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My wife and I were talking about that over the last couple of weeks. I guess I keep forgetting what it was like at 18 but I don't understand letting the kids play when they are hurt. Josh was limping around like crazy Saturday and may have dropped that interception due to the pain, Quincy was hopping around on one leg and wouldn't leave the field. Gotta love em but I just am afraid they will do more damage if left in there.
As much as we fans appreciate grit, toughness, etc, it is a different game today. Concussions (blake lawrence), the other guy who left the team last week. Why risk your future!!!!!!
I think it's really important our coaches error on the side of caution with any major injury. Lets not forget these kids have parents who have entrusted our coaches with making the right decisions for their kids. I think if kids play hurt (not talking about bumps and bruises) it well might affect recruiting! I honestly think T-mart was played hurt to much over the past several seasons and it's all come home now.
Watching him limping around in 2010 in his last 3 games was painful to watch. Pretty obvious he was playing at 70% of even less. He could not RUN thus taking away his best weapon. Why that happened I don't know but I do know what I watched happening in those games. Went 0-3 as well we should have considering his medical condition. It was really unfair to T-Mart because that OU game WAS NOT his fault imo but he took the brunt of all the negative comments!
Bottom line for me is if there is any questions regarding medical issues then they don't play! I think it was obvious in the UCLA game that T-Mart was having problems running! Why he wasn't sat down in that game or Minn is a mystery! I hope in the future when any player is nicked up enough to make them much less effective they are on the bench..... You don't need to be medical staff to have seen T-Mart playing when he should not have been imo................
Questionable coaching decisions no doubt. Even here at beloved DONU the pressure to win is blind to injury
Jordan Westerkamp was the most clearly hurt of them all from what I saw. After he muffed that punt, he tried to move toward the ball and fell. He didn't slip, he wasn't knocked over, it wasn't a weird twist, he simply fell from the pain in his hip because he could not move.
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Yep. I forgot about him. He was hurt going out of bounds on the punt return. They caught his hip just right. I remember that pain and it is no fun. With that wind he had to be able to move and he just couldn't do it.
Seriously doubt he muffs that punt if he wasn't hurt........ Again I don't understand why he was in there? I know Bell a little nicked up but was in a lot better shape then Westy! These are the type of mistakes I don't except our coaches to be making...............
According to Enunwa, the offense had an awful week of practice with TM. :2cents:
I think this would be awesome.
Here is what I really don't understand. It this injury happened in week 1. Did they not send Taylor to the foot specialist at that time? If so would this foot specialist that works with elite athletes not tell them that this injury would not be healed until February or March? I don't understand at all the decision to continue to let him play. It is what could of cost us the UCLA game and also probably the Minn game. It doesn't make much sense to me.
I didn't see the "clear struggles" people talk about against Minn. I saw a guy who was rusty and fell back into some habits (for example throwing motion) but generally played decent ball (had some really nice throws, a few of which were dropped).
If there were a way to get him warmed up again (there's not), I'd much rather have him starting than TA at this point.
If there were a way to get him warmed up again (there's not), I'd much rather have him starting than TA at this point.
Then I suggest watching the film again... Minn game.. 8 rushes for 16 yds? He could do better then that not trying if healthy!! His foot wasn't stopping him from throwing mostly ok!
How about the UCLA game? hummmm 10 rushes MINUS 13 yds!
So you didn't see anything there either? He was hurting BOTH games and should not have been playing imo.
Even the deaf, dumb and blind announcers said T-M was refusing to run with WIDE OPEN lanes. I suppose you can see what you want but I saw a player that was FAR from 100%....................
I'm going to go with 'Big for his age' for $1000.
The receivers had some drops, but he looked more like an underclassman (not the underclassman he was, but a typical underclassman) than a fifth year senior who holds all the school records except pancake blocks.
Good read. I too felt like the coaches thought Minnesota was Taylor's best chance to get back into things. Obviously he was still hurt. Can't be trusted, and won't play again.
As far as this week, I feel as if some of these games we've won over the years has been because of Taylor. Can't game plan for 70 yard QB scrambles. We beat MSU last year because of his unique talents.
Having said that, he cost us games with his other unique 'talents'. Can't run the option or consistently win games with his arm. So, maybe Beck and Bo are learning what they need after all.
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