Oh Aggy.

[Juan]

Chron today

 

[hookemhorb]

Is it just me or is FOE not very family-oriented. I don't know, maybe some acronym like MOM or FAM. FOE? Really? Must be an Aggie.

 

[Randolph Duke]

Is it just me or is FOE not very family-oriented. I don't know, maybe some acronym like MOM or FAM. FOE? Really? Must be an Aggie.

What's wrong with "FOE"?

Full Of Excuses

 

[jonofui]

— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011

 

[MikeV73]

What's wrong with "FOE"?

Full Of Excuses

Full of excrement (BS).

 

[Rotty22]

— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011

shouldn't that icon be a milkman...

 

[primal defense]

Former A&M athletic trainer says coaches forced him to clear “good†players

Karl Kapchinski, a long-time athletic trainer for Texas A&M who was fired two years ago, says coaches made him clear injured athletes before they were fully healed.

Kapchinski is a part of a segment featured in the season premiere tonight of HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.

In an interview with Jon Frankel, Kapchinski said A&M coaches “put pressure on you to get good players back.â€

Kapchinski is a 1979 graduate of A&M. He worked at the university for 31 years. He was fired, abruptly on Nov. 1. 2013.  That was the day before A&M played Texas-El Paso at Kyle Field.

Kapchinski filed a lawsuit against A&M a year ago, claiming athletic director Eric Hyman terminated him because of his age. Kapchinski was 56 when he was fired. Hyman resigned from A&M earlier this month.

Kapchinski was named Division 1 College Athletic Trainer of the Year in 2005 by the National Athletic Trainer’s Association and was inducted into the Southwest Athletic Trainers Hall of Fame in 2014.

Here’s a transcript provided by HBO of Kapchinski’s interview.

JON FRANKEL: “Did you ever feel pressured to return a player to the field before you thought he was ready,â€
KARL KAPCHINSKI: “I would say yes.â€

KARL KAPCHINSKI: “While we’re considered part of the medical staff in a lotta cases, the head coach just sees you basically, in some cases, being subservient to his situation.â€
JON FRANKEL: “Did you ever have a coach say to you, ‘I need this kid back?’â€
KARL KAPCHINSKI: “Yes. They would always, you know, tend to put pressure on you to get good players back.â€
JON FRANKEL: “Is there anybody you put back into a game and you said, ‘Mm, I wish I hadn’t done that?’â€
KARL KAPCHINSKI: “Yes.â€
JON FRANKEL: “Because it went against your better judgment, or because it resulted in the player limpin’ off the field two plays later?â€
KARL KAPCHINSKI: “Because it resulted in the player having a subsequent injury.â€
JON FRANKEL: “If you said to a coach, ‘Coach, I know we said it was gonna be four weeks, but we need an extra week.’ What would the coach say to you?â€
KARL KAPCHINSKI: “You would be challenged on your character, your credentials. You know, maybe you were the wrong guy for the job.â€

KARL KAPCHINSKI: “There’s been a lotta great quality athletic trainers that have subsequently lost their jobs because they stood up for the players or were doing the right thing.â€

http://collegesports.blog.statesman.com/2016/01/26/former-am-athletic-trainer-says-coaches-forced-him-to-clear-good-players/

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

Old news, PD.

Didn't you ever see Junction Boys? Give him an aspirin and put him in the whirlpool...he's good. Rough tough, real stuff...WHOOP!

 

[Epictetus]

Former A&M athletic trainer says coaches forced him to clear “good†players

Karl Kapchinski, a long-time athletic trainer for Texas A&M who was fired two years ago, says coaches made him clear injured athletes before they were fully healed.

Kapchinski is a part of a segment featured in the season premiere tonight of HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.

In an interview with Jon Frankel, Kapchinski said A&M coaches “put pressure on you to get good players back.â€

Kapchinski is a 1979 graduate of A&M. He worked at the university for 31 years. He was fired, abruptly on Nov. 1. 2013.  That was the day before A&M played Texas-El Paso at Kyle Field.

Kapchinski filed a lawsuit against A&M a year ago, claiming athletic director Eric Hyman terminated him because of his age. Kapchinski was 56 when he was fired. Hyman resigned from A&M earlier this month.

