But I do know that the strength and conditioning program has been doing its job the last few years. What we need from it is to build bodies, construct leadership and unify the team as a whole. You remember Richt's Energy bus right? You're either on it or not. Childish concept that can translate across countless contexts. And when you consider where we were under Van Halanger prior to Joe Tereshinski taking over, we've grown by leaps and bounds. We were a program that was embarrassingly lax in terms of putting guys in the weight room and getting them ready for a slate of SEC games against teams with equal or better facilities and superior accountability.
The poster goes to great lengths to explain their knowledge of what is happening with Georgia's injuries. It appears (at least at face value on the internet) that he/she has some expertise in the area of strength and conditioning. So it's hard to discount some of what he/she writes. But for me, it completely breaks down here:
After being fed up with the conditioning, Van Halanger was moved to "Director of Player Welfare" (whatever that is) in 2011 and Joe Tereshinski Jr. was promoted to Director of S&C. The Tereshinski name is engrained at UGA – Something like 4 generations of players have now come through the program. Tereshinski Jr. graduated in 1977 and had been working as an assistant strength coach at UGA since 1982, and he learned everything he knows from whom? You guessed it, Van Halanger.Um...no. Not at all. If Coach T had learned everything he knows from Coach Van then we'd still have players dieting at Waffle House and being told "Eh, it's okay son. You can come do those lifts on [insert undisclosed, unaccounted time in the not so foreseeable future]."
Actually, it starts to break down for me back at the LSU game. Todd Gurley has been our biggest loss. By far. He's that big of a difference maker. He's that big of a game changer. He makes the offense lethal just by lining up behind Murray. He also makes the defense better just by lining up behind Murray. And you can't tell me that his injury has anything to do with what our Strength and Conditioning Program is or isn't doing.
Look, I get it. We haven't seen this many injuries in I don't know when. And I hope we don't see this many again in my lifetime. Again, like Blutarsky said it's only natural to look for reasons that aren't labeled "dumb luck". And I can see where having a guy that's been around the program for decades, like Coach T has, running a component of said program (without Univ. of Miami endorsement in strength and conditioning like this reddit character) would cause some questions. But if you do then you've never met the guy and you've never taken the time to understand how closely cut this family is from the University of Georgia.
Which is part of the reason he's in the position as director of S&C in the first place. And is exactly the reason we're cheering on an actual, honest to God football team rather than a bunch of self-absorbed knuckleheads more interested in their tainted view of the life as a football player than they are playing the game itself.
