Injury thread

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Can we get a healthy report? It could be shorter than injury reporting.

Offense- on life support due to multiple injuries and inability to adjust to life with injuries.
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@AlphaMarshan

Not designed to turn into a Feld bash-fest...

What is your outside observation on the injuries and conditioning of our Canes?
I can only speculate because as I've said before, I don't know what Feld's off-season and in-season programming looks like so all we can do is look at the product on the field. I'd say conditioning seems fine; I haven't seen the players gassed out there or a 4th quarter lost because of poor conditioning so I think it's not an issue.

I'll just say that I posted nearly a year ago a coaching profile on Feld and read what I said and even bolded at the bottom:

Oregon had a LOT of injuries this year. A LOT. It is extremely difficult to get a database of how many players were injured, the degree of their injuries, and the cause of their injuries. I mentioned in the other thread that non-contact ACL tears / knee injuries are in many ways directly reflective of the S&C program. Overtraining certain movements like hip and knee extension while undertraining the hamstrings can lead to joint instability in the knee. Also, training in the sagittal plane only can be detrimental when athletes do not move in a single plane. It’s very, very difficult to attribute an “accident” to one person, but I’m very concerned with how many injuries Oregon suffered this year. The sign of a good S&C coach is that injury prevention is the primary priority, and often the “best” S&C coaches will have far fewer injuries than their competitors. This will be something we need to keep an eye on.

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I think he has a very strong understanding on the principles that motivate and develop football players (although I’d like to see his programming to be sure, though that’ll never happen). I would say this is a good hire and I’m optimistic about seeing his results – let’s just keep an eye on the injuries.
 
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