Apprehensive day for me. My son was injured yesterday in practice, went down awkwardly and heard a pop in his elbow. Had tingling and loss of sensation for a few hours, but he says there isn't much pain in a rested state anymore. The trainer is pretty confident it isn't a bone issue, but we have to go in to rule out ligament damage. I'm just sick for the kid. Yes, he's my son and I don't want him injured, but more importantly he was one of those guys who isn't the strongest, or the fastest, or the toughest...but he'd finally had the grit to take over a position and make it his own. This past week he tied for the highest graded OL to win our Hog Award for the week. Just sick to my stomach. Anyway, if you could send some good vibes up here it would be greatly appreciated.
I think this is one of the biggest differences between OU's current football staff and the previous. They know what the standard is and they know what their guys can become. They don't strive to make the players things they are not and cannot be.
Apprehensive day for me. My son was injured yesterday in practice, went down awkwardly and heard a pop in his elbow. Had tingling and loss of sensation for a few hours, but he says there isn't much pain in a rested state anymore. The trainer is pretty confident it isn't a bone issue, but we have to go in to rule out ligament damage. I'm just sick for the kid. Yes, he's my son and I don't want him injured, but more importantly he was one of those guys who isn't the strongest, or the fastest, or the toughest...but he'd finally had the grit to take over a position and make it his own. This past week he tied for the highest graded OL to win our Hog Award for the week. Just sick to my stomach. Anyway, if you could send some good vibes up here it would be greatly appreciated.
Wish he would have gotten that INT on Saturday. Would have been 56-7 final if he had. Still showing remarkable growth, like everyone is, with the new system. Sky is the limit.
The Braves were.....and I guess still are my favorite team. Although baseball has become almost unbearable to watch now except for October. This dude and Tim Wakefield probably the only pitchers that could win a game without throwing over 85mph
Apprehensive day for me. My son was injured yesterday in practice, went down awkwardly and heard a pop in his elbow. Had tingling and loss of sensation for a few hours, but he says there isn't much pain in a rested state anymore. The trainer is pretty confident it isn't a bone issue, but we have to go in to rule out ligament damage. I'm just sick for the kid. Yes, he's my son and I don't want him injured, but more importantly he was one of those guys who isn't the strongest, or the fastest, or the toughest...but he'd finally had the grit to take over a position and make it his own. This past week he tied for the highest graded OL to win our Hog Award for the week. Just sick to my stomach. Anyway, if you could send some good vibes up here it would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry Chief - It's the Worse thing is seeing your kid get injured doing anything. Remember this is just a snapshot in a moment in time and even if he has to be out for a while it will pass and be OK. It seems like the end of the world now but it will be OK.
I remember one time my daughter who was ranked in the top 100 in the southern USTA tennis (out of about 5,000) and she was playing in a huge competitive tournament Southern Regionals in Georgia when she was about 13 and she was playing out of her mind beating a seeded top 20 ranked girl like a drum and I could see her tweak her knee and started hold it and trying to stretch it out. I was in tune to her and knew she hurt her knee but my wife said no I don't think so, I think she is just getting tired but I said no she did something to her knee. Sure enough, she tried to keep going but ended up taking injury timeouts but eventually I made her stop and forfeit (which is something I instilled in all my kids to never quit). Ended up she had MCL damage but she came out of it after some time off.
Maddox was so smart. He would win just as many games today as he did back in his day.
The Braves were.....and I guess still are my favorite team. Although baseball has become almost unbearable to watch now except for October. This dude and Tim Wakefield probably the only pitchers that could win a game without throwing over 85mph
Apprehensive day for me. My son was injured yesterday in practice, went down awkwardly and heard a pop in his elbow. Had tingling and loss of sensation for a few hours, but he says there isn't much pain in a rested state anymore. The trainer is pretty confident it isn't a bone issue, but we have to go in to rule out ligament damage. I'm just sick for the kid. Yes, he's my son and I don't want him injured, but more importantly he was one of those guys who isn't the strongest, or the fastest, or the toughest...but he'd finally had the grit to take over a position and make it his own. This past week he tied for the highest graded OL to win our Hog Award for the week. Just sick to my stomach. Anyway, if you could send some good vibes up here it would be greatly appreciated.
Hang in there as some things happen for a reason. If he worked that hard to gain a starting position, this little hiccup will just make him want to come back and try that much harder. I took starting for granted till I torn my knee up during the playoffs my junior year. Doc said after surgery, you're done. I came back stronger, bigger, and faster - I don't know if I would've done that if not for the injury.
He will come back with more confidence and work harder. It's tough to watch your teammates play and you can't. I'll send prayers as my vibes.
I will be there front and center as my son goes to SMU and it's parents weekend. I can't wait as those two teams because they hate each other. Also, SMUs coach went to TCU so it's sold out and it's going to be a hot 97 11AM start.
The Braves were.....and I guess still are my favorite team. Although baseball has become almost unbearable to watch now except for October. This dude and Tim Wakefield probably the only pitchers that could win a game without throwing over 85mph
Have you seen the video of Maddux pranking Kris Bryant for a BP session? He was just throwing BP and Kris Bryant couldn't touch him. Absolute master at his craft. I always modeled my pitching after him. I made sure I could spot up and move the ball away from the bat instead of focusing on speed. Guys now just try to throw the ball as hard as they can and think they can blow it by anyone. Anyone can adjust to speed. Not everyone can adjust to movement.
Have you seen the video of Maddux pranking Kris Bryant for a BP session? He was just throwing BP and Kris Bryant couldn't touch him. Absolute master at his craft. I always modeled my pitching after him. I made sure I could spot up and move the ball away from the bat instead of focusing on speed. Guys now just try to throw the ball as hard as they can and think they can blow it by anyone. Anyone can adjust to speed. Not everyone can adjust to movement.
He could put the ball wherever he wanted and he could throw 200 pitches because he used about 80% on every pitch lol
