BBDAD23,
Most of these players having the surgery want desperately to recover. Not being able to compete and them seeing a year go by where someone is replacing them and they feel they are falling behind is a tough mental challenge.
With that said, there is a balance between working it "hard" and working it right and smart.
Take it from one player's experience: he worked it hard doing everything the Andrews trained doctor and team trainer told him to do..and ended with more tears in his labrum caused by his following the rehab program.
Dr Andrews did the salvage surgery.
Of course a lot of this relates to the damage that needs to be repaired in the first place, including the number and location of the anchors.