Were Luke Staley's injuries truly career-ending - cougarguard.com — unofficial BYU Cougars / LDS sports, football, basketball forum and message board

SoCalCoug · 08-18-2005, 01:50 AM

or did he just give up? It was such an abrupt retirement for him, and I don't think I ever saw a straight answer on this over a CB.

As his last surgery was explained to me, it was to fix an earlier botched surgery (that loose tendon in his knee). He wasn't really injured, it just started bothering him, he had the surgery, he came back, got cut and quit.

Is there more to the story than that?

John Haddow · 08-18-2005, 10:57 AM

Luke was told by doctors that his knee would never fully recover and that his ankle injury was also very damaging. You have to remember that he had six surgeries just in high school. I played golf with Lavell Edwards this June in Richmond, VA and he told me that Luke Staley was the finest athlete that he ever recruited but that his body could just not stand up to the punishment. Lavell said that Luke could have been as good a RB as anyone in the pros had he been fully healthy. He had that rare combination of size and speed, plus he had the ability to kick it into a higher gear once he got open.

I know he took a lot of ribbing from the small minds on the Ute board for selling cell phones while he finished his degree but my hat is off to him for coming back and graduating.

il Padrino Ute · 08-18-2005, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by John Haddow

I know he took a lot of ribbing from the small minds on the Ute board for selling cell phones

John, it would seem that you've fallen into the same trap as those Ute fans with this comment. While I give Staley a lot of credit for doing what needed to be done in order to finish school, my guess would be that the jokes about Staley were directed at those Cougars who believe BYU is the superior place to get an education.

MikeWaters · 08-18-2005, 03:39 PM

Luke Staley will get the final laugh when he is making 50 to 60 THOUSAND dollars and all the Ute fans are pumping his gas! Heeheee.

Archaea · 08-18-2005, 03:42 PM

that's barely resident money in our neck of the woods?

MikeWaters · 08-18-2005, 03:44 PM

it's a famous quote from Lenny Gomes (?), before a rivalry game.

SoCalCoug · 08-18-2005, 03:52 PM

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Luke was told by doctors that his knee would never fully recover and that his ankle injury was also very damaging.

That's the information I was missing. Thanks. It's really too bad, because he had such talent. I remember that Deshaun Foster was the other big RB at the time, and I had the chance to watch Foster a little bit. My impression was that they were similar, except Luke was a little faster and had better hands. And now Foster's playing on Sundays.

08-18-2005, 01:50 AM	#1
SoCalCoug Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Orange County, California Posts: 3,059	Were Luke Staley's injuries truly career-ending or did he just give up? It was such an abrupt retirement for him, and I don't think I ever saw a straight answer on this over a CB. As his last surgery was explained to me, it was to fix an earlier botched surgery (that loose tendon in his knee). He wasn't really injured, it just started bothering him, he had the surgery, he came back, got cut and quit. Is there more to the story than that? __________________ Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty Yewt! "Now perhaps as I spanked myself screaming out "Kozlowski, say it like you mean it bitch!" might have been out of line, but such was the mood." - Goatnapper "If you want to fatten a pig up to make the pig MORE delicious, you can feed it almost anything. Seriously. The pig is like the car on Back to the Future. You put in garbage, and out comes something magical!" - Cali Coug

08-18-2005, 10:57 AM	#2
John Haddow Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Virginia (DC Area) Posts: 3	Staley Injuries Luke was told by doctors that his knee would never fully recover and that his ankle injury was also very damaging. You have to remember that he had six surgeries just in high school. I played golf with Lavell Edwards this June in Richmond, VA and he told me that Luke Staley was the finest athlete that he ever recruited but that his body could just not stand up to the punishment. Lavell said that Luke could have been as good a RB as anyone in the pros had he been fully healthy. He had that rare combination of size and speed, plus he had the ability to kick it into a higher gear once he got open. I know he took a lot of ribbing from the small minds on the Ute board for selling cell phones while he finished his degree but my hat is off to him for coming back and graduating. __________________ John M. Haddow Parry, Romani, DeConcini & Symms 517 C Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 547-4000

08-18-2005, 03:42 PM	#5
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	why would fifty or sixty be reason for celebration? that's barely resident money in our neck of the woods?

08-18-2005, 03:39 PM	#4
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Luke Staley will get the final laugh when he is making 50 to 60 THOUSAND dollars and all the Ute fans are pumping his gas! Heeheee.

08-18-2005, 03:44 PM	#6
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	it's a famous quote from Lenny Gomes (?), before a rivalry game.