Well, to me the responsibility for conditioning begins and ends with the players. They're well compensated athletes who can afford to keep themselves in shape.
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Marc Lederman <[email protected]>wrote: > With all the injuries they've had this year, why not put some of the blame > on their conditioning coach? It seems like every day or two a different > player is getting hurt and missing a few games. > > Marc > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 30% goes to Theo Epstein - As I said earlier, his reasoning that the >> starting pitching would right itself was reasonable. He bolstered the >> bullpen and the offense with what seemed like wise moves at the time. >> Crawford, Jenks, Wheeler, Gonzalez all seem like good moves. But three of >> those four did not pan out and he also money up on the struggling Crawford. >> I can't blame him for those players did, but he did pick them so he deserves >> some of the blame. The injuries to Dice-K and Buchholz were not his fault, >> and Doubront's failure to stay in shape has to be the players fault and his >> fault alone. >> BUT, we're supposed to be a player development machine, and I haven't seen >> that. >> >> 20% to Terry Francona - I don't know. This might be too high. I'm not sure >> what the manager can really do to ger major league players to play good >> ball. One can question the Aceves move, but it's a close call. Plus he's >> been pilloried by some for not using Papelbon in close eighth inning calls. >> It's now clear why he does not do that. (Pap, you are NO Mariano Rivera.) >> >> 50% players - Let's face it. They're playing shit ball right now. The >> answer lies within. Someone in that locker room needs to either jangle or >> calm nerves, and no one is stepping up. No Damons. No Millars. We could even >> use a Manny to take the heat off everyone else. But no one is doing it. >> WHERE IS PEDROIA? WHERE IS YOUKILIS? WHERE IS PAPI? I know Gonzalez is the >> new guy but that level of salary comes with some responsibilities to lead. >> Can he do it? Crawford clearly can't. Ellsbury is a wonderful player but he >> seems to have zero clout. Scutaro, Varitek, Salty all bit players. >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
