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The Elephant in the Room -- Injuries
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Originally posted by captaind View Post
Curses are all too real. However, my reading up on this subject lately has revealed that inanimate objects cannot be cursed. Only individuals.
This problem goes back well over a decade. So the only individual who qualifies is Spanos himself. He is the curse.
Or one can call it nepotism if they prefer. Same difference to me.
Are any members of the Spanos family involved with anything shady?
Originally posted by richpjr View Post
Gaizano and Fehoko - could be the worst pair of tackles ever to start for the team.
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I’m glad Geez brought this up - this “elephant” that we’ve all been trying to ignore for well over a decade now. Every year we try not to mention it, and yet without fail, half the team winds up on IR. Are there Vegas odds for this sort of thing? If so, let me know where I can sign up.
A few things I do know:
1. It took an act of Congress for the Bolts to let go of good ol’ Dr Chao, whose idea of good healthcare was making it rain Vicodin (including writing himself over 100 scripts - illegal). Same guy who was sued multiple times for malpractice, and whose office was raided by the Feds. Former Charger Kevin Ellison (RIP) was arrested for possession of scriptless Vicodin around the same time. Dr. Chao was part of the same staff that allowed a clearly concussed & wobbling Kris Dielman to stay on the field during a road game. Dielman suffered a grand mal siezure on the flight home and never played again.
2. I think It was Malcom Floyd (?) that was injured by a damn cart left out near the edge of the end zone.
3. Dr David Gazzaniga (aka Stab-a-lunga) is still on the current staff, despite puncturing Tyrod’s lung a few years ago.
4. There are 4 Spanos family members employed and presumably drawing a salary in the front office - the part of the FO that deals in some direct capacity with players. There are actually several more Spanos in other parts of the business. To be fair, I have no idea if any are competent at their respective jobs. But I do wonder who would actually call any of them out for poor performance?
So, after so many decades of mediocrity, we have to wonder what is wrong with their “business model”, as it where.Last edited by Duck of Death; 12-05-2022, 12:34 PM.
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Originally posted by Duck of Death View PostI’m glad Geez brought this up - this “elephant” that we’ve all been trying to ignore for well over a decade now. Every year we try not to mention it, and yet without fail, half the team winds up on IR. Are there Vegas odds for this sort of thing? If so, let me know where I can sign up.
A few things I do know:
1. It took an act of Congress for the Bolts to let go of good ol’ Dr Chao, whose idea of good healthcare was making it rain Vicodin (including writing himself over 100 scripts - illegal). Same guy who was sued multiple times for malpractice, and whose office was raided by the Feds. Former Charger Kevin Ellison (RIP) was arrested for possession of scriptless Vicodin around the same time. Dr. Chao was part of the same staff that allowed a clearly concussed & wobbling Kris Dielman to stay on the field during a road game. Dielman suffered a grand mal siezure on the flight home and never played again.
2. I think It was Malcom Floyd (?) that was injured by a damn cart left out near the edge of the end zone.
3. Dr David Gazzaniga (aka Stab-a-lunga) is still on the current staff, despite puncturing Tyrod’s lung a few years ago.
4. There are 4 Spanos family members employed and presumably drawing a salary in the front office - the part of the FO that deals in some direct capacity with players. There are actually several more Spanos in other parts of the business. To be fair, I have no idea if any are competent at their respective jobs. But I do wonder who would actually call any of them out for poor performance?
So, after so many decades of mediocrity, we have to wonder what is wrong with their “business model”, as it where.
Hard to argue the decades of mediocrity on the part of the Spanos clan.
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Originally posted by richpjr View Post
I won't pretend to have any info on how good or how bad of a doctor Dr Chao is, other than you should read some of the glowing comments by just about every player who he treated as well as the many, many college teams that use him for surgery. If he was as incompetent as he is made out to be here, he would not have such strong support.
Hard to argue the decades of mediocrity on the part of the Spanos clan.
Interesting BFTB article:
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A few years of bad injury luck is certainly explainable. But the Chargers have had astoundingly bad luck for well over a decade - something just doesn’t seem right. Whether it’s staff, turf, Spanos curse - who knows, but good grief it should be addressed. Maybe the Spanos’ went on a Hawaiian vacation, and picked up Greg Brady’s haunted tiki necklace? (Lol not sure how many here remember that episode?)
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Originally posted by electricgold View PostOK let's assume you're right INJURIES are why we had a bad season and missed the playoffs this season it wasn't because of the HC and his culture. OK fine, what was the excuse then for not making the playoffs last season and looking pretty simillar.
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Originally posted by Duck of Death View Post2. I think It was Malcom Floyd (?) that was injured by a damn cart left out near the edge of the end zone.
Anyone want to talk about all the bad luck of the Super Bowl team? Think one guy got struck by lightning while camping. Another one died in a plane crash. It's uncanny what happened to some of them. And people wonder why I say there's a curse?
Maybe the Spanos’ went on a Hawaiian vacation, and picked up Greg Brady’s haunted tiki necklace? (Lol not sure how many here remember that episode?)
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Originally posted by QSmokey View Post
My gut feeling is that Staley and Co will be back for another year; Telesco, too. Hard as that is to admit - or believe. Injuries will be blamed this time around. Plus...Staley has 2 years left on his contract...
Now there is work to do. Player development. Scheme soundness. Skills and personnel that fit the system. Rounding out certain players games to get them playing their roles consistently. Determining precisely which players to retain, draft, bring in.
These are the nuts and bolts of what leads to success.
We do not play modern football.
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