Retired #18: Michael Hurley 🐻 - Staying on in a coaching and player welfare role! - 3/10

[Lore]

Contract Status: Retired
Last Game Played: Currently in the side
Injury Status: Comes back from injury to play his final game for the club this weekend - 18/8

Spoiler

2022
He's back! Playing a half in the VFL this weekend - 15/7
Joins main training in the next couple of weeks! - 15/6
Had a calf setback, now running again - 28/4
Wants to play a half in the VFL in the next couple of weeks - 30/3
Joined main training? - 3/3
Ahead of schedule, doing some big running loads - 16/2
Progressing well, R1 'too soon' to return, no time frame - 11/1
On track for playing return around Round 6 - 12/3

2021
Ahead of schedule, running soon - 15/12
Hip replacement surgery - 10/10
Placed on the inactive list, will not play in 2021 - 31/5
Hopes to play the last 6 weeks of the season if not sooner - 26/4
At the club daily doing 1-2 hours of exercise for recovery - 23/3
On the mend - 19/3
Apparently using the hot/cold pools at the club, progress? - 5/3
Limping on crutches with an IV at the preseason game - 25/2
Discharged, recuperating at home... again. No time frame on return - 17/2
Apparently back in hospital - 15/2
Discharged from hospital, recuperating at home. No timeframe - 9/2
In hospital with an infected leg - 4/2

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[JayJ20]

Looking at that picture, he’ll be doing well to ever play another game. Looks like he’s been hit for 12. 18 even.

Exactly what I thought. I doubt we see him this year unfortunately.

His health comes first though so I hope he can fully recover.

 

[citizen-erased]

Fitness can come back pretty quick
i went from easily finishing a 10km run under 50mins (49m is under 50 )
post-chemo could barely run for 100m, particularly with an additional 15kg on.

i have nowhere near the elite aerobic capacity Hurls would have.
But within 6m i was back to running out 10ks and back to 50mins within 12m.

Priority is his overall health, but i wouldn't be surprised to see him back out there, and another year off the rigours of AFL may buy him further time in the game.

 

[VelvetSledge]

Might just be the fact it’s a clear purposeful photo, but he looks decently healthy and happy here. Obviously lost a lot of size, but it’s good to see him smiling.

 

[jmoo wan]

Might just be the fact it’s a clear purposeful photo, but he looks decently healthy and happy here. Obviously lost a lot of size, but it’s good to see him smiling.

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looks like he could be the other small forward we are missing?

 

[Schnitzengruben]

He's gone from a unit to Gleeson in a month.

 

[ant555]

Skin folds looking good
Hope he can get back on the park later this year

 

[Lore]

 

[VelvetSledge]

At the VFL game today.

 

[Old Campaigner]

* he looks gaunt

 

[Don Won]

fu** he looks gaunt

Nah - he’s super lean, ready to run all day and get the most out of his ageing body. One out of the Dustin fletcher playbook, sign him till 2030.

 

[Lore]

At the club every day doing 1-2 hours of exercise as part of his recovery

Essendon head of high performance Sean Murphy says vice-captain Michael Hurley

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Michael Hurley

Age

33

Ht

193cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

12.1

4star

HB

6.2

4star

M

6.4

5star

T

0.9

3star

MG

389.3

5star

D

16.5

4star

K

11.8

5star

HB

4.7

3star

M

6.3

5star

T

0.3

1star

MG

301.2

4star

D

15.0

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.4

5star

M

5.0

5star

T

2.0

4star

is making steady progress as he recovers from a hip infection.

Dons’ fans will be delighted to hear the club vice-captain is now an everyday presence amongst the playing group, with the 30-year-old performing lengthy exercise in a sign of his burgeoning physical improvement.

Murphy said Hurley’s return to a training program is a positive sign the 193-game defender is on the right track to recover from a hip infection which has cruelled him for the past one and a half months.

