Schiano Gives Injury Update


PJ might be on the Schiano coaching tree, but he differs in one big respect: updating the press and fans on injury status. Maybe Schiano's just getting his excuses ready in case things don't go well. AK is healthy ...
PJ does it right. None of your business. Always.
 

"The injuries have coincided with Rutgers losing four straight games. The Scarlet Knights enter the bye week at 4-4 (1-4 Big Ten)."
Depending how many guys got well enough to play? ...it could be a factor or it could be a woe is me excuse.
Time will tell.
 

Reminds me of Minnesota’s struggles with injuries last year and we all saw the results of that, especially on defense. Hoping Minnesota can take advantage.
 



It seems like they were decent early in the season but they display a classic absence of depth now and as a result their season has descended into a dumpster.
 

High-quality depth is the one of the great advantages that helmet schools have over the rest of the pack. The season is long, key players get nicked up or injured; next man up can be a chancy proposition for many teams.
 

PJ might be on the Schiano coaching tree, but he differs in one big respect: updating the press and fans on injury status. Maybe Schiano's just getting his excuses ready in case things don't go well. AK is healthy ...
Really? Look at the article you cited. What did Schiano say that updates the fans or the press (or the opponent) about any injured player. Schiano said exactly zero about which players are injured, which ones might play and which ones won't. All he says is that the injured players will get better, some might play before the season ends and that some players are limited somewhat by injuries. The players who normally play will be replaced by less experienced guys if they can't go. He mentioned no names. The reporter then adds the names of players who have been banged up, but there is nothing from Schiano giving any insight into who might play, who might not and who might be limited.

The style is a little different, but to me it seems pretty much the same as PJ being asked if Tyler Cooper will be cleared to play and saying "you'll know two hours before game time."
 

Really? Look at the article you cited. What did Schiano say that updates the fans or the press (or the opponent) about any injured player. Schiano said exactly zero about which players are injured, which ones might play and which ones won't. All he says is that the injured players will get better, some might play before the season ends and that some players are limited somewhat by injuries. The players who normally play will be replaced by less experienced guys if they can't go. He mentioned no names. The reporter then adds the names of players who have been banged up, but there is nothing from Schiano giving any insight into who might play, who might not and who might be limited.

The style is a little different, but to me it seems pretty much the same as PJ being asked if Tyler Cooper will be cleared to play and saying "you'll know two hours before game time."
You are right. PJ and Schiano are identical in how openly and extensively they use press conferences to reveal snd discuss the injury status of key players in their respective teams. Silly me!
 



You are right. PJ and Schiano are identical in how openly and extensively they use press conferences to reveal snd discuss the injury status of key players in their respective teams. Silly me!
2nd degree isn't wrong though. Schiano said nothing specific about any of his injured players just very general comments saying some will get better soon and some won't but he didn't give names.

I remember seeing during one of their telecasts that they have had a really rough go this year in terms of injuries. No doubt that is contributing to their struggles over the past month. We saw first hand what a handful of key injuries can do to a team.
 

2nd degree isn't wrong though. Schiano said nothing specific about any of his injured players just very general comments saying some will get better soon and some won't but he didn't give names.

I remember seeing during one of their telecasts that they have had a really rough go this year in terms of injuries. No doubt that is contributing to their struggles over the past month. We saw first hand what a handful of key injuries can do to a team.
Schiano said enough so that the reporter had a pretty good idea of whom Schiano was speaking. Many people can describe a person without using a name. IMHO PJ doesn’t even do this. He doesn’t name names; he also rarely discusses player injuries in terms (without naming names) that might in any way ease an opponent’s game day prep. But it might just be my impression.
 

You are right. PJ and Schiano are identical in how openly and extensively they use press conferences to reveal snd discuss the injury status of key players in their respective teams. Silly me!
Schiano said enough so that the reporter had a pretty good idea of whom Schiano was speaking. Many people can describe a person without using a name. IMHO PJ doesn’t even do this. He doesn’t name names; he also rarely discusses player injuries in terms (without naming names) that might in any way ease an opponent’s game day prep. But it might just be my impression.
I didn't say they were identical, in fact, I acknowledged that their styles are different. But in terms of substance, they are the same. They say nothing. Any reporter who follows the team has a "pretty good idea" which players have been out, who left the last game with an injury, who's been limping, etc. This reporter didn't discern this from Schiano, he knows it because he's been paying attention.

It isn't just your opinion that PJ doesn't speak openly about injuries, he absolutely doesn't. My post, and my point, was that citing to the article you did to try to draw a contrast between Schiano and Fleck in this regard is misguided because looking at what Schiano said tells you nothing more about any injured player's status for Saturday than PJ's refusal to say anything does.
 




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