Should The Strength and Conditioning Coaches Get Fired?

[OutOfBubbleGum]

Everyone is taking about firing McDermott, Dorsey and the special teams coach but what about the strength and conditioning coaches? These injuries are killing the Bills. It's not like all are unpredictable. Is it time for a new approach to the new longer schedule of the NFL?

[dorquemada]

thats a fair question, i've never seen so many critical injuries. 

[BBFL]

Apparently they have one of, if not the, best  facilities for that kind of stuff…

 

Injuries happen, especially when you have a team built of older, veteran players. 

Edited November 14, 2023 by BBFL

[Your Brown Eye]

I'm firing the equipment guys first. Maybe they are incorrectly fitting the player's shoes with incorrectly sized cleats.

[DuckyBoys]

no you can only build up a small ball defense so much  We have smaller players doing the bulk of the tackling  Frankly I'm surprised we haven't had more injuries  Linebackers are lightweights and safeties and corners expected to tackle a ton in this scheme

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Bring back Rusty!!! 

[ndirish1978]

We are the oldest team in the NFL. None of the injured players on D are young. I think the injuries are more of a reflection of the age on our team. 

[ALG1130]

5 minutes ago, OutOfBubbleGum said:

Everyone is taking about firing McDermott, Dorsey and the special teams coach but what about the strength and conditioning coaches? These injuries are killing the Bills. It's not like all are unpredictable. Is it time for a new approach to the new longer schedule of the NFL?

This!!! Not talked about enough!

[RyanC883]

6 minutes ago, OutOfBubbleGum said:

Everyone is taking about firing McDermott, Dorsey and the special teams coach but what about the strength and conditioning coaches? These injuries are killing the Bills. It's not like all are unpredictable. Is it time for a new approach to the new longer schedule of the NFL?

 

I would.  Lots of the injuries are the muscle/tendon type that you can, to some extent, prevent with proper warmups, stretching, and recovery.  

[BuffaloBillyG]

S&C coaches can't do anything to prevent the majority of injuries we have had. 

[BBFL]

3 minutes ago, DuckyBoys said:

no you can only build up a small ball defense so much  We have smaller players doing the bulk of the tackling  Frankly I'm surprised we haven't had more injuries  Linebackers are lightweights and safeties and corners expected to tackle a ton in this scheme

Eh, it’s only one more game. Most teams have a mini-bye now with all the Thursday night games. Isn’t as big of an issue as you would believe. Especially with all the advancements in sports medicine and rehab. 

[RousseauRage]

It's football. People get injured. Our defense has been fine even with the injuries. Look around the league, we've been fortunate with injuries. I think there's been like 15 QBs out of games with injuries.

[FilthyBeast]

10 minutes ago, OutOfBubbleGum said:

Everyone is taking about firing McDermott, Dorsey and the special teams coach but what about the strength and conditioning coaches? These injuries are killing the Bills. It's not like all are unpredictable. Is it time for a new approach to the new longer schedule of the NFL?

 

Yes this franchise really needs to clean house from top to bottom entering a crucial offseason that may very well dictate whether or not a 'second window' opens in the next few years.

[BuffaninSarasota]

does anyone not realize football is a super violent game played by men who are getting bigger, stronger, and faster every freaking year?

 

anyone not notice the injury list getting longer around the ENTIRE NFL every single week? the NFL is a war of attrition. Moreover, the Bills organization has been lauded for their facilities and staff.

 

 

Edited November 14, 2023 by BuffaninSarasota
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[Yobogoya!]

9 minutes ago, OutOfBubbleGum said:

Everyone is taking about firing McDermott, Dorsey and the special teams coach but what about the strength and conditioning coaches? These injuries are killing the Bills. It's not like all are unpredictable. Is it time for a new approach to the new longer schedule of the NFL?

 

I've wondered about this a lot, not just in recent years but in general. 

 

McD's first few seasons, we had relatively little in the way of season-ending injuries -- particularly to key players. 

 

I thought he must have brought in some S&C guru's that helped to provide that, but now the last couple years our injury report is miles long and key players are dropping like flies. 

 

Are we maybe investing too heavily in aging players? Paying guys lots of money after age 30 and putting them in key roles might be a factor here, at least as far as nagging injuries are concerned. 

[Ramza86]

Yup. Seriously I want everyone fired...except maybe the staff that kept Hamlin alive, probably the only memebers of staff that have done anything productive. 

 

 

[Blackbeard]

As per this site everyone should be fired.

 

Even the janitors.

[Freddie's Dead]

Let's go full Mularkey firing Rusty Jones.  We still haven't recovered from that move.

[corta765]

I need a thread that lists all the threads of coaches/people were firing just so I can get it organized

[DuckyBoys]

16 minutes ago, Blackbeard said:

As per this site everyone should be fired.

 

Even the janitors.

I was told by a secret source the rough toilet paper is causing Josh's regression  Janitors need to go!