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This poor guy was a pretty good player,I was pleased he came to Melbourne. Then we learn he has concussion, well over a year ago and he is just listed as Indefinite .

does anyone know any more? You don’t give up on a bloke like this, if there is any possibility he can play again . Is he at the club? Was he in the gym?

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    He's with the squad and doing forms of Rehab after recently quarantining on the Gold Coast. Extremely conservative approach which is currently centred around his long term health, rather than his long term footballing future. There is hope. Goody quite likes him. 

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    Yes as posted many times previously, his health now is the primary concern. I think he will continue to work away from any contact.  Running and strength work only.  MFC will do it’s best and it’s likely he will retire at end of 2020 in agreement with the club medical team. 
     

     I think the club and the AFL need to be so careful with players showing constant and repetitive concussions.  
     

    Brain injury is a serious lifelong debilitating condition on some of these young guys. 

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    18 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    MFC will do it’s best and it’s likely he will retire at end of 2020 in agreement with the club medical team. 

     I think the club and the AFL need to be so careful with players showing constant and repetitive concussions.  

    Have heard this also from a club source. 

    As a 19 year old in his second season he averaged over 22 disposals off half back and finished 2nd in their BnF two votes behind Tom Lynch, and ahead of Steven May, Bennell and Miller. He looked set to become one of the elite back flanks in the league. Such a shame that injury ruined his career.

    His long term health is the priority at this stage. Concussions are nasty - look at how much it's ruined the life of Paddy McCartin. He basically lives in isolation with constant headaches, susceptible to bright light and randomly loses feeling in his hands. Wish Kade good health!

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    I’ve taken the absence of his name when injury updates are given as a clear indication that he is being rehabilitated towards retirement. Wouldn’t surprise me if he’s been working with the coaches a lot for perhaps a career post-footy. Concussions are such a difficult one to work out because it appears everyone reacts differently. But right now a footy club would be a good environment for him. 

    Whatever happens I hope he doesn’t suffer ill effects through his life. 

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    32 minutes ago, Pates said:

    I’ve taken the absence of his name when injury updates are given as a clear indication that he is being rehabilitated towards retirement. Wouldn’t surprise me if he’s been working with the coaches a lot for perhaps a career post-footy. Concussions are such a difficult one to work out because it appears everyone reacts differently. But right now a footy club would be a good environment for him. 

    Whatever happens I hope he doesn’t suffer ill effects through his life. 

    There are different levels of concussion.Did he suffer several? If he’s contemplating retirement I can’t see the point of training . I very much hope he is not too bad and might be able to give it a go.depending, of course, on medical advice 

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    GC didnt offer him a contract, they knew he was cooked. Bizzare that he got a fat 3 year contract with us. 

    Unfortunately you'd think he needs to retire for the sake of his health. 

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    11 hours ago, Farmer said:

    There are different levels of concussion.Did he suffer several? If he’s contemplating retirement I can’t see the point of training . I very much hope he is not too bad and might be able to give it a go.depending, of course, on medical advice 

    I could be wrong but I think the club probably sees “dumping him” or leaving him behind in Melbourne as a bad move for his mental health and at the end of the day he is a contracted player so no harm in helping him rehab with the unlikely chance of him getting fully rehabilitated being something in the background. 

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    I'd still love to know the extent of the due diligence that the club undertook before offering Kade a contract, which presumably is worth around $1M over the three years.

    I find it hard to believe that he had concussion issues at GC, was miraculously cured when we came knocking at the end of 2018, and suddenly had concussion issues again a few months later.

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    2 hours ago, poita said:

    I'd still love to know the extent of the due diligence that the club undertook before offering Kade a contract, which presumably is worth around $1M over the three years.

    I find it hard to believe that he had concussion issues at GC, was miraculously cured when we came knocking at the end of 2018, and suddenly had concussion issues again a few months later.

    There was a school of thought that the root cause of KK's concussions had been found, something to do with the neck. It's risk/reward and the club backed themselves to strengthen the neck muscle etc etc. 

    The same thing could have been said for Gus Brayshaw in 2017. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. 

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    13 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

    There was a school of thought that the root cause of KK's concussions had been found, something to do with the neck. It's risk/reward and the club backed themselves to strengthen the neck muscle etc etc. 

    The same thing could have been said for Gus Brayshaw in 2017. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. 

    I recall the revelation of the neck as the root cause at the time. I hope we didn't rely on reports by GC medicos on that matter.

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    20 hours ago, Dannyz said:

    He's with the squad and doing forms of Rehab after recently quarantining on the Gold Coast. Extremely conservative approach which is currently centred around his long term health, rather than his long term footballing future. There is hope. Goody quite likes him. 

    Like the McCartins, he was the better player of the brothers, but because of concussions, the other brother has played more. 
    There is a lot of luck involved in having a long footy career.

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    18 minutes ago, gs77 said:

    I recall the revelation of the neck as the root cause at the time. I hope we didn't rely on reports by GC medicos on that matter.

    It was an independent neurologist based on the Gold Coast.

    When a player has a couple of years out, people tend to forget the talent of a player. KK can seriously play, a runner up Best & Fairest winner. 

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    8 hours ago, gs77 said:

    I recall the revelation of the neck as the root cause at the time. I hope we didn't rely on reports by GC medicos on that matter.

    Come on. Give our club a bit of credit. As if.

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