Even looking at David Hille and Jarrad Waite last year, and Brett Burton the year before.
Burton was in his 30's, came back from a nasty knee reco and was still leaping over buildings, won the mark of the year award.
Hille went down horribly on Anzac Day 2009, played some really good footy last year as a big man in the ruck, had a couple of BOG performances.
Jarrad Waite came back last year, held down CHF at Carlton and kicked a career high 36 goals from 16 games. He generally only missed games through suspension I think.
Let's not forget one of Carlton's prized number 1 recruits is going through the same thing as Morabito at the moment.
There's players drafted these days that have had reco's before entering the system you know. Vickery went at 8 a couple of years back, and Liam Jones went pretty high for the doggies and looked good on debut last year.
Chris Dawes had a pretty nasty reco and he's still prettyy athletic in his own sense for such a big, powerful man.
****, poor old Callum Bartlett (Bris) who was rated so highly was drafted after a knee reco and was starting to show that magnificant pace and athleticsm he possesses in the reserves and the poor bugger pinged the opposite and is sitting out another 9-12 months so it can get much worse.
But yeah, Goddard's the big one. Pinged his knee in 2007, came back the next year, played 23 games, had a career best season and hasn't looked back. Now rated as one of the very best going around.
The surgeons are so good these days, the recovery I guess is just one of those things that takes a long time when you go the conserative way.
Sometimes it takes a player a year of game time to get back to his best, Like Nick Malceski, and then look at the year he put in in 2010. His form was sensational. You watch Palmer find himself and his form again this year.
Maybe it's the fact I live my life with a life threatening illness everyday, but I always come to look on the bright side.
Anthony (if he goes the conservative approach) has 15 months now to get things right there. He can work on his body over that period and gain some strength through his core and add significant power to his body, and he'll be up and running in a few months. He can then really work hard on his endurance for a good period and when pre-season starts after the 2011 season, it'll almost be 12 months and he'll be ready to get back into some serious heavy duty training. Probably play NAB Cup and get some practise matches in him before the regular season.
I'm pissed because I was looking forward to watching him further his development this year, because I think he's an absolute jet, but he'll be back, he'd of faced a little adversity, found out you can't take this career for granted, and he'll probably come back a more committed and appreciative footballer and reach the heights he may not have reached if he didn't have to go through a little time on the sidelines.
In the meantime you can try Jayden Pitt (who is also a gun) in that high half forward position Morabito played last year and see what he can bring to your side.
It'll all work out. Oneday you'll get to see Barlow, Morabito, Palmer, Hill and Pitt all in the one side.
. That last bit I'm was so (and still am) looking forward too. Pitt is obviously a new part to the mix. but I'm just hanging for us to get all those great prospects playing in top flight together. Just when Palmer was starting to look the goods last year coming back form his recko, Barlow breaks his leg and Palmer's confidence plummets back down again. Looked like Barlow was going to get back into the swing of things by early-mid part of 2011 and now Mora is out for the whole gig. 
