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Steve Beurlein blasts Luck for retiring

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Waldo Grand Master

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I find it funny that anyone believes the Colts handled this the right way or that they are even capable of doing so. Its has been a mess up there from the owner to GM and then all the way down. I would love to know more details and less feelings.

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Daddy_Uncle Grand Master

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11 minutes ago, Cracka McNasty said:

How dare he be tired of living in a state of constant pain? He owes it to everyone else to not be able to walk when he's older or hold his children without wincing. 

What a pussy amiright?

There are things more important in life than Football. Sad that many don't understand that. 

You missed the point. You don't retire 2 weeks before the season starts. That's not fair to an organization that invested a ton of money in you and a fan base counting on you. There's a right and a wrong way to do things. I don't think anyone is mad at him for taking care of himself. The timing is what makes it so bad. 

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13 minutes ago, Cracka McNasty said:

How dare he be tired of living in a state of constant pain? He owes it to everyone else to not be able to walk when he's older or hold his children without wincing. 

What a pussy amiright?

There are things more important in life than Football. Sad that many don't understand that. 

You have to admit, its pretty crappy of him to notify the team right before the season.

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3 minutes ago, Daddy_Uncle said:

You missed the point. You don't retire 2 weeks before the season starts. That's not fair to an organization that invested a ton of money in you and a fan base counting on you. There's a right and a wrong way to do things. I don't think anyone is mad at him for taking care of himself. The timing is what makes it so bad. 

By all accounts he was about to be placed on IR again. He wasn't about to be the starter going into the season anyway. At that point, his body was telling him it couldn't take anymore, and he didn't love the game enough to keep rehabbing to get back to where he needed to get in order to be the franchise QB again. Better to rip the band-aid off now than to let it linger as he doesn't heal throughout the season like what happened two years ago. A lot of people don't remember all the BS he had to put up with when he hurt his shoulder. Constantly having to justify why he wasn't playing as he tried to heal to get back to 100%. He put in the work only to start back at square one with a completely different injury. I don't blame him at all.

If Luke had gotten another concussion last week, I would have been 100% supportive of him hanging it up then and there. It's their bodies and their futures that they have to live. He owes nothing to no one but himself and his family. He's made enough money to support them without having to work another day for the rest of his life. 

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18 minutes ago, Untouchable said:

 

You see sh!t like this and you immediately understand why any player would walk away.  Who cares about timing, take care of the sh!t that's important.

And every single player that goes into football or NFL for that matter know the risk.  

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Been on the colts forum reading replies. It’s pretty fuvking crazy but one thing that caught my attention. A bunch of posters there are really worried about his mental health. Said that this is more than just injuries and that Andrew suffers from depression as an aside from football and that the cycle of injury pain rehab for 4 years sunk him even lower then normal. Just something to think about. We don’t know these people and we barely know what they go through on a day to day basis. Compassion and empathy is the best course of action. If you saw him at his presser he looked exhausted. This has not been fun for him. 

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