What if Luck wanted to return next year?

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by Chaka

Why is everyone so convinced that Luck won't seek to return at some point? I know that the guy has a lot of other interests, and that he said he doesn't foresee returning, but we're still less than a week out from his retirement. Unless you know the guy personally, it's difficult to guess how he'll react to not being the center of attention for the first time in his adult life. He may miss it. I'm not holding my breath or anything, but I don't think his permanent retirement is quite the certainty that some of you make it seem.

Being the center of attention has never motivated Luck. If he comes back it won't be for that. Lack of social media presence, flip phone partly to avoid all the requests for his time, he once turned off the TV's in the Standford weight room because they kept talking about him and the draft speculation comparing him to RG3.

If he comes back it will be for the comraderie and the competition within the game itself. I think the comraderie is something he has slowly been withdrawing from the last couple of years. Constantly in the rehab room, he hasn't been out there with the team, or if he was, he was on the sideline. Partly why I think it made this decision easier for him, he doesn't feel connected to the team like he did. Like the military, soldiers may initially go to war for their country, but they fight for each other. That competitive drive may emerge again once he starts feeling better/healthier.