Former Port Adelaide premiership player, Kane Cornes has questioned Charlie Curnow's professionalism.
The high-flying 22-year-old dislocated his kneecap playing a non-competitive game of basketball with Blues teammates and will undergo an operation.
โI canโt believe Charlie Curnow has been playing basketball in his off-season with the history of knee issues he has had,โ he toldย Telstra AFL Trade Radio.
Curnow played 11 games in 2019 missing games with persistent knee injuries interrupting him.
โIt feels to me like every third week, heโs carrying a knee complaint, he always plays with strapping, youโd think if youโve got any concerns with your knees, you would not be playing basketball in the off-season.
โNow heโs dislocated his kneecap. I know for a fact Warren Tredrea had massive issues with that injury over the course of his career to the point where he just could not get back.
โHe just wasnโt the player he was when he was a four-time All-Australian because his kneecap kept slipping out.
โSo hopefully for Charlie thatโs not the case, heโs younger as well, but certainly his pre-season is going to be ruined.โ
Former Richmond and Western Bulldogs coach, Terry Wallace had a more lenient view on the issue.
โI cut him a little bit more slack than that, theyโve still got to be able to live their lives to a degree, but what I do agree with is if he does have knee issues, that just takes it out of the equation,โ Wallace said.
