Fidone

[10Trvln]

It does not appear his camp is happy.

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Shirley she’ll get over it?

 

[Rick.Shaw]

TE coach last year was the former SMU TE coach. Also coached at ASU. Far from a grad assistant. Still on staff I believe.

William Washington was a beast at blocking

 

[HuskerO]

I mean we've never seen it, not even once since he's been here, his supposed superior athleticism. It's hard to blame fans for thinking it's myth rather than reality.

I get that, but why even bring it up (his "supposed athleticism") if we haven't seen it due to known major injuries?

I guess it's more of how HuskerDrew made that comment. Like Fidone's injuries has nothing to do with his now athleticism abilities.

 

[Huskers123456]

He was going to average at best at TE. Moving him to center was clearly the best decision Frost made as head coach for NU. Perhaps his only good decision.

Great from an evaluation standpoint. Terrible from a coaching standpoint. We went what, 1.5 or 2 full seasons not knowing if the center would get the ball to the qb? Stupid decision to trot him out there not knowing how to snap.

 

[huskerfan1000]

Yesterday was a great illustration how important the tight end blocking is to the running game. #44 is a relentless blocker and was key in a number of the big plays.

 

[HuskerAlum92]

Great from an evaluation standpoint. Terrible from a coaching standpoint. We went what, 1.5 or 2 full seasons not knowing if the center would get the ball to the qb? Stupid decision to trot him out there not knowing how to snap.

It boggles my mind sometimes how long it takes a highly paid coaching staff to identify and fix something simple.

 

[shine003]

You sure as hell can strengthen a joint and the muscles around it that help stabilize it. Which leads to the major problem with bracing is that these soft tissues aren't being conditioned in the way they need to be for fluid, stable motion when performing athletic activities. Which is why Fidone and others move so awkwardly when they're used to wearing a brace all the time.

The braces decrease the risk of ligamentous knee injuries in high risk positions such as OLine and TE’s. For a guy like Fidone, the brace is almost a must to protect his reconstructed ACL’s. I’m sure he does a ton of proprioception exercises for ACL protection. But no amount of strength exercises can prevent ligament injuries and there is no exercise to “strengthen” the ligaments of his knee. You can hate on the brace all you want, but the idea that a brace weakens a knee has zero data to support it.