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Tua's Injury
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Russell Wilson talks about Tua (click to play):
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This has been an interesting roller coaster. First it was just progressively worse (oh he hurt he nose, wait his leg to, etc...) and then once things sounded pretty darn bad, somehow the news coming in just kept getting better.
I questioned having Tua in there, but that's easy to say after the fact. If you can't play your guy in the first half of a conference game, I'm not sure when you can.
The enduring story might end up being that if this was going to happen, this is the place to have it happen with these kind of people in place. It sounds like the medical team did an amazing job of dealing with a terrible situation.
I questioned having Tua in there, but that's easy to say after the fact. If you can't play your guy in the first half of a conference game, I'm not sure when you can.
The enduring story might end up being that if this was going to happen, this is the place to have it happen with these kind of people in place. It sounds like the medical team did an amazing job of dealing with a terrible situation.
So my wife saw on Facebook an article where Saban FaceTimed Tua. Said he had his nose “fixed”. I assume that means his nose was broken on the play. Anyone in the know, know anything different?
I am so thankful Tua has a great medical staff at UA and at the Houston hospital. I do hope he recovers quickly.
I ran into someone today who was very mad about Tua's injury. He is not a Bama/Saban fan but he does respect Tua. He was mad at Saban and the doctors who cleared him, saying there was no way he could have been healed after just 3 weeks, yet he was cleared and that he was pumped up with so much anti inflammatories and other stuff that it just hid the pain without healing it enough to play at 100 percent. Said he remembered Tua saying he was not fully 100 percent last time until May when he had the surgery in December. He also said there should be a malpractice lawsuit and Saban should be fired.
Of course, I was not happy with his opinion and I told him my feelings about the entire situation. I am still mad about what he said. I guess I am using this message board to help me get over it. I know everyone has their opinion, but I am just mad at the people who blame Saban for everything.
I ran into someone today who was very mad about Tua's injury. He is not a Bama/Saban fan but he does respect Tua. He was mad at Saban and the doctors who cleared him, saying there was no way he could have been healed after just 3 weeks, yet he was cleared and that he was pumped up with so much anti inflammatories and other stuff that it just hid the pain without healing it enough to play at 100 percent. Said he remembered Tua saying he was not fully 100 percent last time until May when he had the surgery in December. He also said there should be a malpractice lawsuit and Saban should be fired.
Of course, I was not happy with his opinion and I told him my feelings about the entire situation. I am still mad about what he said. I guess I am using this message board to help me get over it. I know everyone has their opinion, but I am just mad at the people who blame Saban for everything.
Whoever's opinion that is it's not worth tearing into, it's ludicrous. Tua's family is more involved in his day to day than any player I have ever seen in my 53 years. I actually am surprised at the amount of access and "say" that they have. He and his family were aware and approved of every single action/step along the way...in his entire career. We have the best medical staff in the country, maybe the world at what they do....Malpractice and Saban should be fired...LOL...I'm almost actually aggravated.
I would have walked away while they were talking - just walked away and let them keep talking to empty air.
Tua was on the field because he and his father wanted him there. Not because Saban wanted him there...
Yes, I know and I tried explaining that plus other things but he didn’t really agree. I guess he just doesn’t trust many doctors for some reason because he seemed to think it happens too often in college where players are cleared too soon.
I struggle with that issue too but then I remind myself I’m not a medical expert.
I believe our poor last minute against LSU player a part in it also. The staff and Tua probably remembered how disastrous that was and wanted to get some practice against a real opponent.
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I think the dilemma for Saban was the fact that here was Bama sitting at #5 in the polls, perhaps with a razor thin edge over Oregon. To avoid losing ground in the polls we know style points matter. It's natural in a situation like that for any coach to leave the starters in a bit longer than normal to try and score a few more points. Scoring 40+ points on an opponent in one half of football would have been impressive no matter who we're playing, so Saban left Tua in to try and score one more. I can't really fault Saban for that. I know if Saban would have pulled Tua too soon or worse yet, not play hjm at all and we would have dropped in the polls then people would have criticized Saban for not doing all he could to try and win convincingly.
I’d suggest anyone who hasn’t watched his Monday press conference to take a few minutes and see what the man himself said
I was basing my thoughts off of what I heard at the Monday presser where Saban said Tua looked fine, it was an SEC game, you play your best players so why wouldn't I play him? He then said "what if I don't play him and we lose?" He sure made it sound like it was his decision to play him although now you seem to indicate that may have just been said for the public record. I know you're close to the situation and have contacts who know what happens behind the scenes so I'll believe you.
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I've had what I said confirmed by multiple sources. He's taking the heat off Tua and the family. People are free to believe what they want...
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