#28 Nathan Murphy

[Rd10.1998_11.1#36]

[Woods Of Ypres]

If we were Sydney we would we sending him out every week

[thesoretoothsayer]

I love how Murphy goes about things and wish to see him play many more games in the black and white.
I understand that CTE is a serious issue and I commend the club for being patient and supportive of Nathan.
However, there is a rookie draft around the corner and so I hope the club sits down with Nathan and discusses:
1. Whether he is fully committed to playing senior football this year
OR
2. Whether he will be retiring
OR
3. Whether he should be put on the long term injury list
Whatever Nathan resolves will be a huge decision and may have lifetime repercussions.
I don't envy a young man having to make such a decision but a decision needs to be made.

[Pies2016]

^^^
I’m sure conversions that include the upcoming mid year draft are happening.
I find the uncertainty surrounding Murphy’s future, strange to say the least.
It’s not as though the longer you stay out of the game, the less chance you have of incurring irreversible effects upon any return. He will be forever much more prone to an acquired brain injury than most and yet we continue to hear hes participating in drills that prepare him play at some stage.
I wonder if part of his training includes attempting to re - train the way he plays the game by being smarter and more cautious, rather than too courageous for his own good.
I’d be surprised if we don’t have some sort of definitive answer on his future by the time the mid year draft comes around.

[woodys_world69]

as every day passes...its getting less likely... potentially he might come back for a few games...but the way he withdrew himself from the GF.. make me believe his previous concussions were a lot more serious than the public knows.

[lazzadesilva]

[Pies4shaw]

There really isn't much in common between Murphy's situation and Greening's. Murphy may never play footy again. John did, after being almost killed. He lost motivation for the old VFL after he proved to himself that he could come back but he did go on to play a lot more football. He starred (playing at CHB) in Port Melbourne's 1977 VFA premiership team and then won premierships back at Cooee and elsewhere in Tasmania (maybe one of the Launceston teams?). From memory, I think he played at senior level in Tasmania until the mid 1980s and continued playing competitive footy until about 1990.