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Originally Posted by DaFace
We saw a lot of this last year, but it's sure hard to reconcile some of it. For example, we regularly hear players rave about how great our training staff is - Rick Burkholder in particular - and we regularly have guys come back from injury more quickly than expected. But then they get an F on this report? It doesn't pass the sniff test unless all those players are just outright lying.
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There are some glimpses of what could lead to this discrepancy from comments OBJ Jr and Hardman made this season.
OBJ Jr. talked about how the training staff treats every game “like a playoff game” and said they were “old school” in their approach in working with players to get them “game ready.” Interestingly, this was meant to be a negative, as he said the Bengals were hands off and believed in letting the players rest until they were ready.
Mecole talked about this in a similar way, but said he appreciated the Chiefs approach after being with the Jets. He talked about how the Jets training staff was way more “relaxed” with the players and as such, practices were often disorganized and players were missing in action during drills.
Sounds like Andy and Rick run an old school ship. I could see how it could lead to really divisive reactions from players used to a different approach on a new team or from college - but looking at how our players health has held up with 6 straight playoff runs, it’s hard to argue with the results.