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Here's a simple way to understand it. Consider exercise a -1 and a recovery session (be it yoga, meditation, sauna, cold plunge, massage, whatever) a +1. At the end of the week, you want to be at 0 (ideally). Presumably, in a perfect world, there is coordination between the football side and...

You're not a fan of Feld, but do you think Cristobal's practice schedule is the bigger problem?

Agreed. There ARE going to be football injuries. No one is disputing that. TVD is a pure football injury. The concern is the non-contact stuff and the ACLs. Like, didn't Campbell pull a muscle in warm-ups?!

Sure. But at the same time, asking for evidence is somewhat unreasonable because there is no way to actually compile injury lists, compare it to other schools, assess how and why player x was injured, etc. That's impossible. Injuries here are a virtual state secret. (Do we even know what...

Look, I don't want to go down the rabbit hole of an S&C discussion on a message board. Otherwise, 48 pages of argument. If you don't agree that: (1) injuries were worse than last year and worse than what we've seen the last 3-5 years; and (2) this topic was raised prior to the season and a...

I don't think anyone is stating anything as a fact. It's a concern. That's all that can really be said about it. There are just a few other red flags that tend to heighten the awareness of this topic.

Sure. And I think everyone agrees that this is down towards the bottom of our current issues. But, look, to put it simply. I know some folks-plural-in the S&C academia community whom I trust and are appropriately credentialed who were not fans of the Feld hire. Folks in an industry tend to know...

@AlphaMarshan addressed that in the other thread I discussed. In short, there's no statistical evidence that can be provided and compared to other programs. That data isn't available. But to put it simply, this was a topic that was addressed before the season and a criticism that Oregon fans had...

@AlphaMarshan and I were fairly active in a thread a month or so ago on this topic. None of us have “evidence.” That’s acknowledged. ****, in some instances, we don’t even know what the injury was. That said, there is enough there to at least be concerned and keep an eye out for this next...

****. @Rugby_guy came back just to be petty. I love it. In all seriousness, he knows his stuff. All of you were too busy praising Feld and not listening.

I hope you are right and I am wrong. I am just going by what is listed on his website.

I am on a national certification committee for strength coaches. Ideally, he has either an exercise science or kinesiology master’s degree, which, btw, MSU offers. He’s got the crappier master’s degree.

You all were quick to dismiss Rugby guy but there ought to be some concerns. Assuredly, if this were an FSU or UF hire we'd be lapping some of this stuff up. First, there is a distinction between a clean and a power clean. It's not semantics as someone put it. Is it technical? Sure. But a...

LOL. I don't want to argue to argue . . . but the point is, just because some guy knows football doesn't mean he knows S&C. They are different disciplines.

I understand your points. But this is what we do on a message board. Second guess decisions of folks eminently more qualified than us. And we know from experience some times these folks are wrong . . . like Manny and Enos and Jon Richt and so forth and so on . . . but appreciate the thoughtful...

Well, thanks for saying I'm smarter than most here ;) I have no doubt that he runs a fantastic program. He's the best college coach of our generation. That still doesn't mean that he understands the nuances of how to judge the qualifications of an an S&C coach. So the fact that he wanted Feld...

I don't care about what Saban has to say about this topic. S&C is an actual career now. There's now science to it. Schools now offer degrees. It's made a significant advancement in the last 2 decades. But that wasn't always the case. Older folks like Saban don't necessarily appreciate that b/c...

It's not gospel. I'm not sure that he's even be asked to return to Oregon. Just passing along what I was told. Just saying that as of right now, it doesn't look promising. But like with all these things, I'm sure it's fluid.

TIFWIW . . . I'm not insider nor am I Cribby . . . but I was told today by someone at UM that Feld turned down the UM offer and is staying at Oregon. IMO, it kind of makes sense. Both McClendon and Mirabal are officially on board; if Feld was coming, you'd think it would have been announced by...

I'm partial to Feeley. I have some contacts deeply embedded within the S&C community here locally and nationally who spoke very highly of Feeley (and not well of our prior two strength coaches). So I'm not crazy about the change (if that's in fact the case). There's a little too much "look at...