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Post by souldoubt on Aug 27, 2019 15:47:58 GMT -5
Andrew Luck has had multiple injuries during his 6 year career: Torn cartilage in two ribs Torn abdomen Lacerated kidney At least 1 concussion Torn labrum in his throwing shoulder Ankle/Calf injury that sidelined him a few weeks ago This has nothing to do with him getting more out of a contract. He did just fine between his contract/endorsement money and if I recall correctly his parents did well in life and there was no rush for him to leave college for the NFL. He could definitely come back some day and I think this was more of a mental issue as the injuries wore him down. If he wasn't all in then he absolutely made the right choice. Perhaps after a year off he'll change his mind and want to compete or decide to stay away from the game while he can still walk and prevent doing further damage to his body. As to the OP's question, warning NSFW language: Yup, I don't blame Luck one bit, walk away with tens of millions while you can walk away. The Colts brought this on themselves with giving him such a crappy line over the years, last year was the first year he wasn't getting absolutely pummeled. I think the odds of him coming back are very low, he will be like Barry Sanders and never look back. I saw one article that said from 2012 to I believe 2015 Luck took more hits than any other QB. When Manning was in Indy they built a strong offensive line and gave him weapons on offense usually at the expense of the defense. The irony now is that Luck retired after they built one of the top 5 offensive lines last year with the addition of Nelson in the draft. This year heading into the season they definitely weren't a favorite with him but they were definitely a strong playoff contender and I could have seen them take the division over Houston barring injuries.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2019 16:11:22 GMT -5
Yup, I don't blame Luck one bit, walk away with tens of millions while you can walk away. The Colts brought this on themselves with giving him such a crappy line over the years, last year was the first year he wasn't getting absolutely pummeled. I think the odds of him coming back are very low, he will be like Barry Sanders and never look back. I saw one article that said from 2012 to I believe 2015 Luck took more hits than any other QB. When Manning was in Indy they built a strong offensive line and gave him weapons on offense usually at the expense of the defense. The irony now is that Luck retired after they built one of the top 5 offensive lines last year with the addition of Nelson in the draft. This year heading into the season they definitely weren't a favorite with him but they were definitely a strong playoff contender and I could have seen them take the division over Houston barring injuries. I never got why the didn’t do everything possible to get him an O-line, with an elite passer you give them a line and a couple receivers and that alone on the team can at least make them competitive.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Aug 27, 2019 17:36:24 GMT -5
In the state where I live, they are saying the number of kids who went out for football this fall is down. I'm sure concussions and other injuries are a large part of it. After watching the struggle my nephew had with 2 concussions in a short time period, I'd be leaving football if I was getting concussions. He made the decision to no longer play soccer at the recreational league level. It's not worth it. It is down where I grew up as well. If I had a son I would strongly discourage them from playing football unless it was to be a Punter or Kicker, and I'm an NFL season ticket holder. The rules have already changed some and I think the game changes even more over the next 20 years to reduce injury or you will see even more kids going to other sports like Soccer and the NFL will lose popularity. One of nephew's concussions came during a soccer game. It was minor in comparison to the one he got when he was assaulted by one of his students.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2019 7:47:33 GMT -5
I've told this story before but it was a major turning point in my life (a good one!).
I'd been saving, tracking numbers and making projections of retirement income for years. Two different financial advisors had told me I didn't really need to work anymore but I was 61 and had planned to retire at 65.
Then the politics got nasty. I was given a project that I loved but it took me 3 tries to get into the weekly meetings discussing its progress (at which time I reported that I'd migrated the analysis from Excel to SQL and found that that was actually a "landmark" on their chart- first time I'd known). In a subsequent meeting, I was attacked for not doing some enhancements that Boss and I had agreed could wait till the next report. Boss sat there like a bump on a log. I'm too darn much of a people-pleaser- did not point this out to Boss in public, just tried to defend myself. After the meeting, Boss said maybe we should have a "coaching discussion on Monday. This was Friday afternoon. I called DH and said, "I think I'm going to quit my job on Monday".
We talked about it over the weekend- and I did. When I told Boss on Monday that it was time to discuss the conditions of my departure, his face flooded with relief, the weasel. My last day was the following Friday.
The interim 4 years that I WOULD have been working were very good- more time to visit my grandchildren, to take care of DH in his last months, and to get in a few more very good trips with DH. Sometimes I'd sit in Starbucks with my oldest granddaughter as she enjoyed a cake pop and marvel that most of the population was at work. Health insurance wa a shock- premium doubled from my first year of retirement to the last year before Medicare- but I dealt with it.
I'm profoundly grateful I was able to retire early.
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Aug 28, 2019 8:36:41 GMT -5
Yes, I love being retired! I’ve spent more time with my grandkids in the past 5 months than in the whole year before that! I love that I can now spend 1 on 1 time with each of them and get to know them better.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2019 9:12:42 GMT -5
Yes, I love being retired! I’ve spent more time with my grandkids in the past 5 months than in the whole year before that! I love that I can now spend 1 on 1 time with each of them and get to know them better. I'm taking the oldest on a 3rd trip to Chicago- we made the first one last year. We stay at the Hilton O'Hare- the view of the airport from the room was a BIG hit so now she doesn't want to stay anywhere else. I've been there for business conferences a few times and it's fun to be around people who are checking their emails, networking and heading off to meetings full of PowerPoint presentations- and I'm setting off for the Aquarium with an excited 5-year old. They live 3 hours away but it's a blessing that I don't have to count vacation days when I plan a trip to see them.
