Redshirt Hollings?

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IIRC, we did not redshirt Hollings his freshman year as he played special teams. My question is whether or not, Hollings should be redshirted next year if he can. A lot of times, players often take longer than a year to fully recover (ie. Nate Curry, Terrell Davis, Godsey, etc.). If given another year to recover, Hollings is much more likely to show the brillance of the first 4 games this year in '04 than in '03, IMO. Plus, it may be the best thing for Hollings as his performance earlier this year would have gotten him picked in the NFL draft.

Wonder what everyone else thinks about this???
 
I would assume that if Tony's knee isn't up to playing next year he will be RS. If he can go there isn't an issue. To me it's way premature to worry about this.
 
In almost every case in a knee injury like his, it seems to take two years to get back to 100%...
I sure wish he'd redshirt...I'd rather see a TH at 100% in two ywars than a TH at 80% (or whatever) in one year...Look at Hatch....
 
You may be right but you can't necessarily equate Hatch and Hollings. I don't know the details of their respective injuries but "knee injury" covers a lot of ground. Even with the same injury there are degrees of damage and then the rehab can be different as well. Why not just wait and see how he does. Reports so far are that he's pretty active already.
 
Originally posted by Gold Rush:
In almost every case in a knee injury like his, it seems to take two years to get back to 100%...
I sure wish he'd redshirt...I'd rather see a TH at 100% in two ywars than a TH at 80% (or whatever) in one year...Look at Hatch....
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<font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, Sans-Serif">Gold Rush,
Your post is EXACTLY correct.
 
If we get Rashaun Grant, Skylor Thornton, and Tashard Choice I think it makes Chans decision easier....Like GR said knee injuries like this usually take 2 years to recover fully from
 
Originally posted by Gold Rush:
In almost every case in a knee injury like his, it seems to take two years to get back to 100%...
I sure wish he'd redshirt...I'd rather see a TH at 100% in two ywars than a TH at 80% (or whatever) in one year...Look at Hatch....
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<font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, Sans-Serif">Tony Hollings will probably be back next year full speed unless something really bad happens. It only takes 4 to 8 months to heel totally from the surgury. The people on the eight month end are people that it takes them longer for them to get strength back in the LEG not the knee. I have torn my ACL twice. It will not be a question of if he is physically ready, but mentally ready. If he works real hard and has confidence in his knee when he cuts then he will be just the same as he was this season. As for Curry, he dislocated his knee cap at the beginning of the season. He was ready to go during the spring, running drills and everything, but he was held out of contact drills FOR PRECAUTIONARY REASONS. If you guys remember this is Hatch's second ACL tear and he also had a set back in the beginning of fall (I think a miniscus tear or something). He obviously doesn't have the confidence to truly cut on the knee anymore. Sometimes it is a reflex your body does as a defense meconisim. But he is probable totally health (unless something happen that has not been reported) and he will never be able to get that confidence back. Remember Hatch has had about a year and a half. I had my first surgery on May 8, 2000 and was cleared to do whatever I wanted to do August 4, 2000 and played intramural football and other things on the SAC artifical turf. I know that is not college football, but both my therapist and 2 orthipedic surgens told me I could do whatever I wanted to and let me go skiing in November. They said I had no more of a chance of injuring it again than anyone on the mountain.

Not to be rude, but you guys that say it takes two years to heal are dead wrong. It might take a guy two years to mentally get back in it, but certainly not physically (unless something goes wrong). Jerry Rice came back and played the same season he tore his ACL after having the surgery. 3 and a half months. It is just a mental game and after talking to TH and seeing him in good spirits a month after his surgery not limping after a game, I have a good feeling he will be just fine next year. Lee Suggs tore his last year and he is just fine, Tony will be too.
 
Well, I'm glad you had good luck with yours (who did you play for in your first year of recovery ?
You had no swelling requiring drainage ? You had no soreness in your first year after surgery ?
What position did you play ? Were you making the kind of cuts that Hollings typicaly makes ?

I can tell you that I've treated or participated in treating many many ACL's etc, and in my experience it takes ~ two years to not have any of the above kind of things happen AND it takes a similar amount of time mentally as well...Both are equally important for being 100% recovered (ie of you aren't mentally fully recovered, then obviously you won't be back 100%.)

There are always exceptions, but the months/one year scenario is not the typical one. Usually takes more.
 
From what I understand ACL's rehab has a great deal to do with how bad the injury was. Was there other damage and such. Heard that Tony's was "clean" with no other damage. We'll see how it goes. One ACL injury can differ greatly from another from what I've heard.
 
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