Any chance Luke un-retires?

[Happy Panther]

He is a hall of famer, has loads of money and might be thinking of having a family with his gal. The smartest LB last decade will probably be a pretty smart coach.

[4Corners]

Im sure if the Steelers, Seahawks, Patriots, Ravens, or 9ers were interested he’d maybe want to lace them up again 

[Little Goody Two Shoes]

[Wolfcop]

He gave his heart and soul to the game and this franchise. I dont ever want to see him in pads again. I want to see him live a long and healthy life, hopefully as a Panthers coach for many decades. 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

12 hours ago, Ready 2 Win said:

No.

We all love Luke and want to think of him as some Viking warrior and we want to ride to battle with. Luke however is smarter than apparently many here that think he might come out of retirement. Many really do a disservice and disrespect to him as a man talking about he will feel some itch or whatever is left on the field as if he is some machine only guiided my his own ego and has no consideration or feelings for his wife and family.

Dude is enjoying his life He made and earned his money. He came out mostly in tact, and young enough to be a badass in anything else he puts his mind to.

I love me some 59, but I dont ever want t see him on the field again.

Maybe you are also disrespecting him by taking the opposite side of the coin but still trying to predict how he thinks and feels. It's a football message board. Lighten up.

[Jeremy Igo]

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[NAS]

Ah one can dream. Let’s hope he can help us win with some master scouting

[panthers55]

Luke is done and he won't be back. You could see last year he didn't want to put his head into the pile anymore. He would try and grab them high and wrestle them down. He just didn't have the fire anymore and he made the right decision. He has nothing to prove and the risk of injury kept rising...  I don't blame him at all for retiring particularly since he wasn't the same player before all the concussions.

[Yaboychris28]

22 hours ago, Baskinridge said:

I’m sure Luke is just itching to risk his health for one of the worst teams in the nfl. The decision probably keeps him up at nights.

This

[MHS831]

As a former player in high school and college (as some of you on here probably are) I can tell you that it does not hit you until the fall--when the pads start popping in August and you are not out there--but the first game is brutally sobering.  It is almost (somehow) akin to an amputee feeling as if his leg is still there.  Surreal.  All athletes go through it, but i imagine it is worse for those who dedicated their entire lives to something and achieved success for what must seem like the blink of an eye--then silence--you are not on the team.  Someone else is out there in your spot, and you do not like it.  You are awkward--you don't even know how to be a fan.  Luke has a choice (we think), so I can see that the urge to play will gnaw at him Sunday.  However, as someone who had 3 concussions in 2 seasons (I turned out just fine, by the way) I can tell you that the decision is made for you.  You just have to deal with it as best you can.  And I assure you--Luke loves football WAY more than I did.  But he is not coming back.  When I saw him on the cart after the bad concussion when he was crying, I thought he was done then.  He tried, but I suspect something happened that took the decision away from him.  He is not coming back. 

[OneBadCat]

4 hours ago, MHS831 said:

As a former player in high school and college (as some of you on here probably are) I can tell you that it does not hit you until the fall--when the pads start popping in August and you are not out there--but the first game is brutally sobering.  It is almost (somehow) akin to an amputee feeling as if his leg is still there.  Surreal.  All athletes go through it, but i imagine it is worse for those who dedicated their entire lives to something and achieved success for what must seem like the blink of an eye--then silence--you are not on the team.  Someone else is out there in your spot, and you do not like it.  You are awkward--you don't even know how to be a fan.  Luke has a choice (we think), so I can see that the urge to play will gnaw at him Sunday.  However, as someone who had 3 concussions in 2 seasons (I turned out just fine, by the way) I can tell you that the decision is made for you.  You just have to deal with it as best you can.  And I assure you--Luke loves football WAY more than I did.  But he is not coming back.  When I saw him on the cart after the bad concussion when he was crying, I thought he was done then.  He tried, but I suspect something happened that took the decision away from him.  He is not coming back. 

This. The scary thought here is that Luke likely suffered many more concussions we never knew about in college, highschool, etc. Keeping his brain intact is way more important than a game played on grass. 
 

I definitely want him on the team as a coach though 

[onmyown]

Luke is a smart guy. He’s not coming back, he knows better. Plenty of positions off the field I think he’ll do well at, and he knows it too. Real shame he was on track to be the best of all time but it is what it is.

[DeAngelo Beason]

The defense would not be noticeably better, so it doesn't matter.

[Carolina Cajun]

If we by some miracle get hot and have an injury to Whitehead I could see Luke coming in for a playoff run.  Without that, I don't think he will come out of retirement.