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The old 'medical department' stitch up

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Ok, go on... tell me, what are your medical qualifications?

Don't have any genius but unlike you I do know what went down with Scullys knee and it was a post op balls up .

 

Sorry guys, simple common sense trumps your posts.

Don't have any genius but unlike you I do know what went down with Scullys knee and it was a post op balls up .

Do tell us more f'em. These are the stories I like to hear

 

Sticking your head up your arze doesn't tho' .

Alright then deep throat, give us the inside story on "what really happened" and the "post op balls-up"...

Enlighten us.

I am guessing that Hawthorn and there highly paid medical staff are to blame for all their knee injuries!

Seriously, just becuase they pay a bit more does not mean their doctors are any better or that we have people who have no idea what they are doing.

They may have some better facilities to help with recovery but to blame the staff is ridiculous.

People spend too much time trying to find reasons or excuses to blame for our form.


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I am guessing that Hawthorn and there highly paid medical staff are to blame for all their knee injuries!

Seriously, just becuase they pay a bit more does not mean their doctors are any better or that we have people who have no idea what they are doing.

They may have some better facilities to help with recovery but to blame the staff is ridiculous.

People spend too much time trying to find reasons or excuses to blame for our form.

how can you say that

i don't care if you are talking about the bootstudder, if you pay the most you are going to get the best one and there is going to be a difference

in terms of facilities it is even more pronounced

Let's sack them as well.

At this rate the only staff left at MFC next year will be the bootstudders.

Our players seem to slip over a fair bit so sack them as well...

Our players seem to slip over a fair bit so sack them as well...

hahaha :)

 

As a physiotherapist, I have to say this is the stupidest post I have ever seen.....EVER, and I'm not going to give it credibility by explaining why. Take it down before someone gets hurt!

If this doesn't get taken down, and someone does get hurt, I'm blaming our medical staff.

Curry and Beer, paying the most does not guarantee you will get the best, but it does quarantee you are paying the most!

The way you and some others look at it you are implying that because we dont pay the most that our Doctors and medical staff dont know what they are doing. It is a shallow view in my opinion.

They may be paid less but they are still proffessionals in their field.


He's also insinuating that all club medical departments are made up of mercenaries who go where the money is.

This is certainly not the case.

There's nothing wrong with asking the question. But then you've got to weigh up the evidence before having a crack.

If Scully's injury has been mismanaged in any way, he will almost certainly leave and cite this as the reason, so the stakes are huge. But there's nothing whatsoever to suggest even the slightest mismanagement, and if there was "a post-op balls-up" then he would not have been able to play out last year without any apparent trouble.

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Curry and Beer, paying the most does not guarantee you will get the best, but it does quarantee you are paying the most!

The way you and some others look at it you are implying that because we dont pay the most that our Doctors and medical staff dont know what they are doing. It is a shallow view in my opinion.

They may be paid less but they are still proffessionals in their field.

you've got to be joking

if you are at the head of your field, and you have a CV that reflects an impressive academic and professional history, and you are looking fo a job, why in the name of christ would you go to Melbourne and do exactly the same job for half the wage. Cash is probably your number 1 priority like it is for everyone else on the planet. Have you ever seen a GP or other medical specialist, or any professional for that matter, that made you realise the last bloke you saw didn't know what he was doing? because i certainly have

the same thing applies to the position of senior coach FCS, for which we also shell out bargain basement remuneration. People are talking about Malthouse coming here well you can bet your jewels that will not happen unless nobody else wants him, because practically everyone will outbid us and of course he will take it. That's what happened with Chris Judd or else he would be our captain niw. How friggin obvious does it need to be

man there's a lot of head in the sanders lately..

Curry and Beer, paying the most does not guarantee you will get the best, but it does quarantee you are paying the most!

The way you and some others look at it you are implying that because we dont pay the most that our Doctors and medical staff dont know what they are doing. It is a shallow view in my opinion.

They may be paid less but they are still proffessionals in their field.

Not necessarily disagreeing with your point

But re "they are still proffessionals in their field." doesn't in of itself mean anything

You would understand if you watched 4 corners last night and the sports centre surgeon who is still the Adelaide Netball club's doctor.

Not saying there is any reflection or relationship to the MFC medical staff

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Not necessarily disagreeing with your point

But re "they are still proffessionals in their field." doesn't in of itself mean anything

You would understand if you watched 4 corners last night and the sports centre surgeon who is still the Adelaide Netball club's doctor.

Not saying there is any reflection or relationship to the MFC medical staff

exactly, this 'all professionals are created equal' attitude is quite bizarre and completely wrong to be frank

and to suggest there is no correlation between quality and payscale is just as crazy


exactly, this 'all professionals are created equal' attitude is quite bizarre and completely wrong to be frank

and to suggest there is no correlation between quality and payscale is just as crazy

Be careful what you say about the medical profession when it comes to pay vs quality

Just think of a certain Dr Geoffrey .......

The medical profession is a very closed society and not easy to evaluate from outside (or sometimes from inside - see Qld)

There's not an absolute correlation between the 2 either.

Be careful what you say about the medical profession when it comes to pay vs quality

Just think of a certain Dr Geoffrey .......

The medical profession is a very closed society and not easy to evaluate from outside (or sometimes from inside - see Qld)

so very true...The Medical Profession runs its own rules in many areas because it is so special & necessary.

If you are sick or in pain you will not argue price.

We want players to go in harder, but we don't want contact injuries.

When players get a contact injury, we want them to recover properly, but we don't like it taking long.

When it does take a long time, we blame the medicos?

Can't win.

Medicos are not miracle workers. Tissue injuries take as long as they are going to take.

Let's sack them as well.

At this rate the only staff left at MFC next year will be the bootstudders.

I think we should sack the bootstudders as well. The injuries are clearly related to improperly adjusted studs.


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I think we should sack the bootstudders as well. The injuries are clearly related to improperly adjusted studs.

another Seinfeld

i didn't think the joke could be improved upon after the first 4 times but you went ahead and mastered it.

Ahhh, I think that this thread just had my eye out!!

Although one could argue that it was selfinflicted after I attempted to rake my own eyes out while ready this thread.

Easily the most ridiculous thread I have seen since I've been on the site.

 
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Easily the most ridiculous thread I have seen since I've been on the site.

yeah i know, fancy people being dense enough to think that all medicos are the same, there is no correlation between quality of service and salary and that having a massive injury list every single year is simply bad luck

maybe we should just save a heap of coin and have volunteer supporters handle the injuries instead of doctors

fair dinkum are there any adults on this site

On the other hand it would be interesting to find out on a club by club basis stats on injuries. Stats such as how many weeks are missed due to injury, how many of the list miss 1 or more weeks etc. I would be surprised if the stats aren't available somewhere, but I doubt they are available to the general punter.


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