What did We Do to the Injury Gods?
I realize football is a damn physical game and there will be injuries but fergodsakes is this year worse than usual or am I just overthinking it? A follow a few other teams relatively closely and they don't have anywhere near our damage.
Not a Hoke fan (as a FB HC) but one thing I am going to give him mad props is no excuses revolving around injuries. Same as our BB coach who just go "next man up" and keep going, as opposed to a certain coach who speaks about weird guys costing them the game.
From my list we are essentially missing a third of the team - 7 out of 22! Then a few more "walking wounded" (obviously way below 100% ...and below the normal 85-90% a lot of other players are at this point with wear and tear). And those are only the guys we know about
On defense
Starter:
- D. Morgan - a starter* (*lemon)
- J. Peppers
- D. Hill
- W. Henry
That is 4 starters*
Also on and off this year ("walking wounded") are
- R. Taylor
- J. Wilson
On offense
Starter:
- E. Magnuson
- J. Chesson
- D. Green
Walking wounded:
- D. Funchess
- D. Gardner
Not a starter:
- K. Hill
- S. Morris
And any number of guys with the normal nicks and bruises and more serious things that every team plays with.
For a team that already has issues this sure is not helping things. I get losing 2-3 guys, long term but fergodsakes what have we done to displease the injury gods. 4 injuries in this past week alone? Cripes.
This bye is much needed and it sure would be nice if said football gods would grant us a player or three back after the break.
October 12th, 2014 at 1:51 AM ^
It's getting to the point where it can't be attributed to bad luck.
October 12th, 2014 at 2:04 AM ^
Yeah, it can.
October 12th, 2014 at 2:10 AM ^
Persuasive rebuttal.
October 12th, 2014 at 2:38 AM ^
He used as much evidence and non speculative info to show his point as you did for your post. And he used less words. So he wins.
October 12th, 2014 at 2:40 AM ^
*fewer words.
October 12th, 2014 at 9:37 AM ^
What do you suggest is the cause of our injury issues? I am sure many schools are having a similar experience.
October 12th, 2014 at 12:32 PM ^
I believe that we are about to become the target of a systematic process of intimidation and manipulation, the likes of which you have never seen.
October 12th, 2014 at 2:24 AM ^
Well, than I am convinced!
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October 12th, 2014 at 2:28 AM ^
Clearly we wouldnt have all these injuries if Hoke wore a headset.
/sike
October 12th, 2014 at 8:21 AM ^
Yeah the same guys who helped Butt recover from an ACL tear in under a year clearly don't know what they're doing.
October 12th, 2014 at 1:54 AM ^
You're talking about injuries, which we do not do.
October 12th, 2014 at 1:57 AM ^
I've gone rogue.
I'm done whispering about injuries in the dark shadows of seedy bars while loud music plays. It's time to shout it from the rooftop in broad daylight. (Unless the football gods strike me with lightning - which at that point it was the guy with the binders who was doing the shouting).
October 12th, 2014 at 1:57 AM ^
this is football. We had some good years to balance this out. 2011 was pretty clean.
October 12th, 2014 at 1:58 AM ^
Somethings not right about all these injuries under Hoke. It's either Wellman or somebody is snake bitten to eternity. The bye week is right on time.
October 12th, 2014 at 2:46 AM ^
We were pretty healthy in 2011 with the same S&C and Wellman. Everything started to go downhill the following year. Countess, Wormley, Bryant, Denard...
October 12th, 2014 at 1:58 AM ^
Angry Michigan Hating God, plain and simple. He no longer discriminates by position like the good ol' days.
October 12th, 2014 at 2:04 AM ^
If you are just talking games missed this season by starters due to injury, don't forget Jake Butt missing the first few games and being limited in the games hes played. I know he waasnt injured during this season, but it still effects this year.
Also Ondre Pipkins missing games this year too recovering from his injury from last year. So that's another would-be starter who has only played sparingly through 7 games.
But yes I have thought the same thing every weekend, I watch a ton of football and lots of teams have injuries, but nobody has near as many as what we have. Like I have said to my gf everytime someone gets hurt "our team is bad enough when we have everyone healthy, do we really need another freaking injured starter!?"
October 12th, 2014 at 2:03 AM ^
Far Side! Haven't seen one of those in ages. Damn that guy for retiring.
