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Another long season filled with injuries that have caused this team to not reach its full potential. A second year with fans and pundits giving Gruden kudos for keeping the guys fighting to the bitter end and no discussion relating to how they've found themselves once again decimated by them.
There are two prevailing lines of thought on this subject:
The first and probably least likely comes because of poor conditioning. Chad Englehart is the head strength and conditioning coach, with 9 years experience here. While there's nothing that directly suggests that this team is not being properly physically prepared for the demands of an NFL season, we cannot rule out the possibility that there might be some contributing factors in how they are readied for a season.
The second is fear, which comes in the form of a coaching staff unwilling to allow their players to engage in full contact workouts in training camp. It's a double edged circumstance that insists that injuries happen all too often before the "real" games begin, and, its factual opposite showing real injuries during the season in part because of the reluctance to take that risk earlier on.
Maybe, there's some combination of both, but in the end, it's the head coach who makes this call. We've had two full years of devastating injuries in season following training camps and preseason games that were noted for their cautious approach. Maybe it's time to try something else. Perhaps a return to training camps under more Spartan conditions when they were held in Carlisle Pa.
There are two prevailing lines of thought on this subject:
The first and probably least likely comes because of poor conditioning. Chad Englehart is the head strength and conditioning coach, with 9 years experience here. While there's nothing that directly suggests that this team is not being properly physically prepared for the demands of an NFL season, we cannot rule out the possibility that there might be some contributing factors in how they are readied for a season.
The second is fear, which comes in the form of a coaching staff unwilling to allow their players to engage in full contact workouts in training camp. It's a double edged circumstance that insists that injuries happen all too often before the "real" games begin, and, its factual opposite showing real injuries during the season in part because of the reluctance to take that risk earlier on.
Maybe, there's some combination of both, but in the end, it's the head coach who makes this call. We've had two full years of devastating injuries in season following training camps and preseason games that were noted for their cautious approach. Maybe it's time to try something else. Perhaps a return to training camps under more Spartan conditions when they were held in Carlisle Pa.
