I hate to hear stuff like this. Pisses me off. I despise ignorant old school, know it all coaches that refuse to evolve and the ADs that hire them. Read a book, watch some videos (if you cant read), go to seminar. Gain knowledge. Do something to make yourself better.What can happen….
Permanent, debilitating injury.
To hell with “career ending”. Worse.
Heavy weight training improperly conducted by a former ‘roid rager body builder at a D1 mid-major.
Add to it a coaching staff of super awesome psychotic former players, who when an absolute racehorse outfielder started falling down in practice running and didn’t know why she was falling down decided that the way to handle it was to scream at the player.
We trusted. We kept our mouth shut. Our daughter made it to fall of her junior year until a doctor told her she could keep playing and do more damage or start getting nerve ablation treatments every 6 months until a better procedure comes along than spinal fusion.
Warning signs missed by us: Ice after every game strapped to her back. Massive doses of ibuprofen on a continuous basis. She never complained. She didn’t tell us until later that most of the team had back problems of varying degrees. She also told us stories about the Hall Of Fame coach and her assistant (now the head coach) that would curl your hair.
Go in with your eyes wide open people.