Underhill: If you're miffed Saints didn't draft big-name pass rusher, consider this ...

jeanpierre · 05-02-2017, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

What gives you the feeling that he couldn't do it for sixteen (plus) games? He has had no recurrence of the hamstring issues that he experienced during his growth spurt. He didn't have any issues at all with them this past season.

I have a son that was a Division I athlete that went through the same growth spurt around the same time in his career. The difference with him was his discipline relied upon the slow twitch muscles so it was never an issue. Lattimore's problem was that the fast twitch muscles required for his discipline can't handle the added stress until they "catch up" to the new body structure. The apparently caught up and are no longer an issue.

Guido, from what you've shared, I imagine your 50+ in years...

Lattimore has struggled with this since he was in high school, which was 3+ years ago...

You and I both know 3 years is an eternity at their age, but not after seeing as many winters as ours...

I won't speak for other old farts (cough, hagan, cough), but for me, I will say that I categorize my feelings on Lattimore as cautious optimism and intrigue...

As someone who worked at Tulane Hospital - Orthopedics to pay my way through school, I understand how these things can quickly go one way or the other...

However, I will agree with Hagan on an earlier point though that the Saints have an easy laissez faire attitude on injuries and kinesiology in general...

Better still I'll recall some concerns made yesterday by paraphrasing Eric Asher from his Monday radio show...

We (Saints) have had a systemic problem as an organization keeping players healthy especially in recent years; Asher questioned the wisdom of continuing to draft oft-injured players and while keeping the partnership of Ochsner Sports Medicine who the Saints have not had a "healthy" run with since aligning with them...

Asher really called it when you factor these two concurrent forces working against the success of the team...

Again, I'm cautiously optimistic and really, truly look forward to having two true shutdown CBs...

But the chronic problem of players being available and returning quickly to being available bears closer scrutiny...

05-02-2017, 07:10 PM	#11
jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Re: Underhill: If you're miffed Saints didn't draft big-name pass rusher, consider this ... Originally Posted by AsylumGuido What gives you the feeling that he couldn't do it for sixteen (plus) games? He has had no recurrence of the hamstring issues that he experienced during his growth spurt. He didn't have any issues at all with them this past season. I have a son that was a Division I athlete that went through the same growth spurt around the same time in his career. The difference with him was his discipline relied upon the slow twitch muscles so it was never an issue. Lattimore's problem was that the fast twitch muscles required for his discipline can't handle the added stress until they "catch up" to the new body structure. The apparently caught up and are no longer an issue. Guido, from what you've shared, I imagine your 50+ in years... Lattimore has struggled with this since he was in high school, which was 3+ years ago... You and I both know 3 years is an eternity at their age, but not after seeing as many winters as ours... I won't speak for other old farts (cough, hagan, cough), but for me, I will say that I categorize my feelings on Lattimore as cautious optimism and intrigue... As someone who worked at Tulane Hospital - Orthopedics to pay my way through school, I understand how these things can quickly go one way or the other... However, I will agree with Hagan on an earlier point though that the Saints have an easy laissez faire attitude on injuries and kinesiology in general... Better still I'll recall some concerns made yesterday by paraphrasing Eric Asher from his Monday radio show... We (Saints) have had a systemic problem as an organization keeping players healthy especially in recent years; Asher questioned the wisdom of continuing to draft oft-injured players and while keeping the partnership of Ochsner Sports Medicine who the Saints have not had a "healthy" run with since aligning with them... Asher really called it when you factor these two concurrent forces working against the success of the team... Again, I'm cautiously optimistic and really, truly look forward to having two true shutdown CBs... But the chronic problem of players being available and returning quickly to being available bears closer scrutiny... AsylumGuido, Rugby Saint II and 44Champs like this.
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