It is often the loving caretaker who turns out to be the mercy killer. Someone needs to keep an eye on this guy.
Maybe all the accidents are freak accidents. But If I am boss of the Blazers I would want to examine and evaluate. Is it just a coincidence that the 37 year old Howard has had no problems and that he also spent his summer at a Tim Grover facility? I understand it could be a coincidence as the 34 year old Miller also never has problems and did nothing this summer. (Although it would be nice to have a player who is both healthy and well conditioned.) But I certainly would look at it, I would send somebody to look at what they do there and ask why. I would ask a lot of questions of experts in physiology; just look at the possibililty that the Blazers could be doing better.
Oh... for a second I thought "the perfect man" was that same guy all the women seem to keep talking about. Or maybe it IS Jason...
The whole injury issue is bloody complicated. Injuries are part of the game, and no team is immune. On the flip side, the sheer volume of injuries that have hit the Blazers is hard to rationalize. Is it a treatment issue, where minor injuries are mistreated until they become major problems? Is it a conditioning issue, where players are getting needless injuries because they aren't in shape? Is it a scouting issue, where the team doesn't properly screen prospective players? As tempting as it is to blame some mystical curse that the team is powerless to do anything about, simply throwing up your hands in dispair doesn't seem very constructive.
Ah, but is it "mercy". or just a case of a medical professional burying his mistakes....and (more importantly) will the team get a roster exemption/salary cap relief out of it?
Reading between the lines of that sanctimonious article, I smell a Uriah Heep. The so-called rash of injuries may be Pritchard's plan to sign someone from the D-League because he lacks the talent to make trades. He's secretly as bored as I am with no roster change and this is his only trick left, besides not playing someone for a season to collect on the insurance. I get warm and fuzzy when I think of him. He's a genius. In KP I trust. Like my ex-wife.
