Duquette: O's medical staff waited too long to address Tillman's shoulder?

[webbrick2010]

7 minutes ago, Tx Oriole said:

What do you want him to say? 

I want him to ask them why they didn't get involved earlier with Tillman, before berating them in public

Would you want your boss to tell the media that he thinks your are doing a bad job, before he at least discussed his disappointment directly to you?

[Dark Helmet]

38 minutes ago, webbrick2010 said:

I want him to ask them why they didn't get involved earlier with Tillman, before berating them in public

Would you want your boss to tell the media that he thinks your are doing a bad job, before he at least discussed his disappointment directly to you?

How do we know DD hasn't already made his displeasure known to them? Maybe he did discuss it with them. Who really knows.

[El Gordo]

3 hours ago, LookitsPuck said:

Which is exactly my point. Bursitis, tendonitis, etc. They're all repetitive stress injuries usually relieved (but not always fixed) by anti-inflammatories such as cortisone shots.

If Tillman was feeling it at the end of the season...I'm guessing the reason is as simple as Tillman saying: "It's the offseason, I'm not pitching, some rest and eventual rehabilitation will cure what ails me." 

Throwing the medical team under the bus here just seems asinine to me especially considering Duquette's checkered past (i.e. Gallardo). Let's not forget this is the same medical team that saved the O's ass when it came to guys like Balfour and other problematic players.

DD didn't throw the medics under the bus. Rosenthal did by quoting unamed sources.

[Frobby]

3 hours ago, El Gordo said:

DD didn't throw the medics under the bus. Rosenthal did by quoting unamed sources.

Yes, the quotes from DD himself are pretty mild.

[25 Nuggets]

3 hours ago, El Gordo said:

DD didn't throw the medics under the bus. Rosenthal did by quoting unnamed sources.

Yeah, having read through it, you're right.  Looks like Kenny still has his Orioles deepthroat.

Orioles and cryptic media leaks, like PB and jelly. 

[Frobby]

I don't know why Rosenthal gets so much criticism around here.    We certainly can't rely on the beat reporters to get us any inside information about the organization.    

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I don't know why Rosenthal gets so much criticism around here.    We certainly can't rely on the beat reporters to get us any inside information about the organization.    

This is why I don't like him:

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-03-02/sports/1992062188_1_eddie-ed-die-new-york

[Frobby]

4 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

This is why I don't like him:

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-03-02/sports/1992062188_1_eddie-ed-die-new-York

I don't particularly like him.    But I appreciate it that he often reports news that the beat reporters never attempt to find.   And, he's often ahead of them on the offseason news as well.

[El Gordo]

13 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

This is why I don't like him:

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-03-02/sports/1992062188_1_eddie-ed-die-new-york

That's just a bad pIece of writing regardless of the subject. Just empty snark. Hmmmmm.....seems kinda familiar.

[LookitsPuck]

10 hours ago, RZNJ said:

 

Come on.  If the team knew his shoulder was bothering him, wouldn't it be them, and not Tillman, to plan a course of action for the off season?    That's what a medical staff is there for.

The buck stops with Duquette. If he was so keen on the medical staff, it's his job during the offseason to monitor them especially with star players like Tillman. They don't always operate on autonomy here. Look at from the lens of a doctor and patient. If a patient is saying, "Hey, no big deal here...I'm fine." The doctor isn't going to press the issue. But if Duquette is running a well oiled machine and is asking for reports and pushing the medical/training staff, then they will.

I guess I don't see the hub-bub from Duquette here. This is ultimately on him.