Comments on: Gaines Adams Dead

By: Febster

Febster — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:06:28 +0000

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-nfl-heartstudies&prov=ap&type=lgns

By: Higgins

Higgins — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:16:18 +0000

Right but again, there might not be a reason to do it, but when tens of millions of dollars are on the line, why wouldn’t you do it just to check heart health? I guess I am just flabbergasted by how a young man in such great physical shape could have this happen to him, and how a team investing so much in it’s employees physical attributes would not go to great lengths to check out the condition of said physical attributes.

By: Febster

Febster — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:56:54 +0000

I was talking to my doctor yesterday who follows the Bears and he was under the impression that the league and/or teams are doing EKGs as part of a physical which would indicate an enlarged heart (of course, a stethoscope wouldn’t) but obviously that’s not the case. He said unless a player shows symptoms, there’s no need to run tests for something like an enlarged heart.

By: Roy Taylor

Roy Taylor — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:34:29 +0000

I don’t think Miami hired him, but I’m sure they will. Traffic, I’d agree Nolan would have been a great idea, but it’s not that he’s a 3-4 guy that would have prevented the Bears from hiring him. Lovie’s not going to hire anyone that might challenge anything he does, so no way is he going to bring in anyone other than a yes-man. Unfortunately.

By: imissbutkus

imissbutkus — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:16:13 +0000

Traffic, its too late, Miami hired him today. He is a 3-4 guy so Lovie wouldn’t have been interested anyway.

By: traffic56

traffic56 — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:47:33 +0000

Not to downplay the sadness of Gaines Adams’ passing, but the Broncos just announced that Mike Nolan and Josh McDaniels mutually agreed that it was best for Nolan to go! Heck, the defense was not only much improved over last year (7th in the NFL this year), but it was the ONLY reason they even made it to .500! Bears management- WAKE UP AND BRING MIKE NOLAN IN AS DC!

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:55:01 +0000

How did this guy get drafted number 4 in the nation with a bad heart?

By: Higgins

Higgins — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:18:26 +0000

I am not saying it as in, why didn’t we know about this so that we wouldn’t trade for him, but so that it would be caught and this could have been prevented. How do you not get a full body scan on a investment worth tens of millions of dollars?

By: traffic56

traffic56 — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:12:13 +0000

I am with you Butkus. A young man is dead. Let’s forget about criticizing Bears management and focus our thoughts towards the Adams family. RIP young man!

By: imissbutkus

imissbutkus — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:34:50 +0000

Gaines has been on my mind all day. I don’t know much about him personally but my heart goes out to his family. This has really made me think long and hard about how precious life is and I hope this will help me to keep a healthy perspective when commenting on my Bears. Gaines was part of our family in a way and I wish his family the best in the years to come. God Bless the Adams family.