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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4469105, member: 9844"] Your first sentence was exactly what I thought heading into this season. That the surgery was to make her better than last year when she was hampered by the hip, that while there might be a gradual easing into form, that she would be 100% by the first game and better. I don't understand any details of the hip surgery, but I believe the impression given was that it was relatively minor. Whether it was the normal expectation for this kind of surgery or not, the reality of being this far into the season and not having Caroline anywhere near 100% is a pretty major surprise and disappointment. Providing more details on her recovery and health at this point in time may simply be a reaction to the "what's wrong with Caroline?" commentary, that many including me have been part of. If we knew the true health situation some of those comments would have been unduly harsh, but we didn't know. If the operation wasn't a complete success, we didn't know it. If the operation was far more uncertain than portrayed, we didn't know that. If the normal recovery time was well into the season, we certainly didn't know that either. I'm sure many of us might regret some of our comments given updated health information, but to a certain extent those opinions were allowed to fester because of the lack of good information on her health. The team and Caroline have the right to keep health information as close to the vest as they want, but when poor performance is due to an unknown health issue, it is probably better to reveal it, or other uncomplimentary conclusions may be reached. [/QUOTE]

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