Well, you act like Jeff Tuel is the only player in history to not feel well before a game..but then requested to be put back in.
Hilarious. You've landed on, "maybe Wulff shouldn't have made the bad decision, but he's just got such a big heart"... I get why the sick guy getting IV's wanted in against a Big Sky doormat, and why a maligned coach wanted to show him off- for the "fantasy football numbers", as you say.
Yeah, Wulff is the only coach to ever play a player with the Flu. No coach in football or any other sport has played a player with the Flu.
Putting a guy who wasn't well enough to start the game into a veritable preseason game is (read about that Idaho State team- there's NO WAY you needed your impaired OB, especially given the existence, and demonstration in game, of other competent options)- given the lack of examples, pretty odd indeed.
I think you and most of us, are on the same page. "Worried"? For me, that might be a bit strong. I'm not worried by any stretch. But I'm ready for some more "W's". I see the roster turnover, I see the improvement. That needs to start translating somehow.
I almost did not reply to your post, as I do not want to continue another dumb Wulff vs. Leach debate. I am not drinking Kool-aid, nor am I lying to say I am not worried.
I'm just describing the actions he took, and the medically recognized effects of the flu. If YOU put those together and think it shows negligence on his part, you should call someone and get really mad about it.
That it's a singularly Wulffian mistake, and 50 posts of BS that don't come close to providing a single coaching decision like it, while laying the blame solely at the feet of the sick QB, or the team doctor, while literally saying that Wulff would have been a big meanie to do the smart thing for his team, only drives home my point while you guys spin in circles and deny that THE FLU is an illness of some effect. Flat Earth, man. He didn't get to 9-40 by making great decisions, guys.
Blaming his injury on a political hot button topic? Only you. Acknowledging that the flu is a thing that actually has an affect on people? Pretty much everyone else.
If YOUR interpretation of the factual events I presented is a direct indictment of the medical staff at the time, you should call someone and ask what you can do to have it rectified. I just see a poor coaching decision, and the end result bears that out, no matter how upset you seem to be getting with our medical staff.
Pretty much only you and the other "what control does the HEAD COACH have over his team, when the QB wants to play really bad and a doctor tells you he can?" crew read it that way. I'm super shocked.
It's funny that the "Flat Earth Society- Three Strong!" with their main desire to prop up the decisions of a failed coach by undermining the current coach through imaginary comparisons, while taking veiled shots at the AD to do the same thing, is the "quit being so mean!" group.
HWGC, why do you always argue a point up until someone reminds you of how much you've lied in the past and then you're only left with name calling. Trying to call Wulffui a troll? You're a funny man.
Its funny you bring doctors into this. He was medically cleared by a...wait for it...a Doctor!
No, I can't imagine "fatigue and muscle weakness" having an effect on decision making at all- that's why at lots of workplaces you hear about their "got the flu? bring it to work!" policies. I'm just amused that your "it's the player's responsibility" attitude died with the Wulff regime.
Yeah...cuz when one is suffering from "fatigue and muscle weakness" the first thing they want to do is take on a linebacker instead of getting out of bounds.
I about spit up my coffee on that one.
Man, all this comedy to avoid admitting a bad decision had a bad result. Wulff would be proud.
"From now on, your new Delta Tau Chi name is Fluuui!"
No, you're just denying ANY IMPACT of the flu. Totally different. Typical Wulff defense, requires massive ignorance- you're the man for that job!
