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Titolo: Brutta tegola per i niners

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Probabilmente la carriera di Garrison Hearst è finita con l'infortunio
subito contro i Falcons negli ultimi playoff.
Allego l'articoletto....
'An ominous development' 
                  Ankle injury may force Niners' Hearst to retire
                  Posted: Thursday July 08, 1999 10:29 AM
                  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -- San Francisco
                  49ers star running back Garrison Hearst may be
                  forced to retire because of circulatory problems
                  related to the ankle injury that ended his season
                  last year, CBS SportsLine reported Thursday. 
                  The Internet site said Hearst, whose ankle
                  snapped on the first play of the 49ers' NFC
                  playoff game with the Atlanta Falcons, may be
                  suffering from avascular necrosis, in which a
                  bone or part of a bone dies due to a lack of
                  circulation. 
                  It's the problem that ended the career of Bo
                  Jackson. 
                  "This is an ominous development," general
                  manager Bill Walsh told SportsLine on Wednesday. "It's
just hard to believe any
                  difficulty could occur from this. The injury was
healed. He's been told to stay on
                  crutches." 
                  Hearst, signed as a free agent in 1997, was the team's
workhorse last season,
                  rushing for a team-record 1,570 yards -- third in the
NFL - and scoring seven
                  touchdowns. He set a team rushing record of 198 yards
against the Detroit
                  Lions. 
                  "I have been alerted by our medical staff that there
are some concerns with
                  Garrison's ankle and his rehabilitation from the
injury," said head coach Steve
                  Mariucci. "I remain very hopeful that he recovers and
that we will see him back
                  on the field." 
                  The 49ers are very thin at running back. They have
signed free agent Travis
                  Jervey, a fifth-year back who played for Green Bay the
past four seasons and is
                  coming off an ankle injury of his own. On the team now
is Chuck Levy, a
                  veteran backup, and rookie Terry Jackson, a
fifth-round draft pick from Florida.
                  The team is expected to hold tryouts today for Harvey
Williams, just released by
                  the Raiders, and former Philadelphia Eagles back
Charlie Garner. Terry Allen,
                  formerly of the Washington Redskins, may also get a
look. 
                  'We're not suggesting he can't play,' said Walsh. 'We
just want to cover
                  ourselves.' 
                  The five-time Super Bowl champions open training camp
in less than three
                  weeks. 
Saluti, da uno stressatissimo Mauro

...mi chiedo come sia possibile a quei livelli di professionismo e cultura
medico/sportiva che accada una cosa del genere, se anche Walsh è
esterefatto...
sicuramente una cosa molto grave per i niners e per il povero Hearst!
...sono senza parole...FORZA GARRISON !
Marco Vierucci
49ERS4EVER

 'An ominous development' 
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Non ho altri commenti da fare.....
....anzi un osolo W 49ers !!!!!!!!!
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La tegola sembra piu' un macigno, se pensi che da anni i 49ers non avevano
un running back da oltre 1000 yards in stagione, anzi, Hearst e' il primo
vero running back degli anni '90 dei niners.
Considera pero' che la west coast offence ha sempre preferito running back
con grandi capacita' di ricevitore aggiunto (vedi Roger Craig), si possono
avere ancora buone possibilita' in attacco, considerando che hanno
confermato il trio di ricevitori al completo e il TE e' pronto a diventare
il futuro Brent Jones.
Non sopporto solo che abbiano preso un tail back come Phillips, giocatore
poco disciplinato in una squadra che su cio' ha costruito 5 superbowl.
Secondo me il problema di quest'anno sara' la secondaria (vedi 3 CB
tappi!!!)
Ilario, da 15 anni tifoso sfigatato dei 49ers.