October 12th, 2014 at 2:04 AM ^
Someone should set up a committee to review the S&C program...
October 12th, 2014 at 9:49 AM ^
BOYCOTT THE WORKOUTS!!!!
October 12th, 2014 at 2:08 AM ^
Michigan in the past 5-6 years has many more injuries than other teams. It must be a fault with the strength and conditioning coach.
October 12th, 2014 at 2:11 AM ^
The injury gods shall not be mocked. And we have angered them with our petty insolence and entitlement.
We must make an offering. A walk-on may suffice.
October 12th, 2014 at 2:14 AM ^
Once Spicyweiner hunts you down, I think you will suffice.
October 12th, 2014 at 2:15 AM ^
I once owned the fastest hunk-a-junk in the galaxy. Freaking Han.
October 12th, 2014 at 2:15 AM ^
Does Drew Sharpe count?
/s
October 12th, 2014 at 2:19 AM ^
David Brandon has pissed off every god in the universe, including the injury gods. Either that, or the schemes and playcalling are so predictable that it allows opponents to "tee off" on Michigan players too easily.
Or, maybe a little of both.
October 12th, 2014 at 2:21 AM ^
the stats on this over the past 5 years or so over FBS. I'm not convinced our injuries would be that much of an outlier.
October 12th, 2014 at 2:32 AM ^
We will need a sacrifice. Bring me a buckeye!
October 12th, 2014 at 2:38 AM ^
Our DB list might be more than Iowa running backs since 2008.
October 12th, 2014 at 6:49 AM ^
Didn't play yesterday and someone said he had some sort of arm cast on. Anyone hear anything on that?
October 13th, 2014 at 11:21 PM ^
Just watched Inside Michigan Football and saw the cast. It was on his left forearm/wrist/hand.
October 12th, 2014 at 7:18 AM ^
Let's see what this training staff is made of...some say its part of an old guard that has skated by on being part of the old guard for quite some time. With measures and practices modern in the late Schembechler era. I certainly don't know, I'm far from a doctor.
With the University's medical resources, there is no reason why we shouldn't have the best athletic training staff in the country.
Go out to Oregon and get their bio chambers and all that stuff...shit, I dunno, Ryan and Butt both came back from ACL's quickly. Let's figure out a way to heel up these bruises and boo boos and get the guys feeling their best when they head to EL.
October 12th, 2014 at 9:07 AM ^
I've been wondering where Pipkins is and Hoke said in the post-game presser that Pipkins "is dealing with a thing". Yeah, we're getting killed by injuires.
October 12th, 2014 at 9:08 AM ^
I'm sure that list will be much smaller after the bye week.
October 12th, 2014 at 9:19 AM ^
perhaps our laughing at Izzo and msu from Jan to March has come back to bite us.
October 12th, 2014 at 9:25 AM ^
He looked less mobile than he did versus Ohio last year.
October 12th, 2014 at 9:35 AM ^
Most of the other BIG teams got their injuries out of the way before the season started. Michigan is just a little behind the other teams.
October 12th, 2014 at 10:32 AM ^
We hired a coach who thinks "toughness" means 1) going 100% full contact in practice all the tine despite the risk of injury, 2) playing on broken legs, 3) playing with concussions. He's reckless with our players and I'm tired of it. It doesn't make our team tougher in gameday when our depth us depleted and our guys start every game all bruised up and half-injured from the nonsense Hoke puts them through in practice.
October 12th, 2014 at 10:32 AM ^
Defensive line depth is finally reaping benefits. I know Penn State's OL is shaky, but it was good to see some of the 2- and 3-deep DL guys making noise with the normal rotations all shot to hell due to injuries.
October 12th, 2014 at 11:43 AM ^
Bring back Barwis!
Injuries happen, it feels like it's been a lot, but look at the NFL, countless injuries every team, every week.
But seriously, bring back Barwis.
October 12th, 2014 at 2:32 PM ^
I've felt the same way about my Red Wings the past 5ish years...why the hell can they NOT avoid injuries, ever? I guess sometimes bad luck is really really bad.
The bye week could not come at a better time...hopefully the extra week off will get the injured the rest they need to get back into shape to contend with Sparty.
October 12th, 2014 at 2:36 PM ^
I'm not sure about the Wolverines training... but see the following article about Stanford and how they've eliminated injuries. FMS helps ensure body strength for specific movements and balance.