No, I wasn't being tough guy about it, I'm dead serious.
I've seen kids who have been concussed, I know what that looks like from a mild to A$$ed out. (medical term) and of the 9 concussions (just varsity kids) we had this year I didn't think any of them were legit and I made my opinion of that well known to those players, their parents, and our trainers.
3 diagnoses really did me in this year.
#1 - 2nd day of full pads, 3 guards go down with "concussions"...if they were concussed it was because their @$$ was hitting them in the bottom of the head when the 1 tech was kicking it. There wasn't anything wrong with those kids that some water, some shade and not having to block that 1 tech wouldn't have fixed.
#2 - starting OT goes down with a concussion late 4th quarter one game. He falls off the side of a scrum, player from behind scrum stumbles and steps on his facemask (just steps, didn't kick, head didn't whiplash)...concussion. Problem...he takes that little test the trainers have for them on Saturday, scores fine. Trainer has him retake it on monday and he scores worse. Kid did not complain of any head aches, there was no dizziness, etc. If the kid passed on Saturday why retest him on Monday? WTF is that all about? To be sure? Give me a phuking break. Christ I teach math, but if you give me the same test long enough I'm going to score worse on it eventually.
But the cake taker, the one that spun me into an entirely new realm of pi$$ed off, the one that lead me to tell my defensive kids "if you go see _________ for any reason, and I do mean any reason you're done for a game and the rest of us will run." Our main football trainer sat one of my DTs out of practice for 2 days with a concussion, mom takes player to doctor as soon as she could get him in which was wednesday...Doctor diagnosed player with sinus headache brought on by alergies.
That was just about as pi$$ed off as I have been in a long time and when I went in the training room and spoke to Captain Jack@$$ it was not in anyway shape or form one of those polite "lets work together" type conversations. That MFer needs to move on. This guy thinks he's like a JV doctor in training or something. Phuk him, my players aren't even allowed to get tape from him.
We had more concussions this year than I bet we've had in my 15+ years combined.
Here's another interesting statistic - 9 concussions, all to offensive players and all to players who hadn't put the time in the weight room like they should have (that's why they don't play defense for me to begin with). I know weight room doesn't prevent concussions but I'm pretty sure if you're lifting hard you'll eventually strain hard enough that your nuts will drop and you will at least have a pair, bunch of freakin skirts.
Christ...now I'm worked up. LOL. Woooo-Saaaaa....
