X asked:
Would you consider it a problem if you knew that Fisher told the D-line to dog it?
Similarly, did you think our stellar showing in game 1 of the 2011 preseason was a precursor to a great season? lol.
Yes and no. I would consider it to be a coaching problem and not a player problem. I'm not sure which is worse.
As I mentioned before in another thread, not playing hard leads to injuries because, among other things, when you're playing hard you provide the force and when you're not playing hard the other guy provides the force. Here is very short article discussing this issue.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Stay-Injury-Free-in-Football" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.wikihow.com/Stay-Injury-Free-in-Football</a>
Football, a contact sport, is one of the most physical games played. Players passionate about the game hope to stay injury free in order to be their best at all times. You cannot play football without a chance of injury, but you can reduce your chances.
Avoiding injury is not all about shying away from contact. It is about being in control of the situation. None of these steps can 100% protect you, but each one is important in helping to avoid injury.
That is just one article talking about that issue. I can find many more. Yeah, let's do things that have a greater chance of causing injures. After all, it's not like we ever have any of those. Perhaps if Saffold had been giving 100% his opponent wouldn't have blown by him so fast and by doing so, forcing him to try and stop him with one arm.
You can debate this all you want but I doubt you'll be able to come up with any evidence that I'm wrong about this.