you're right... and my father who's been an orthopod for 40 years and my best friend who's an orthopod at the Mayo clinic are wrong. what do they know? they're only two of the most respected people in Phoenix who actually deal with this type of injury for a living.
That's pretty cool that they do that. I love the Mayo clinic. Used to live by there and my dad went there for his chronic back issues.
I have a friend who just graduated from Harvard med and is doing his residency in San Diego asn orthopedist. I also have several friends on surgical rotations who go to Midwestern Univ. D.O. program in Glendale, including my wife (who's doing all of her rotations in L.A.).
There is little to indicate that his career is shot, especially after his consult today with physicians. Sports med revolutionizes almost every year. An ACL tear used to be automatically considered a 10-12 month recovery. Now, it's much less (dependent on the patient of course).
Athletes like Williams, who are well conditioned, bounce back from an injury like this faster and easier than the average Joe. He also has at his disposal the best surgeons, physical therapists, and sports psychologists who specialize in keeping players even keeled and not getting down on themselves.
I'm not trying to mitigate the injury (nor discount your father's or friend's experience as doctors), but I have to imagine based on my research and asking around that it is far from the end of his career. If all goes well, he should be back by the time TC starts.
