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No way should Libba get lars. It's not like he's a 32 year old we need to rush back for finals.
Just go traditional, we're gonna be s**t anyway, no need to rush. I want Libba fit for day one preseason, which he will be provided no complications.
The difference is that a traditional reco requires an incident like Libba's for the ACL to rupture again, while LARS grafts are almost guaranteed to fail at some point. You don't know when that failure will be; it could happen at any time. I'd rather Libba take the year off than come back in a few months then have the LARS fail when we're contending in finals or something.Clay Smith had the full reco. So did Darce back in the day. Both reinjured almost straight away. There is an element of luck both in how the injury occurs and how well the surgery takes, so I don't see lars being that bad an option given one quarter of recovery time.
The difference is that a traditional reco requires an incident like Libba's for the ACL to rupture again, while LARS grafts are almost guaranteed to fail at some point. You don't know when that failure will be; it could happen at any time. I'd rather Libba take the year off than come back in a few months then have the LARS fail when we're contending in finals or something.