Kapchinski was named Division 1 College Athletic Trainer of the Year in 2005 by the National Athletic Trainer’s Association and was inducted into the Southwest Athletic Trainers Hall of Fame in 2014.

Here’s a transcript provided by HBO of Kapchinski’s interview.

JON FRANKEL: “Did you ever feel pressured to return a player to the field before you thought he was ready,â€

KARL KAPCHINSKI: “I would say yes.â€

KARL KAPCHINSKI: “While we’re considered part of the medical staff in a lotta cases, the head coach just sees you basically, in some cases, being subservient to his situation.â€

JON FRANKEL: “Did you ever have a coach say to you, ‘I need this kid back?’â€

KARL KAPCHINSKI: “Yes. They would always, you know, tend to put pressure on you to get good players back.â€

JON FRANKEL: “Is there anybody you put back into a game and you said, ‘Mm, I wish I hadn’t done that?’â€

KARL KAPCHINSKI: “Yes.â€

JON FRANKEL: “Because it went against your better judgment, or because it resulted in the player limpin’ off the field two plays later?â€

KARL KAPCHINSKI: “Because it resulted in the player having a subsequent injury.â€

JON FRANKEL: “If you said to a coach, ‘Coach, I know we said it was gonna be four weeks, but we need an extra week.’ What would the coach say to you?â€

KARL KAPCHINSKI: “You would be challenged on your character, your credentials. You know, maybe you were the wrong guy for the job.â€

KARL KAPCHINSKI: “There’s been a lotta great quality athletic trainers that have subsequently lost their jobs because they stood up for the players or were doing the right thing.â€

http://collegesports.blog.statesman.com/2016/01/26/former-am-athletic-trainer-says-coaches-forced-him-to-clear-good-players/

Only aggy could do the conference realignment thing and brag about it nationally in the manner they have, and for the reasons they have, and then risk probation.

 

[texasdalton]

— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

Sadly, Mizzery...er...Mizzou learned a hard lesson after hiring an aggy, R. Bowen Loftin, into an important role. Can it get any worse at MU?

What a douchebag

 

[Rotty22]

aggie has claimed 2 more national championships and 2 more conference champions within a year

http://deadspin.com/5941380/texas-am-picked-up-two-national-championships-two-conference-titles-over-the-summer

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

What's wrong with this little aggy?

— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011

 

[Epictetus]

After a day of exuberance ventured into Texags for some laughs.

It's like wandering down a sidewalk at 4 am in front of closed taverns and hearing someone mumbling Haiku that makes even less sense that bad Haiku. It's hard to beat when they are really down.

I'm just giving snippets of early page one dialog. Is funnier that way anyhow.

First one is by Liberalag12 titled "Yeah, I'm gonna say it.....

Blames the board and fans for bombing the program the past couple of months by not supporting Sumlin more....

Second one is really weird.

By Collard Greens titled "Look what DC's wife just quoted" and gives a Tweet with another tweet...

Said tweet by said wife reads boldly

  Beyonce' is my spirit animal

 

[The Bry-Man81]

I saw the DC one. Apparently the DC wife retweeted someone that said

"@Sumlin what goes around comes around. You are not a true, loyal, honest man & your day will come.."

Since been taken down, but screenshot is up on TexAgs

 

[Bear19]

DC is Dave Christiansen, the offline coach.

 

[Epictetus]

Thanks, I saw the other posts on a recruiting thread (here) and tied it all together. Had no idea Katie Christensen was wife of a coach with actual initials DC. It adds up. Strange stuff going on over there.

 

[UTK66]

Thanks, I saw the other posts on a recruiting thread (here) and tied it all together. Had no idea Katie Christensen was wife of a coach with actual initials DC. It adds up. Strange stuff going on over there.

Katie is actually his daughter I think.

 

[Hiphopopotamos]

Uh-Oh.

Tate Martell is not happy.  A&M just offered another QB in the 2017 class (Tua Tagovaiola). 

Tate just tweeted that loyalty is key...

...and now its a little suspect

 

[UTK66]

Uh-Oh.

Tate Martell is not happy.  A&M just offered another QB in the 2017 class (Tua Tagovaiola). 

Tate just tweeted that loyalty is key...

...and now its a little suspect

He must've taken it down. I didn't see it when I checked his twitter.