Comments on East Coast Bias: Tiger's ACL Injury Good for his Golf Game?

Awesome. Now we get spammed by medical websites.

2008-06-19T00:18:07.606-04:00

Awesome. Now we get spammed by medical websites.

Just more proof that anyone can get hurt and shoul...

2008-06-18T22:15:52.903-04:00

Just more proof that anyone can get hurt and should work on their knee exercises to prevent this kind of injury. Just a few simple exercises a few times a day increase flexibility and strength in your knee and awareness of yourself and how you move can prevent ACL injuries.

Just more proof that anyone can get hurt and shoul...

2008-06-18T22:15:43.888-04:00

As a practicing orthopedic surgeon, I wanted to gi...

2008-06-18T17:20:15.172-04:00

As a practicing orthopedic surgeon, I wanted to give some insight on Tiger's injury. Although he will need surgery and rehab, he will most likely be back on the course in no time playing at the same level he does now. ACL reconstructions used to be a coin toss on whether the athlete would ever recover, today new technologies used in the repair make it a simple and reproducible procedure. This animation will make the non scientific person understand what is going to be done - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4EI4kK5MAo

I think if he made that announcement before the Op...

2008-06-18T16:31:23.511-04:00

I think if he made that announcement before the Open the coverage would have been even worse, if that is possible.

I think the following announcement would have been...

2008-06-18T15:15:39.470-04:00

I think the following announcement would have been reasonable: "The surgery did not have the desired effect, and during rehab, Tiger suffered a stress fracture in his left leg. After the US Open, Tiger will have surgery to correct the problems in his knee and be out the rest of the year."

That would have explained why the ACL, which previously had not hampered his play, is now a problem and why he was in so much pain, limiting bloggers like ourselves questioning the media's coverage of the Open. There's no way the coverage of Tiger's pain could possibly have increased over what we already got this weekend. The US Open I saw on TV wasn't about Tiger vs. the field or the course, it was Tiger vs. his pain. The announcement at least would have explained what we were watching.

I think the argument could be made that Tiger didn...

2008-06-18T15:01:15.443-04:00

I think the argument could be made that Tiger didn't want to make the announcement before the Open because it didn't want it to be a distraction/source of criticism (What is he thinking!?!?).

I don't think Tiger would have used the surgery as an excuse AFTER the Open. I think the media would have though.

I'm glad he'll have time to spend with his kid though.

Here we go again...Why would announcing the injury...

2008-06-18T14:37:43.031-04:00

Here we go again...

Why would announcing the injury after the Open serve as an excuse/further glorify the accomplishment? How is that better than announcing it before? Ummm, maybe he just wanted to play the Open at Torrey Pines before going under the knife. Your take on the timing of the announcement is a bit of a stretch.

But Tiger haters will interpret everything he does however they want.