I said this on This Is Our Show (linked below) and if it's just a pain tolerance for either - roll with them. If any indication of them sitting out makes them better the following week - then I would sit them for the Oklahoma game.
How would you approach Kamario and Fluff injuries?
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Sure let’s sit Anthony Evans, Kelley Jones and anyone else who doesn’t feel 100%. Heck, just don’t make the trip at this point so we can hopefully participate in the Liberty Bowl.
Just opt out of the week completely. Send the junior varsity team. They are college athletes who get paid, if they can play then play
The biggest factor to me would be the likelyhood that playing this week would aggrivate the injury any further, thereby decreasing the likelyhood that they would able to play next week.
You could sit these guys this week and they get a completely different injury next week.
If KT1 can't go, just sit Fluff too and give Hill a few carries in that mix of RBs. Otherwise, throw them out there and see how it goes.
You can only pull people who are unable to play. It sounds nice to hold out players to save for the rest of the season but the players who are going out there and putting their bodies on the line in Baton Rouge need to know their teammates are all in as well. If you've ever played football, this is blatantly obvious. If you can play you play. If you can't, you can't. There's no holding back healthy players for the future.
I’d take it a step further. If K1 can’t go then the entire injury report should be reevaluated for things like muscle pulls, bruises,… headaches, hang nails…
If they are healthy enough to play, they will play. If they aren’t, they won’t. The medical staff will make that decision. You don’t hold healthy players out of games so they will be even more healthy for the next game. That’s ridiculous. It’s football. Nobody is 100 percent at this point of the season.
State luck would be to sit them for an extra week only to have them re-injured in practice prepping for UO.
This is where I am. If you're one more week from likely full recovery and playing against LSU carries the risk of a setback, it's a no.
If this is only a pain tolerance thing, hit the field.
If their playing, at any %, is an upgrade vs. them not playing, then play them. If not, sit them. Simple.
You may as well go ahead and prepare for the OU loss, that is coming
I point you to our schedule last year. We are currently at the Texas A&M game, and results will likely be the same
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The number of people who don’t understand this is really surprising to me.
Probly because they didn't football at a skill position with turf toe
I'm kind of surprised he's made it this far without getting hurt. I've been really impressed with both Lebby and KT in how they've handled him this year. He's not taking those unnecessary hits Shapen took 2 years ago.
Reading this thread helps me realize this place isn't a sports message board... it's a support group.
Save them for more winnable games. I've sat and watched us lose so many times in Tiger Stadium (not going this year). I did see us win twice over the decades, though.
Everyone is overthinking this.
You don’t treat it any differently than a back-up safety that has an injury just because it’s one of your two best players.
Ask 3 questions:
1) Is the player near 100% of their capability in all areas (running, passing, blocking, tackling, etc.).
2) Is the TEAM better with them on the field, regardless of how well the individual player feels on gameday (even if 100% healthy)? This one goes beyond just the physical readiness and also considers lack of sharpness or stamina from missed practice, etc.
3) Are they medically cleared by doctor, specifically meaning are they at no risk to aggravate the existing injury?
If the answer to any of the 3 questions is “no”, they sit. If all “yes”, they play. Same thing next week.
You don’t treat it any differently than a back-up safety that has an injury just because it’s one of your two best players.
Ask 3 questions:
1) Is the player near 100% of their capability in all areas (running, passing, blocking, tackling, etc.).
2) Is the TEAM better with them on the field, regardless of how well the individual player feels on gameday (even if 100% healthy)? This one goes beyond just the physical readiness and also considers lack of sharpness or stamina from missed practice, etc.
3) Are they medically cleared by doctor, specifically meaning are they at no risk to aggravate the existing injury?
If the answer to any of the 3 questions is “no”, they sit. If all “yes”, they play. Same thing next week.
I'd have to get an opinion from the team doctors. If they say they are ok to play without prolonging or at risk of further injury.. it's go time.
It hurts me to say this, but not true. You play to win the most games. I hate it but I understand the sit the guys if one more week will dramatically help with their improvement and if they are really down a step or three.
Right. Not the Alabama game. Or the LSU game. The most games, and OM of course. But again none of us are in the know about severity. Everybody says play if he can. At 40% ? With zero mobility ? If surgery is the next step ? Does anyone really think the team will think Kamario is a quitter ? Do they now think Fluff is a quitter ? Either K1 isn't as good as I thought he was or that leg threw his game off last week. He wasnt sharp and no mobility.
Why is football treated differently than most other sports when talking about injuries? Is it because it is typically looked at as a "tough guy" sport? If pitchers are suffering soreness or tightness in their arm, coaches don't run them out there and fans aren't up in arms when they don't play. Why? Why should Ryan McPherson's early season arm issue be treated differently than Kamario's foot/hamstring? We are not a playoff team in 2026 no matter who we have available on offense. However, we can possibly get to eight wins if we have our best players down the stretch to play OK, Auburn, Vandy, and Ole Miss. If we don't have them available we will struggle to reach .500
Probably because football - you have 12 opportunities. Baseball - you have 56. Although being out a week in baseball is about 1/12th of the schedule (give or take).
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