Cautionary Tale(s)

Be careful who you choose as your model...

did we make a change in strength coaches recently ?

(01-18-2017 11:49 AM)davidw Wrote:  did we make a change in strength coaches recently ?

Yes, our current strength coach had his first season with the program this past season. Came from University of Virginia.

(01-17-2017 04:42 PM)Rick Gerlach Wrote:  Cautionary Tale(s)

The title of this thread should probably be changed, for a couple of reasons.

First, the article is about one team, not "teams".

Second, it is not about "military training" (whatever that means) generally, but about the specific workouts used at Oregon. There is no evidence that any other "teams" use such workouts. There is no reliable evidence that the armed forces use those workouts either. The article says they "were described by multiple sources as akin to military basic training", but there is no reason to believe that those sources really know what basic training is. Moreover, military training programs don't typically lead to multiple cases of bloodstream contamination.

It seems more likely that the workouts in question borrowed (and then took to extremes) a few elements (e.g. push-ups and calisthenics) which resemble the popular image of basic training than it is that they actually follow distinctively military training methods.

The article's own headline ("Multiple Oregon players hospitalized following strenuous workouts") is much better.

(01-18-2017 12:26 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(01-17-2017 04:42 PM)Rick Gerlach Wrote:  Cautionary Tale(s)

The title of this thread should probably be changed, for a couple of reasons.

First, the article is about one team, not "teams".

Second, it is not about "military training" (whatever that means) generally, but about the specific workouts used at Oregon. There is no evidence that any other "teams" use such workouts. There is no reliable evidence that the armed forces use those workouts either. The article says they "were described by multiple sources as akin to military basic training", but there is no reason to believe that those sources really know what basic training is. Moreover, military training programs don't typically lead to multiple cases of bloodstream contamination.

It seems more likely that the workouts in question borrowed (and then took to extremes) a few elements (e.g. push-ups and calisthenics) which resemble the popular image of basic training than it is that they actually follow distinctively military training methods.

The article's own headline ("Multiple Oregon players hospitalized following strenuous workouts") is much better.

The article did reference another school who had similar problems.