Replacing the Strength and Conditioning Staff

Originally posted by dj43:
How is a "little" supposed to make players BIG?

How is "Greedy" Williams going to be a team player?

WT Fudge Stick.

Originally posted by Ice49er:

WT Fudge Stick.

If he does his job right he'll be holding one of those in our lockeroom.

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by Ice49er:

WT Fudge Stick.

If he does his job right he'll be holding one of those in our lockeroom.

Originally posted by ChazBoner:

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by Ice49er:

WT Fudge Stick.

If he does his job right he'll be holding one of those in our lockeroom.

he knows where the advil is

Originally posted by dj43:
How is a "little" supposed to make players BIG?

we've got small guys on the roster already, so its perfect

Originally posted by dj43:

How is a "little" supposed to make players BIG?

Some incredible strength coaches are guys who don't look like they've lifted a day in their lives. You don't have to be massive to learn, understand and share the necessary knowledge to be a great coach.

Little joins the 49ers after spending more than five years with the Denver Broncos as an assistant athletic trainer/physical therapist (2014-15), director of rehabilitation/assistant athletic trainer/DPT (2016-17) and director of rehabilitation/assistant athletic trainer (2018). He also spent the summer of 2013 as an intern with the team's medical department.

Little earned his bachelor's degree from the University of South Dakota where he played for the school's basketball and football teams. He went on to earn his master's degree from South Dakota State and later his doctor of physical therapy (DPT) from South Dakota. A member of the professional football athletic trainers society, Little is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) and has a certification in applied functional science (CAFS).

Originally posted by genus49:

If he does his job right he'll be holding one of those in our lockeroom.

If he can get Verrett and Ward to stay healthy for a whole season, he deserves a statue built of him outside the stadium. You could have his eyes light up and his arms move and it'd be 2/3rds of life size as a safety precaution.

New coach is gonna be like "hey guys, don't get hurt okay"

WHOLE TEAM - WHY DIDNT WE DO THIS BEFORE WTF?????!!

Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:

New coach is gonna be like "hey guys, don't get hurt okay"

WHOLE TEAM - WHY DIDNT WE DO THIS BEFORE WTF?????!!

"I want you to give it nearly everything you got! You're gonna play mostly hard and be prudently competitive! Just watch out for those knees!"

The more we worry about "Health" isssues, whiich is generic but we all know we are talking MCLs, ACLs, hammies, achilles, and cartilage tears, pec tears...you all know the litany...the more we are reminded, that behind every SB winner, there was "GOOD HEALTH"...ie, nobody or just a few were out with musculoskeletal injuries. In another thread we were discussing the whys of drafting injured players, or trading for them.

This reminds me of the evolution we have seen since jr high, high school days, and then college.Basically back in the dinosaur days, there was a trainer, maybe an assistant and then some kids who helped out. Nowadays, when these fantastic athletes make more money in their first yr than I did in my entire careeer, it is only natural that we should have way better than "trainers" in the locker room. Little, eg, has his doctorate of physical therapy, and has experience in other sports. And even the name, "trainer" is long gone , supplanted with "Strength and Conditioning."

The idea nowadays is to jump on injury early and often and keep a guy off the injury until he is truly ready to return. The coaches still want their injured guys back ASAP, and that goes doubly for the all pros. So going back to prehistoric times, just a few yrs ago, we now have new theories of how to treat each and every isolated injury, and what is the VERY BEST way. Part and parcel of this is WHEN...when does an injured guy return to active status. And by the looks of it so far, our S & C guys are erring on the side of caution.. I bet yesterday's lunch money that prior to Litttle and company's arrival it was not that way here.

I am hoping that the one thing everyone has seemed to miss as a "trainer" or now S & C, is that very thing: not returning to duty until the injured guy is wholly and truly healed up. Guys like Ward et al, i'd Bet anything that previous trainers/S&C guys would err on the side of their bosses, the HC and GM, saying "yeah, Joe can go"...when in fact, he shouldn't have been put in. And it is here, al least i hope...that the difference is. It is very imaginable that S & C team has been putting guys back on active list when he HC says., "hey when can joe go back in?"" It seems simple but obviously something has been going on to make us 4x more injured on a yrly basis than the rams.

THis would surely be a simple answer, and i don't imagine we would be that lucky. But it may be one answer and we are in the situation where we need anything that helps. I got a good feeling for these guys. Hope that's right.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by genus49:

If he does his job right he'll be holding one of those in our lockeroom.

If he can get Verrett and Ward to stay healthy for a whole season, he deserves a statue built of him outside the stadium. You could have his eyes light up and his arms move and it'd be 2/3rds of life size as a safety precaution.

LOL. Nice.

Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:

New coach is gonna be like "hey guys, don't get hurt okay"

WHOLE TEAM - WHY DIDNT WE DO THIS BEFORE WTF?????!!

Lol

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Some incredible strength coaches are guys who don't look like they've lifted a day in their lives. You don't have to be massive to learn, understand and share the necessary knowledge to be a great coach.

That Certification in Applied functional science, means he learned from Gary Gray, who Michael Jordan would fly into his town in Michigan to see whenever he needed to get worked on.

Gary Gray's view of the human body is in contrast to what is taught in most colleges and universities, but imho it is more accurate. We are in good hands.

Can you give any more info on what exactly he does or have a link about what exactly he does,,any articles or papers by Gray....am curious on what basis he uses for Rxing athletes with injuries? What is his philosophy on wound healing of musculoskeletal injuries and so on? Why is his approach so different that a Michael Jordan would use him? Am really interested in reading about what exactly this entails. Thx.