Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Randy Carlyle has a theory on what causes concussions, and it's clear he doesn't have a medical degree—or anything remotely like it.
Carlyle decided to comment on the head injury Joffery Lupul suffered against the Flyers on Thursday. Obviously woozy and disoriented on the ice, Toronto has yet to call Lupul's injury a concussion.
Yet when asked about Lupul and concussions, Carlyle exposed in a very plain-as-day fashion that he shouldn't be dispensing medical advice. Here is what the Leafs coach said, via SportsNet's Michael Grange:
I have a theory on concussions. I think the reason there’s so much more of them obviously the impact and the size of the equipment and the size of the player—but there’s another factor: Everyone wears helmets, and under your skull when you have a helmet on, there’s a heat issue.
Everyone sweats a lot more, the brain swells. The brain is closer to the skull. Think about it. Does it make sense? Common sense?
A longtime NHL defenseman, there is likely some personal experience that helped bring Carlyle to this opinion. The soon-to- ...
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Randy Carlyle Provides Bizarre Analysis on Cause of Concussions
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