Trent Green can't take a hint
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by Suckatsports
Trent Green is dumber than we initially thought. It's not enough that he was almost pronounced DOA on the field not two weeks ago, but he's contemplating coming back.
- "Right now my mind-set is to come back and play," Green said. "Everything has been real positive up to this point. That has given me great reassurance and given my family great reassurance."
A man, who by all measures should be dead right now, or at the very least a vegetable right now says that things are "real positive." That's fantastic. I would have said that if I were you too, when I got up from the gurney after being motionless. Back to what Dierdorf said - this isn't courageous, this is bordering on mentally insane. When does he take a hint, when he's getting fed through a tube? Oh, there's more.
- "Everything turned out normal," Green said. "I wasn't having any symptoms in terms of dizziness or headaches or memory loss or balancing problems or sensitivity to light -- things that are associated with concussions."
- Green became an expert on the subject while sidelined a year ago following a severe concussion with the Kansas City Chiefs. He sat out eight games and considered retirement.
- The latest concussion was also considered severe, but symptoms were less serious, Green said.
I'm sure his wife and children feel the exact same way. That this "brain rattling" hit was just less severe than the others. And when a person is an expert on concussions, they're usually a doctor, not a person who's had them too many times to know when the effects are serious or not. Really Trent, I know you like playing, and sometimes you're halfway decent, but walk away now, when you can still... walk.
Not being a professional athlete, I cannot empathize with the kind of excitement that comes during game day, and the allure of playing until you're 50. Other athletes have had issues walking away like Jerry Rice, but Jerry Rice never suffered too many concussions. And others like Aikman and Young were forced to leave the game because they still wanted control of their bowels. Maybe these two should call Green and explain things to him in full.
It's either that, or Evander Holyfield has already gotten to him.
Green sets sights on returning [SI.com]
This post is cross-published from We Suck at Sports
