Obvious sour grapes but it's not a completely outlandish take. I think Spencer probably doesn't go his true freshman year at PSU, leaving him with a little less wear and tear and perhaps even a shot at a world title that year. Or maybe not! Regardless, as he himself has said, his body might just be prone to these injuries and, as evidenced by Robbie Howard, that one Mormon transfer lightweight, the Altons, Rasheed, and probably a few others, it's not like PSU is leagues better at managing injuries so it's very possible he still ends up with as many ACL tears. I do think Cael would have been more heavy handed and directed Spencer to get double knee surgery ASAP rather than the Brands' "hey bro you know your body best we support you all the way" approach that resulted in basically a wasted year. But even that is just my speculation based on mostly rumours. Though there have been a lot of hawk interviews over the years that revealed that the brands do let the athletes decide quite a bit about their training and competition schedule