I don't know, at 70 recovery may be difficult. Although rotator cuff surgeries are commonplace and physical therapy usually gets you back to normal. But, sheesh, at 70 he should be sailing off into the sunset. Speaking of, Pete Carroll's another septuagenarian who loves the hubba bubba. Looking at those guys, maybe I should drop the omega 3s, multi-vitamins, etc and adopt a gum chewing regimen?