Load mangement needs to go!

[Master Live 013]

It isn't unreasonable for a fan to be upset about paying good money and not seeing Kawhi go against Giannis.

I'm sure Clippers took notice, and whoever is in charge of mapping out the load management schedule will be told by upper management to take into consideration national TV games more prominently.

It is as simple as: Kawhi plays against Giannis, sits against Portland (even though both were nationally televised, choose the most compelling matchup).

End of story.

[Smallville102001]

Quote: Originally Posted by dubcity

I feel like the more teams start doing this, down the line we will see more injuries and not fewer overall. It'll be like in baseball where pitchers are put on severe innings limits, and protected like crazy, but guys are getting hurt more than ever. When you are talking about something so physically taxing, I would argue it's better to be out there moving regularly as opposed to constantly having to fire up the engine again.

Interesting you have brought up baseball. I do think they have went to far with pitch count in baseball but at lesst they are playing. With guys already playing less minutes and more days of this load mangement would almost be like teams going to a 6-7 pitcher rotation in baseball instead of 5.

[DieHardYankee26]

Quote: Originally Posted by phenom1990

Copied my comments from the game discussion thread: Nobody gets upset in MLB when teams rest their everyday players throughout the season.

If what I'm reading is right, the Raptors play 13 back to backs this year, assuming the Clippers play the same amount, that's 13 games Kawhi is going to sit. That leaves him at 69/82 games, before accounting for injury. That's 84%, 136 out of 162 baseball games.

The only everyday players who get that kind of rest are the ones who squat behind the plate for 9 innings. There's no comparison there.

[Smallville102001]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigeastbumrush

Players are soft. KD went out there with an existing injury and blew out his Achilles. And the opposing fans cheered. This is exactly why I don’t blame them for what they’re doing.

A existing injury is way different that is not a fair comparison at all and fans cheering for a guy getting injured has zero to do with load mangement and that is being a bad fan.

[Smallville102001]

Quote: Originally Posted by DieHardYankee26

If what I'm reading is right, the Raptors play 13 back to backs this year, assuming the Clippers play the same amount, that's 13 games Kawhi is going to sit. That leaves him at 69/82 games, before accounting for injury. That's 84%, 136 out of 162 baseball games. The only everyday players who get that kind of rest are the ones who squat behind the plate for 9 innings. There's no comparison there.

That might be at best that he dosnt rest more then that to. Barry bounds played a little bit less then that his last 2 years 130 and 126 games but he was 41 and 42 not like 28 and could hardley walk at times.

[ehh]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigeastbumrush

If Juventus has to play 3 games in one week (1 league match and 2 cup matches) you think the manager is stupid enough to start Ronaldo (big star right?) in all 3 games? 1. He’d be insane 2. He wouldn’t give a damn about the fans and their feelings 3. The fans still really want to see the team win all 3 games

I don't know a single thing about how soccer so I can't comment.

[bigeastbumrush]

Quote: Originally Posted by ehh

I don't know a single thing about how soccer so I can't comment.

The star player usually plays an entire match hardly ever getting subbed out.

So he's running around for 90+ minutes a game with no timeouts and only a 15 minute halftime break.

And it can be argued that Ronaldo is the biggest sports star on the planet.

[ehh]

What is a normal schedule? Is three games in a week a hypothetical or does that happen? Do star players often sit out entire matches?