Not sure but I though when we drafted Pool it was said he might be converted over to CB.Might not be a bad idea to give him a try at nickle back next year and see how it goes.But I think his days in the middle is over.

How was Pool getting hurt the coaches fault?

I say Mangini’s fault because during the preseason he received a head injury again that went unchecked for a concussion. They still don’t know if this is his 4th or 5th concussion based on that preseason game.

Regardless after the head injury suffered, as well as the previous three, there should have been talk about Pool converting to a cornerback and Adams taking over his original position of safety to reduce his risk of head trauma.

Also, special circumstances could have been made where the Riddell helmet sponsorship could have been negated and Pool could have used the Schutt Ion 4D helmet that reduces 55% more impact that the Riddell Revolution (the best helmet Riddell makes).

I liked the part about Mangini taking a lap.

From what I understand about concussions (I am no expert by a mile) something about the more concussions you have had, the more likely you are to get them in the future?

I wish Pool the best, but I doubt football is the best idea for his future.

“There is now sufficient literature supporting the notion that once you experience a concussion, you are more likely to sustain future concussions; and a strong likelihood exists that the symptoms following these repeat concussions may be more serious and resolve at a slower rate.”

Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2491919/

But that said, you’ve got to remember how tough Pool is and his passion for the game, and then think about players like Ronnie Lott who cut off his own finger to keep playing. I really think a less dangerous job like CB would do him greatly.

Some people remember Mark Kelso, a safety for the Buffalo Bills in the 90´s, and his outlandish “double helmet”, that made him look like a dweeb, but supposedly was superior protection to the standard helmet. It made his head look twice as big, and made it supposedly twice as safe. It never caught on. Maybe you can suspicion that a larger and thus heavier helmet can also cause more damage. Whatever it was that kept it from catching on, there are similar trends today.
Here is an informative article from prior to this season, if you like:

All in all, I think people should realize that people weren´t born yesterday, and that there is a long history to this contact sport. We´re not more modern or civilized than our more recent ancestors, so what´s the big deal? These are consenting adults, who can gauge the danger for themselves. If you take the contact out of football, you might as well take the air out of the ball.

Darn link:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=lukas/080214

I apologize a little bit Samingro814. I didn´t mean for my comments to be so seething towards you. I´m just sick of the hypocrisy. How can we tell our youngsters to play hard with such a poor understanding of the dynamics at play here.