I've see Mr. Lee make one post on social media and it was in relation to Spencer's injury. Some on BWI were questioning whether Spencer could come back that or even the next season...you know how it is..."Experts" who had an injury back in the 8th grade are going to expert...here was his response:
"NEPAwolverine-I’ve been involved with my son in the sport of wrestling since he was six-years old and I’ve met some great people along the way. My one ongoing regret in this sport has been dealing with forums that allow folks to post comments and remarks behind anonymous names. It is my respectful opinion that there would be much less bravado and far fewer negative, uninformed and challenging posts if we were all required to post by name. I try to stay off of these forums and have no respect for some of the negativity or glass half empty approaches taken by those that won't list their real names, but a friend just called me and told me to read your post. My name is Larry Lee and I am Spencer’s father and I do have firsthand information on this situation. NEPAwolverine, everything posted by KTI is 100% accurate, because the information was from me and yes, I was in the room each time we met with the doctors and physical therapists and yes, I live in the house, listen to the phone calls and read our mail that confirms the fact that people like you are far more concerned and have far more of a glass half empty approach than ANY of the coaches we are speaking with regarding his future wrestling career. So your guarantee is flawed and grossly inaccurate and I do know this to be a fact. If you would like to discuss this further, please post your name and contact information and I will call you directly. I would love to know who you are… If you don’t want to post your contact information on a public forum, please e-mail your contact information to one of the Young Gun coaches on their website and let them know that I asked you to pass along your contact information after reading several of your on-line anonymous posts and I will call you directly. Why speculate when you can have firsthand information? Not only are the coaches we’re speaking with not concerned and have told us so; several of our YG wrestlers that have taken trips to institutions that we have not visited or spoken with have have brought back comments from other coaches to pass along to Spencer such as: the labrum is the most common wrestling shoulder injury, or I had both of mine done, finished my college career and wrestled internationally for years without further issue…etc. So, sir, it is a fact, in this particular situation, that you don’t know what you're talking about when it comes to coaching perspectives on this particular injury, for this particular wrestler. I am offering a firsthand, knowledge based perspective rather than inaccurate and uninformed speculation. As an additional note, I’ve probably had 20 wrestlers or former wrestlers call, e-mail, or reach out to me through people I know and tell me other stories of quick recoveries without further issues. In fact, we have a young man in our club whose father told me a story this past Monday night that his son had multiple tears in his labrum because he wrestled with it for four months and finally had it looked at and the ortho told him that it was a serious tear…he had surgery on August 1 prior to his freshman season and made it back and wrestled in a little less than four-months and never had another issue and is now entering his senior year. I could go on, but the point is simply that each injury is different, each recovery period varied, but the one certainty is--as medical technology evolves, fortunately, it is more likely than ever before that these young men can return and have a full unimpeded career.
It is not our intent to rush back from this or any injury, but we have been told and we fully expect Spencer to return this season. If we are told otherwise we will not, but from all indications, from those with firsthand knowledge of the injury, with a particular expertise in this specific field of medicine, that he will return this season and he will be fine just as so many others have done before him with similar or far worse labrum issues. If you have any further questions or if you want to continue this dialogue, we can chat person-to-person vs. on an on-line forum."
Everything he said ended up being true.
