Strength & Conditioning

[J. Spanky]

Strength and Conditioning is an issue that I believe needs to be strongly addressed this season. Perhaps even to the extent of staff dismissal. The amount of muscle/soft tissue injuries this season is inexcusable. These are largely preventable injuries that cost us dearly.

Moss, Randle El, Smoot and several other players missed time due to injuries of this nature. If I'm not mistaken, most, if not all of our o-line injuries we muscle/soft tissue. With the small margins of most of our losses, these injuries are among the small bumps that prevent us from winning consistently.

It will still be a couple more years of aquiring quality depth in the off season (considering we've only really been doing so for the past 2 years) before it is no longer a primary issue for us. In the mean time, we need to do everything possible to keep our top-heavy roster as healthy as possible.

Does anyone know the status of our current strength/conditioning staff (John Hastings, Bobby Crumpler and Harrison Bernstein)? From what I've seen the past couple years, these guys need to be handed their walking papers.