Anyone know where the these 2016 underclassmen OL or are doing?
Luke Rasmussen,
Connor Mayes,
Ted Steibler,
Chad Fanning,
Noah Kuehn,
Tyler Moore
Why did each leave?
DL?
Jerry Gibson,
Tamarion Johnson,
Thanks
Anyone know where the these 2016 underclassmen OL or are doing?
Luke Rasmussen,
Connor Mayes,
Ted Steibler,
Chad Fanning,
Noah Kuehn,
Tyler Moore
Why did each leave?
DL?
Jerry Gibson,
Tamarion Johnson,
Thanks
Mayes transferred to TCU, but is not listed on the football roster for this season.
Pretty sure I read here that he quit football as well.
Noah Kuehn had to stop playing, but is still with the teams as a Student Coach. I believe he had reoccurring issues with his knees that were bad enough he had to stop playing, don't quote me on that however.
He had a kidney disease.
Sounds like there could be another OL lost to injury too one of the OL is no longer listed on the gophersports.com roster.
Pretty sure Connellys concussion is career ending. He appears to be in tough shape. Praying for him.
Do you have any info? We sat next to his family at the spring game, great folks...they were all so proud of him and he certainly looked pretty good prior to his injury. Tough to hear, love the local kids and sucks to hear one goes down
Check the roster
Pretty sure Connellys concussion is career ending. He appears to be in tough shape. Praying for him.
Check this out from USA Today...looks to be pretty accurate on the others but they are saying leg for him?
https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/minnesota/injuries/all/
Smith would be allowed to play with concussion symptoms? Really? If Brooks is back I'd for sure let Rodney heal at least one more week.
I mean, having concussion symptoms does not mean he has one. I trust our concussion protocol, and if they say he's good then he is good. Our staff has no motivation to play him injured due to our depth.
EDIT: Its also possible that he had them when he left the game, and they have since completely cleared up. All the site says is he left the game with concussion-like symptoms, nothing about if he still has them.
Going to bump this thread because of Nick Connelly retiring from football. Does anyone else remember talk about Kill/Claeys regime being too rough on OL during practices? Do you think that could be a factor with injuries?
I don't have any inside information or knowledge. Just asking what others think.
They wanted NASTY guys..... they got NASTY health....
But I never heard about anyone being too rough, but I think it also would be highly unlikely that anyone would publicly complain about that as I imagine that would not be looked upon kindly by coaches.
I don't really have an opinion either way. Not trying to rip on the past coaches but I do remember hearing about this. I'd provide a link but I don't remember where.
Or I could be going crazy. Also a possibility.
Fleck made insinuations about the previous staff during spring practice.
I think that was more of a jab at the previous S&C coaches more than going to hard at practice. We did have a really high number of off season surgeries that affected who could be at Spring Practice, and I think Fleck was talking about how his S&C coaches would bring that number down or something. I could be wrong though.
It's not clear to me what you all are saying or asking? Are you saying the injuries to Weyler, Connelly and Calhoun (and haven't there been others too this year?) are because we practiced too hard in previous years?
Kill said he'd lessen injuries when he took the job. PJ said he'd lessen injuries when he took the job. Bottom line: it hasn't seem to work that way for either of them. It's football, guys get hurt.
I'm sure both are doing their best to prevent injuries...I'm guessing nobody spends more money on injury prevention than NFL teams? Guys are dropping at an alarming rate. I think it just happens, certain things you do to help but I'm sure most everybody does them...knee braces, less contact, yoga, massages, ice baths, nutrition, yadda yadda etc etc
They wanted NASTY guys..... they got NASTY health....
But I never heard about anyone being too rough, but I think it also would be highly unlikely that anyone would publicly complain about that as I imagine that would not be looked upon kindly by coaches.