[CBFF] Soft Camp: Pro or Con?

[Victor Waldron (CBFF)]

There's some balance between making sure guys getting enough hitting to 
be in game shape and trying to manage the physical activity so players 
don't get burned out before the season is over. Remember as well that we 
played two extra games last year so that had to have had an impact on 
off-season rest and conditioning.

That all said, I'm willing to defer my opinion since Lovie knows more 
about this stuff than I do. I think we can still get a good idea during 
preseason, so it will be interesting to see how tonight's game goes. Who 
knows? Maybe this is a reason for the running game's slow start this 
preseason and last.

V

Tom Shannon wrote:
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com [mailto:cbff-
>> bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Adam Gold
>> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 8:38 AM
>> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
>> Subject: Re: [CBFF] Soft Camp: Pro or Con?
>>
>> The Bears had a similarly soft camp last year, and had no problems.
>> The
>> year they really pushed it under Smith, they had 15 hamstring pulls and
>> went
>> 5-11.  Not that there's much correlation between camp and record.  This
>> team
>> is much more talented than its predecessor in 2004.
>>     
>
> 1)  Point well-taken on the hamstrings.  But I'd like to think that most of
> that was the new strength and conditioning coach who knew better how to
> regulate and condition athletes who have a great deal more than normal
> muscle mass due to the use of... let's say "chemicals".
> 2)  I'm not sure camp was quite this soft last year.  For instance, there
> were veteran players who occasionally got the day off but not this many of
> them.
> 3)  If you mean that there's no correlation between pre-season record and
> regular season record, totally agree.  If you mean there's no correlation
> between how tough a camp is and record, I think you are probably right but I
> can't prove it.  In any case, it depends completely on the character of the
> team and on the situation.  What Smith is doing may be OK.  But if the team
> looks sloppy and gets off to a slow start, I'm going to be thinking a lot
> about this issue.
> 4)  I would say that how talented a team is shouldn't have any "bearing" on
> this issue.  ;)
>
> Tom S.
>
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