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Post by Tennesseer on Aug 28, 2019 10:11:18 GMT -5
Yes, I love being retired! I’ve spent more time with my grandkids in the past 5 months than in the whole year before that! I love that I can now spend 1 on 1 time with each of them and get to know them better. I'm taking the oldest on a 3rd trip to Chicago- we made the first one last year. We stay at the Hilton O'Hare- the view of the airport from the room was a BIG hit so now she doesn't want to stay anywhere else. I've been there for business conferences a few times and it's fun to be around people who are checking their emails, networking and heading off to meetings full of PowerPoint presentations- and I'm setting off for the Aquarium with an excited 5-year old. They live 3 hours away but it's a blessing that I don't have to count vacation days when I plan a trip to see them. My mom worked for and retired from American Airlines. After mom retired, she would occasionally take her grandkids to destinations while they sat in first class airline seats (non-rev, space available). The trips were more about flying first class than the destination.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2019 22:37:56 GMT -5
Retirement has sucked for me because of DH's health issues.
That said, life would be a whole lot worse if I hadn't retired. At least now, I only stress about him.
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Post by tskeeter on Aug 28, 2019 23:15:07 GMT -5
I have always fantasized about just saying, "You know what? Not today. I'm done." and packing up my stuff and leaving. I don't know if I'll do that or not, but there is no advantage for me to give notice.
My hope is someday they'll offer me a buyout. They do that occasionally when they're trying to trim the herd, but it's been a long time since we were in a cutting instead of desperately trying to get help mode, and I think they don't offer unless you're at least 62...so I still have a ways to go for that to be a potential option.
Hmm - sounds like my resignation letter. “This situation isn’t working for me. I’m done effective immediately.” Keys on the desk and out the door.
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Post by tallguy on Aug 28, 2019 23:43:11 GMT -5
I had been musing about it for quite a while, so several people knew I was considering it. One day, I just decided that was it. That whole "five days a week" thing just wasn't working for me any more. I walked into the GM's office and said, "It's time." I wasn't ready to fully retire, so offered them the chance to let me go part-time. After apparently quite a bit of discussion with upper management, they accepted. I stayed for a bit less than two years until they sold the company. Worked out really well.
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Post by muttleynfelix on Aug 29, 2019 12:00:33 GMT -5
I had a coworker who gave notice of 3 months before he had everything worked out. He still retired, but he was super unproductive the last 3 months (I'm still mad at him for sitting on my project for a month and doing nothing). He wasn't in a position he needed to give that much notice. Plus listening to him realize he hadn't thought about health insurance and other retirement issues was annoying. 🤣
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Post by jelloshots4all on Sept 4, 2019 23:42:25 GMT -5
After I win the lottery, I'm walking into my company and stating I have retired as of immediately. Then throwing 1,000 $1 bills in the air as confetti!!
A girl can dream right??
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Post by seriousthistime on Sept 5, 2019 7:28:18 GMT -5
I've got just less than two years to go. I don't discount the possibility that something will happen to make me decide that's it, I'm retiring.
I've got my retirement calculations done, my life after retirement conceptualized (i.e., I know what I'd like to do and can afford, generally know where, etc.), and count the days. If a buyout came along I'd take it.
I'll give three months' notice. When I was promoted to my current position, the person I replaced gave three months' notice. They had to advertise the position, take applications, and interview people. Then the head honcho had to sign off on it. After two months, they made the announcement, and I started sitting in on management meetings, and they started to include me on some decision making.
I also see how not to retire: a subordinate has talked openly about how she hates the job and plans to retire. She keeps telling me and others that she's thinking she'll do it "around [month] or [month plus 1 or 2]" but never actually puts in for retirement and keeps postponing it. She was going to leave mid-2017, then mid-2018, then end of 2018, then May 2019, then October or November of this year, and now it's sometime next year. She keeps complaining about how I am not pushing extra resources her way to help her dig out of her backlog and how far behind she is. If she would give me a firm retirement date and actually start the paperwork, I could push resources her way to help her wrap up. But until she takes that step she's just another employee complaining about the lack of resources.
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Post by thyme4change on Sept 5, 2019 8:56:19 GMT -5
It is down where I grew up as well. If I had a son I would strongly discourage them from playing football unless it was to be a Punter or Kicker, and I'm an NFL season ticket holder. The rules have already changed some and I think the game changes even more over the next 20 years to reduce injury or you will see even more kids going to other sports like Soccer and the NFL will lose popularity. One of nephew's concussions came during a soccer game. It was minor in comparison to the one he got when he was assaulted by one of his students. Soccer has concussions too. I don't think anyone is claiming other sports are risk-free. But currently, the number of concussions in youth football is something like 7x greater (per player) than soccer, which is the 2nd worst. Football is no joke, and I'm relieved my son chose a different sport.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Sept 5, 2019 10:33:30 GMT -5
Yes, soccer has concussions. Nephew got two in one game and said he probably had some in high school that he didn't recognize because he wasn't aware then of symptoms. He sucked it up and played.
The assault he got knocked him out good and kept him from teaching for 60 days and on limited hours the rest of the school year.
I am very happy that none of my nephews or my great nephew play football.
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