That means he is retiring, right?  Reading between the lines here?

 

 

2 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

That means he is retiring, right?  Reading between the lines here?

I wonder, and I hope. I love Herm, but it is time for him to go. The injury issues with the organization as of late have been bad. It's time for fresh blood. 

1 minute ago, Hot FiRe said:

I wonder, and I hope. I love Herm, but it is time for him to go. The injury issues with the organization as of late have been bad. It's time for fresh blood. 

This is way overblown, as there is no real statistical support for it.

 

13 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

That means he is retiring, right?  Reading between the lines here?

Yes. He's staying with the organization as a consultant for the org/training dept. 

1 minute ago, Tony said:

You talking about Herm here, or this guys hate for Abreu? I'm confused. 

That the Sox training staff has caused some inordinate amount of injuries. Yes their injuries numbers have been up over the last 15 years, but no they aren't anywhere near bad or the worst teams when it comes to this.  At worst, they are average.

Perfect timing here, but...

 

Blaming injuries on trainers is hysterical.

Abreu twists his balls and has an ingrown hair, surely a young Herm would have prevented it. Kopech blows out his elbow, fucking Herm. Robert injures his thumb sliding. WTF Herm? 

Good for him, good luck to him in retirement/semi-retirement. I'll miss seeing him in the dugout during broadcasts. He's been an awesome trainer for the Sox.

24 minutes ago, Hot FiRe said:

I wonder, and I hope. I love Herm, but it is time for him to go. The injury issues with the organization as of late have been bad. It's time for fresh blood. 

Is this a serious post? LOL

White Sox definitely had the best athletic trainer (staff really) out of the other Chicago sports teams (namely you Bulls). Let's hope the next guy hired can be even half as good as Herm was. 

 

This bums me out more than Hawk, tbh. 

46 minutes ago, Hot FiRe said:

I wonder, and I hope. I love Herm, but it is time for him to go. The injury issues with the organization as of late have been bad. It's time for fresh blood. 

If were using injuries as a stat relative to the rest of the league, Herm Schneider is the greatest trainer of all time.

I have a hard time correlating injuries and the performance of a trainer, especially considering a lot of injuries are freak accidents. Now, I think you can correlate recovery with trainers, as trainers play an active role in how a player rehabs. 

I think ShotFire is trolling.  Nobody could possibly think that; Herm is universally loved by everybody and has maybe the greatest track record of any trainer in the history of athletic activity. 

If Herm (and to whatever extent the Herm/Cooper combo) wasn't on the southside at the very least you'd have to wonder if KW is still president. They made a much softer landing for that 05 team, and papered over the terrible depth that made them somewhat competitive in 09-12. 

47 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Perfect timing here, but...

 

I said as of late, not during his tenure. There's no denying he is an all time great. 

1 minute ago, Hot FiRe said:

I said as of late, not during his tenure. There's no denying he is an all time great. 

Let's see those numbers then.

Here is what I found:

White Sox 24th of 30, which 1st is worst.

https://www.rosterresource.com/mlb-disabled-list-tracker/

Sox were 8th lowest in MLB for 2018 in games lost to DL, including having someone almost die on the field in mid-April.

https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/disabled-list/2018/cumulative-team/

 

Didn't he have a direct hand in saving the life of two players, Greg Walker and Danny Farqhar.  

 

 

1 hour ago, Hot FiRe said:

I wonder, and I hope. I love Herm, but it is time for him to go. The injury issues with the organization as of late have been bad. It's time for fresh blood. 

Fresh blood?? The docs stopped using leeches a long time ago. Dr. Herm The Pride of Rochester NY.