If a player at Alabama were to die during summer workouts, would Nick Saban be fired or forced to resign??
That question is too simple, IMO.If a player at Alabama were to die during summer workouts, would Nick Saban be fired or forced to resign??
Well not all football coaches are created equally.If a player at Alabama were to die during summer workouts, would Nick Saban be fired or forced to resign??
If this is the condition of the UMD football program then somebody higher up needs to get involved or shut the program down until they can get a handle on the guilty players and restore some order.
FWIW, pretty much everyone on the team has called this guy a liar after he released this story, including the portion of the locker room that wanted Durkin fired. It was apparently a fight between the two punters (no one else). He was not held down - just a fight that he lost.
Strength and conditioning coaches are in a tight spot because it's their job to push you right up to the edge of as far as you can go. I had a friend who did the cross fit thing and his trainer didn't believe you had put out enough unless you puked. Well, puking does all sorts of nasty things to your body and isn't something anyone should strive for.
I know Scott Cochrane has a pretty big staff and I am sure they are watching the boys closely, but I really don't see how you push someone right up to the edge of what they are capable of and still keep them safe? Maybe in one out of ten thousand guys that 'right up against the edge' winds up being over the edge, the edge of what it's safe for that guy to have been doing?
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One of the things brought to light after this was the lack of appropriate training for staff regarding first medical response, prevention, and identification of problems.If a player at Alabama were to die during summer workouts, would Nick Saban be fired or forced to resign??
When I hear cicadas in August, smell freshly cut grass, and the heat and humidity are intolerable, I still occasionally get antsy, remembering all the torture we went thru during those August drills.This post brings back a lot of bad memories, sounds and smells. I recall one day getting home after a brutally hot practice to find out I had lost 14 pounds. Of course it was all liquid, but it is amazing there were not more real medical issues back in those days.
As for Locksley, I am not sure he is ready for another HC job and certainly Maryland has already passed him over.
The last I had heard was that his arms were held behind him while he was punched and he wound up with a dislocated shoulder. Supposedly there is a video somewhere. I guess it will take awhile until the truth comes out.FWIW, pretty much everyone on the team has called this guy a liar after he released this story, including the portion of the locker room that wanted Durkin fired. It was apparently a fight between the two punters (no one else). He was not held down - just a fight that he lost.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports...land-football-altercation-20181101-story.htmlToward the end of the practice, Barber said, Lees attacked him, attempting to punch him in the face. While the two teammates were fighting, others intervened, trying to break up the fight and grabbed Barber’s arms behind his back, he said. That allowed Lees to punch Barber repeatedly in the face, leaving him with a black eye, needing multiple stitches on his forehead and a dislocated shoulder, Barber said.
Yeah, we already saw that. That is his story. The other side of the story is now coming out.The last I had heard was that his arms were held behind him while he was punched and he wound up with a dislocated shoulder. Supposedly there is a video somewhere. I guess it will take awhile until the truth comes out.