce swelling

correct, an induced coma drops body heat, lowers blood pressure and slowly swelling goes down

Schumacher was put under right away to give him a chance

 

[Hutty1986]

I heard the initial '2 years' prognosis but as has been said, looks like this is the end of a very promising RL career. Poor bloke, at least he's in good hands. It can be a f*cking cruel bastard of a sport sometimes.

 

[thorson1987]

Yet again, the Melbourne Storm tackling tactics will get called into question. Seems to happen a bit to them.

You mean tackles like these

exactly. stop the lifting tackle.

smith was trying to point out that lifting tackles were happening all game, and that the ref should be looking at them all

1st minute - penalised



20th minute - unpenalised



43rd minute, after seeing a player leave the field for the same thing, here, the blokes boot is above a tacklers head.... unpenalised


Heres hoping for a Ben Ross like outcome, surprise everyone, and do things the doctors said he'd never do.

best wishes to alex, and his family

 

[BranVan3000]

You mean tackles like these

Grow up

 

[northwest9]

They are not dissimilar. Two fractured discs for McKinnon compared to one for Ross, no spinal cord damage. But Ross spent a lot of time and multiple surgeries to get back into the condition to play, and only just made it in the end

the point is he made it. i have faith in modern medicine and a persons will to recover. he did what a lot didnt think he could. heres hoping the same happens here

it was a good news story, id rather hope for the best, than dwell on the worst

 

[1 Eyed TEZZA]

You mean tackles like these

Kinda like these..

Innovators...

 

[BranVan3000]

the point is he made it. i have faith in modern medicine and a persons will to recover. he did what a lot didnt think he could. heres hoping the same happens here

it was a good news story, id rather hope for the best, than dwell on the worst

Doctors will always give the worst case scenario. At this point the talk has been of recovery times, just be happy the words quadriplegia haven't been mentioned

Alex will recover. How much he will recover is still to be determined

 

[Springs]

you have a strange understanding of "worse"

A bad injury doesn't necessarily make the tackling technique 'worse'.
A slight movement, a split second's reaction time, a certain amount of players in the tackle and so on can turn a rather common tackle into a serious injury. This was a bad tackle but there have been a lot like it that haven't resulted in broken necks. In my opinion any tackle that has someone lifted upside down and dropped on their head is worse as the intent and time to pull out of it is much greater.

This tackle can't get any more weeks than deliberate elbows to the head, which was 7 weeks last I checked.