Fire Ruskell, Or Fire The Nutritionist (aka Conditioning Coach)?

There has been allot of talk about firing this man because of the outcome of the recent events on how well the Seahawks have been doing. Ruskell has made mistakes like any one in his position has in the past of this game. Branch, and other injured prone players are a huge bust within itself. Yes Ruskell has made some pretty bad mistakes that I am sure he would take back in a heart beat. However if Branch for example was never injured and played as well as he did in New England would any one complain, I think not. Yes we have some older players that are on the verge of retirement and were all playing well in 2007 is this Ruskell's fault that most are the same age I think not. Two years ago they were a playoff team.

All of the recent events point towards injuries. Most are older players, but some are young. I am not going to put the list down of all of the players injured in the past two seasons because the list is beyond ridicules. There has been talk of Ruskell keeping old players on the roster and not drafting for younger players, however younger players are getting injured even some that have only played for 4-5 years. Players like Hill, and Tatupu seem to come to mind. Besides every team has a few old veterans to help the young mature into better players before they retire. Is this Ruskell's fault I think not. Can you win games without your best, or almost you're best players out on the field against good teams? History has shown us that teams cannot.    

I believe the problem here is the nutritionist, (aka conditioning coach). No other team in there franchises has had the hardship of last years injuries. We are not even half way trough this season and it may beat last years "curse of injuries". In-case some think I am mad for coming up with this conclusion then you must not be that interested in nutrition, and that it has everything to do with how healthy these players can sustain the kind of punishment that they put their bodies through four months a year, week in and week out, with the one week bye. On top of that they have the lucky break of making the playoffs four years in a row, plus a super-bowl appearance, and teams play each-other that much harder. I am not saying that players are not going to get injured, but the whole offensive line? What a crock! I remember a time when a player might have been injured, young or old and might be out a game or two. Now a day's players are missing more time and are not playing as long as they use to.

A nutritionist aka (conditioning coaches) job is to make sure that these players are healthy, and are in shape. They have a responsibility to have these athletes eating right and being on top of their game. All that I see is players out on the field barely bumping into each-other and then all of the sudden they are out because of some type of muscle being torn, or ripped (most of the time). I am no nutritionist but more amounts of protein, calcium, and the most important thing big amounts of enzymes will help the abuse that the muscles deal with on a everyday basses.

I know that this is kind of far fetched with a sports article web sight, but what else could it be? Ruskell is not to blame on this teams losing streak as of late. It is the health both young, and older players that should be the main concern. If this team was healthy and we made it to the playoffs last year, and we were 4-2 this year would we be ticked? I think not. Ruskell is not to blame because of the team falling apart. He has drafted some pretty good players as of late. Besides you cannot fire a guy when he gets injured on the job sight, and has to take some time off of work. IMO same goes for Ruskell. I do not know about you but I am wondering when this injury curse is going to end, and if I were Paul, or Ruskell I would be looking directly at the  nutritionist aka (condition coach), and let crap roll down hill.