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Message: [QUOTE="Doctor Hoop, post: 2456063, member: 6845"] I’m just catching up with this thread. Man, there are a lot of hot takes in here. First, I’m a shoulder sub-specialist within sports medicine. I know a boatload of really good shoulder surgeons, in Boston, in NYC, in Cleveland, in Philadelphia, in Nashville, in LA, etc. And yes, in Farmington. There isn’t anybody with 100% excellent results in this type of situation, so the very fact that he’s having problems tells you very little about the quality of the surgeon or the work. There are very few “idiot surgeons.” (Though I do have some stories.;)) Dr. Andrews is outstanding, and a great guy, by the way .. but he’s also 75. This is very demanding surgery if it involves revision of the revision instability procedure. I’m pretty sure that his fellows and/or a partner will be assisting. There are also 20 or 30 surgeons nationally expert in this type of surgery. If, on the other hand, it’s an arthroscopic procedure to clean scar tissue, then the procedure is a lot less intense, though still requiring expertise. He may lose a year of eligibility by having surgery now, but three years with a healthy shoulder would be fine by me. Do the right thing for the shoulder, and the player. I take care of several teams. Treatment decisions are always made with the player and family only, not with the coach. [/QUOTE]