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Originally Posted by EPiPeN11
It's not a lot more likley, that's the point. Just because Detlef did it once, doesn't mean he will do it again. Infact, if you judged Detlef at Joe Johnson's age (26) and said he was more likley to stay healthy than Joe Johnson i'd say ur wrong.
We might as well have just drafted people who were only 30+ years old if you guys are going to drastically underrate younger guys.
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Originally Posted by tbach24
I actually agree with epipen on this fwiw. People really need to stop paying attention to where injuries happened in real life, and more think about likelihood of injury based upon what happened to a player IRL.
Edit- this = his injury arguments. Not about him thinking that Petrovic is anywhere near Ray. Or that Petrovic and JJ are as good as Schrempf.
It isn't even an injury argument. Not breaking down after the age of 30 is a huge plus for a player in this. Its not just some random thing that happened. A player who played at a high level until 34 should be given credit for that + aspect of his career.
I'm not saying that Joe Johnson can't play great into his 30s, who knows. But you cannot say he is the same as a guy who already did it. Doing that just totally takes longevity out of the ball game, and it is a very important part of a players career. Saying you don't know JJ will be great at age 32 isn't really a knock on him, but saying that he has the same chance as detlef to be great at age 32 is a huge knock on Detlef and totally makes his longevity meaningless.
Because we have more data on Detlef than JJ shouldn't hurt how you view Detlef, it should hurt how you view the younger player.