Will Carroll
Will Carroll
Will Carroll is a sportswriter specializing in the coverage of medical issues, including injuries and performance-enhancing drugs. Carroll's "Under the Knife" column appeared on Baseball Prospectus for eight years during his stint there as a senior writer, and he also contributed to the site's radio efforts as well as the Puck Prospectus spin-off site. He is the author of two books on sports-related medical topics. Carroll has no formal medical training...
continue gives good opportunity playing time valuable
We think this gives Gerald a good opportunity to get some valuable playing time and continue working on his game.
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We think the window is going to remain open for six to nine months, and potentially much longer.
burn eight face games learn regroup situation start tomorrow
You have to burn the tape, ... You start over because there isn't much to learn from that game. So we're going to regroup tomorrow and go from there. There are two things you can do when you face a situation like this - give in or come back. We've got eight games left, and we're not that bad.
beginning expect game
We didn't expect it to be this easy, but the game went our way from the beginning. I was a little surprised.
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We had a couple that couldn't get out here, but it was good to get out here and get day No. 1 under our belts. We've got a lot of spring break still in us. I saw some positive things, but I've got to see a lot more. But it was good to go ahead and get on the surface and work our way back into conditioning. We worked on our agility quite a bit and got a few things done offensively and defensively." ()
concerned damage ease feeling gets might practice sore until wait week
We will have to wait and see when he gets to practice today. There is no damage at all to his knee, it is sore from getting banged on it, but he is going to practice today. We will ease him through the week until he is feeling 100%. He might feel 100% today. He is real encouraged, and I am not really concerned about it.
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When I went to the Alan Jackson concert this summer, he didn't mention it there.
ball happens hard time
We'd been having a hard time getting other offenses off the field, ... We need to get the ball back to our offense. You can see what happens when we do that.
army people
Fifty-five people in the Army have to say yes. Fifty-five people in the DOD have to say yes. That doesn't make sense.
doors family job means nice open paranoid people players wrong
Family is family. That means we open the doors to them. I think our players are comfortable with people at practice. We try to do a real nice job of screening. I'm not paranoid about it. However, we're going to do everything we can to try and not let the wrong people watch.
comfort lessons older
But then,' thought Alice. 'shall I never get any older than I am now? That'll be a comfort, one way--never to be an old woman--but then--always to have lessons to learn!
players playing
But not all big-name players are necessarily playing in Europe.
dye plan thinking
But I was thinking of a plan to dye one's whiskers green.
both great job lost offensive passing playing
Both quarterbacks and all the receivers and offensive linemen did a great job of playing the passing game, which is what we had to do when we lost Mario,