I think the defensive players meaning was...u dont let the medical staff hold you out against michigan. 15mins of halftime isnt going to make a difference in a 'serious' head injury. I am not calling Dayne soft, I feel that he is far from soft, but its not what I think.
I don't know which is the more egregious statement ... "u dont let the medical staff hold you out against michigan" or 15mins of halftime isn't going to make a difference in a 'serious' head injury.
As another poster mentioned this wasn't a hamstring tweak or a stinger. Grant Irons played for 2 weeks on a broken leg that had been misdiagnosed. This wasn't Coley O'Brien wolfing down candy bars to counteract a diabetic sugar imbalance in the Game of The Century. It wasn't Joe Montana wolfing down Chicken Soup to fight dehydration from the flu. It wasn't a question of "playing through the pain". Crist had a VISION problem!
What's the benefit of playing a QB with impaired vision. "Gee, which #3 should I throw to the one on the left or the one next to him?" Think about it. And realize that Coley O'Brien and Joe Montana were both under close medical scrutiny during those games. They were cleared by the medical staff. Crist was not, until later in the Michigan game.
15mins of halftime isn't going to make a difference in a 'serious' head injury.
The next play could result in permanent damage. Somebody's incredibly naive or has had his own bell rung too many times. (I'm struggling not to call him downright stupid.) Helmet designs have been changed in recent years to try to minimize head injuries, tackling rules have changed (helmet to helmet), studies have been done on head trauma, medical staff, coaches, and players all get better education on the issue. Declan Sullivan "We failed to keep him safe." Dave Duerson. Dan Wenger's career ended due to injuries. Kelly would not play him on the medical staff's recommendation.
We're not "shooting the messenger", YOU. We appreciate your posts but we are trying to make gauge the wisdom, appropriateness, extent or even credibility of a hearsay statement(s).
This is where I think the clarification comes into problem. I am not the one saying these things. I was told by a member of the team about this instance, other instances involving Hendrix.
Again, we got that part. I do anyway. But read your second sentence above, "I was told by
a member of the team ..." One guy's comment doesn't speak for the other 80 something guys on the team. It's his opinion not THE TEAM's.
I was referring to Dayne disappearing in most of the Stanford game, and some of the Pitt game. i think as i said before, he just hadnt played live ball for almost 3 1/2 years. Him getting reps with the first team for most of the 2009 season after Clausen got hurt, I felt would have made him a little bit more comfortable in his personal. Of course, that was with a different offense.
Again I don't follow the "disappearing". If you mean he was inconsistent at times. I'd agree with that. I've posted about his underthrow/overthrows, about not finding the open man (and appearing not to be looking for the open man too often). But I can't buy he hasn't played in 3-1/2 years. Yes his game PT was low but it was considerably more than anybody else at the time. They were all in a new system but Crist had to learn it under live fire while the other guys have the luxury of time. Crist missed a year with his ACL but he got book time and film time then. As I noted in my earlier post in this thread. Crist doesn't have two career starts but neither does anyone else.
Hendrix will get the team to play for him by getting the defense and sp teams to play for him. This is where Clausen failed (a lot to do with coaching though), and where Crist failed at times. From what I have gathered he has that motivating quality that either clausen/crist lack, or just havent showed...the 'it' factor.
I am not calling for Hendrix to start, or Rees to start. I want Crist in there, but the original poster asked a question and I gave an answer from those who actually interact with all 4 on a daily basis!
This is another statement I have trouble grasping. I can see that the Offense might play better, respond better, or have better chemistry with one QB over another but the DEFENSE and SP TEAMS? Not since Paul Hornung was a 60 minute man (QB, S, PK/P/KR/PR) might the Defense or STs have responded to the same player as the Offense. Since 1964 and platoon football, each of the three squads had their own Captain/Leader on their squad.
In '88 Rocket or Ricky Watters may have responded to Tony Rice's leadership. But I don't think Tony was the leader for Stams, Zorich, Lyght, and Stonebreaker. Bolcar Captained the defense. Reggie Ho wasn't kicking for Tony Rice anymore than John Carney kicked for Steve Beuerlein or Dave Reeve kicked for Montana's "it" factor.
Clausen leadership wasn't the problem with ND'd defense under Weis.
Weis, Tenuta, Brown, Oliver, Minter, et al were the principal problem. Harrison Smith and Zibby both struggled not because Quinn or Clausen didn't lead the defense but because the coaches didn't. Plus the coaches required those two guys to play Safety AND Cornerback on the same play which was the reason they were frequently caught out of position. "Stop the Run!" "No, No Drop Back!"