“Hurls (Michael Hurley

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Michael Hurley

Age

33

Ht

193cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

12.1

4star

HB

6.2

4star

M

6.4

5star

T

0.9

3star

MG

389.3

5star

D

16.5

4star

K

11.8

5star

HB

4.7

3star

M

6.3

5star

T

0.3

1star

MG

301.2

4star

D

15.0

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.4

5star

M

5.0

5star

T

2.0

4star

) is improving every single day,” Murphy told Dons Digital’s Performance Update.

“He’s been at the club every single day when the boys are in here. He provides energy for the guys (and) you can just see what sort of leader he is around the program.

“It’s been really important for him, but also for the club to have him around. He’s got his own program (and) he does one to two hours a day of genuinely strong exercises.

“It’s really nice to have him around the club and it’s important for the club in terms of that leadership space.”

Murphy: Hurley improving ‘every single day’

Michael Hurley is making progress in his recovery from a hip infection.

www.essendonfc.com.au

 

[jmoo wan]

At the club every day doing 1-2 hours of exercise as part of his recovery

loving that he is embracing the work from home lifestyle!

 

[blitzer]

He looks a helluva lot more healthy than he did 3 weeks ago. Still don't know that he'll play this season but I think there might be a chance for later rounds.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

No idea how reliable he is but last night on Ch 7 Mark Stevens

Mark Stevens

Age

48

Ht

194cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.4

3star

K

7.1

3star

HB

4.3

3star

M

3.5

4star

T

1.3

3star

G

1.0

4star

No current season stats available

D

5.8

2star

K

3.6

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

2.0

3star

T

0.4

3star

G

2.0

5star

said Hurley expected to be ready in 8-10 weeks

 

[Megabattimus]

No idea how reliable he is but last night on Ch 7 Mark Stevens

Mark Stevens

Age

48

Ht

194cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.4

3star

K

7.1

3star

HB

4.3

3star

M

3.5

4star

T

1.3

3star

G

1.0

4star

No current season stats available

D

5.8

2star

K

3.6

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

2.0

3star

T

0.4

3star

G

2.0

5star

said Hurley expected to be ready in 8-10 weeks

* it would be good to get some games into him before the season ends, just so he's not so far back in 2022.

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[eth-dog]

No idea how reliable he is but last night on Ch 7 Mark Stevens said Hurley expected to be ready in 8-10 weeks

Not reliable at all

 

[owen87]

fu** it would be good to get some games into him before the season ends, just so he's not so far back in 2022.

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Honestly, I'd rather we put him on the LTI before the MSD and take an extra selection. Then tell Hurley to worry about being 100% right for 2022.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

‘Some people have lost limbs’: Dons star Hurley describes scary infection

Doctors believe Essendon star Michael Hurley may have contracted a mysterious infection through blisters on his feet, and while it rendered him bed-ridden for almost a month it could have been much worse.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Pweter]

Rutten on 360 tonight said he's not even running yet, walking without crutches and started going up and down steps is his progress. He has a lot of strength training ahead of him as well as the fitness.

He was hopeful for "later in the year" but said there's no timetable for Hurley's return.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

If we get to a point in the year where Hurley’s sitting in the stands and then sitting in the coaches box, that’s a win for mine.

 

[brutus76]

Would make a great coach at assistant or development/junior level.

Life first Bear - footy second mate.

 

[carnthedons]

If we get to a point in the year where Hurley’s sitting in the stands and then sitting in the coaches box, that’s a win for mine.

Yep. I wanna boof him. Nothing but love for the big bear

 

[citizen-erased]

Would make a great coach at assistant or development/junior level.

Life first Bear - footy second mate.

Would love to see Hurley and Hooker stick around as development coaches for our kids.
200 games this year would be amazing, but if it's next so be it (if at all).

So, lean enough to play inside mid?

 

[Lore]

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

From that interview looked like he’s put the weight/bulk back on. Good to see