Why are our players out of shape? What can we do?

#13
#13
The Tall Gguy said:
Same issue from seasons past. Bad luck? Tender players? I mean no other team in NCAA ever have to deal with high numbers of injuries...that is an exclusive thing for Tennessee.
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Not sure if we have more injuries than other teams as I do not follow (or really care about) injury reports from other schools. However, I think part of the contributing factors for offensive injuries could be the speed of our offense and our limited depth. Like many teams, we rarely substitute OL during a drive, but we have often lacked quality backups to give some of the big guys a breather. Not sure of the stats, but last year we ran a lot of offensive plays per game and at a quick pace. When adding in limited depth, we create the potential for more injuries to our starters.

Limited depth hurts us on defense too as we do not have a stable of 4- and 5-star LBs, for example, to rotate in during a game. The result is our guys play a lot and that leads to injuries. Our defensive philosophy of bend, but don't break means we may see more defensive snaps on average than other teams who take a different approach. The technique used by some DBs has caused injuries too when leading with their shoulder while making tackles (Hadden is an example).

The limited depth also makes every Tennessee injury extremely visible as we often have a big drop-off in talent when bringing in non-starters.
 
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#21
37620VOL said:
Wright is the only one I see tapping out consistently, so much so that I wonder if he has asthma or something
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Wright is jacked…nothing out of shape about him. I think the RBs are taught to go as hard as they can as long as they can so the other team cannot substitute. When they lose a step, they tap out. Other teams rotate as a routine part of play.
 
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IMHO, injury rate is a very random data point because it is strongly a function of luck. Some years there are numerous injuries and some years very few. We had a bad year.

In the bigger picture, I wonder if muscles and mass, which are more easily developed, are reaching the limits of what can be supported by connective tissue, which is difficult to improve upon.
 
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I think some of it was bad luck and some of it is a product of this offense. Guys tapping out comes from running a play every 20 seconds and in between those plays they are sprinting back to get ready to snap the next play
 
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EastTNVol423 said:
I think some of it was bad luck and some of it is a product of this offense. Guys tapping out comes from running a play every 20 seconds and in between those plays they are sprinting back to get ready to snap the next play
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So is the defense.
 
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