7thFloorRA
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Give me one reason why he should still be employed as the Green Bay Packers Strength and Conditioning Coach.
Give me one reason why he should still be employed as the Green Bay Packers Strength and Conditioning Coach.
He's held in high regards by his peers...
..and all those blown hamstrings.....just put those in the closet.....great coach.....
Yup..... how is it that a hamstring injury keeps ya out an entire season? That guys needs to take a long walk off a short pier.
If you're referring to Hayward, he tweaked his hamstring in the off-season, playing basketball with his buddies. Not sure how you blame Lovat for that.
Also, hamstrings seem to have the greatest chance of re-injury than almost any other injury due in large part to the muscle developing scar tissue when it heals itself. Scar tissue is significantly weaker than the muscle, making it more likely that problems will persist for the duration of one's career. In short, once a player (Hayward, Matthews) develops a hamstring injury, it's probable the injury is going to plague them throughout their whole careers.
Half the defense had hamstrings in camp and early in the season. Bush, Burnett, Jones, Clay, Shields.....I know there were more but it was ridiculous how many there were. I know Casey pulled his at home but he still did lovat's program in the off season so it may still be that his body was not properly prepared. Its not like there is a drill that caused these pulls....it was the off season/camp program that did not get the job done preparing their bodies.
If you're referring to Hayward, he tweaked his hamstring in the off-season, playing basketball with his buddies. Not sure how you blame Lovat for that.
Also, hamstrings seem to have the greatest chance of re-injury than almost any other injury due in large part to the muscle developing scar tissue when it heals itself. Scar tissue is significantly weaker than the muscle, making it more likely that problems will persist for the duration of one's career. In short, once a player (Hayward, Matthews) develops a hamstring injury, it's probable the injury is going to plague them throughout their whole careers.
I could be wrong but werent' there a handful of guys on the team with hamstring injuries this year? Regardless something needs to change in this department. We seem to always have the most impact players miss a good amount of time in the league.
Better check your source of info, he was injured the night of training camp starting. Read on:
http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/102699/packers-place-casey-hayward-on-ir
Hayward injured the hamstring in July working out in Atlanta before training camp.
I closely noticed how both Super Bowl teams were nearly all healthy after playing 19 games. During the season I read an article about Chip Kelly and the Eagles. He promoted a new conditioning regimen mainly for the offense, but also the defense(assuming other teams would be running no huddle against the Eagles). He made everybody come in much better aerobic shape to handle the increased pace of his wide-open attack. The Eagles were mostly free of serious injuries. Broken bones like Rodgers and Cobb are impossible to stop, but the endless hamstrings and hurt ankles and knees are largely conditioning related. It's time McCarthy got his head on straight about this and did something about it.