re: Keenan Lewis gives Training Staff recommendation to Saints

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So since we have a $1+ billion franchise along with an NBA team, our goal should be to exceed them every year.

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I agree, but facilities can only do so much to reduce injuries. No amount of facilities is going to make a difference when you have an injury prone player and a slow healer like Eric Gordon, don't know the player's history with that type of injury like the Pels didn't know with Jrue, a player that wants to try every option before attempting the last resort therapy of microfracture like Pondexter, or you have player like Jimmy Graham that is determined to "play thru the pain."

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That is an issue with the whole NFL not just the Saints. The way the NFL handles there whole injury reporting procedure needs to change.


I'm saying that he shouldn't have played. We got 65% Jimmy for the remainder of the season instead of getting 95% Jimmy at the end of the year

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I agree. What concerns me more than the facilities is what Lewis hints at, and that is CSP and the other coaches expected players backs ASAP and expecting them to play at less than 100% instead of giving them the extra time to get back to 100%. That has nothing to do with the facilities, the medical staff, or training staff, but is on the players and the coaches.