Oh, You Mean His Throwing Arm?
Normally, we here at HLS will tow the party line and guard any information about the program to the death. Deny! Deny! Deny! Think of us as less “blog” and more “Soviet State Controlled Media.” You know, like all the media Vladimir Putin controls today in Russia.
Still, the Chicago Sun Times has actual quotes about Jimmy Clausen’s actual arm from Jimmy Clausen’s actual father.
”We’ve been aware that this was an issue,” the elder Clausen said. ”He played 15 games with the problem this past season, so you know he’s a competitor. But I think at the end of the season, he started to lose some velocity.
”At some point, if it’s causing that much discomfort, we’ll see what other option is best.”
Hmm. I’m starting to think previous reports of bone spurs may (or may not!) be accurate. But good luck getting any real confirmation from within the program, especially from Weis. He has no qualms about playing the role of Iraqi Information Minister, no matter how obvious the story may seem from the outside.
Here’s my educated guess: Weis is going to have Jimmy compete for the starting job this Spring. And as things progress, the kid with the golden arm will be monitored. If some thing’s amiss, then Weis will just go with one of his other highly talented options at QB, and let Jimmy get his arm poked/prodded/cleaned-out/exorcised. I doubt it’s so much Weis isn’t concerned about Jimmy’s arm as it’s that Weis isn’t concerned that he’ll be able to find a capable leader for his offense among his stable of quarterbacks.
1 Word, 1 Letter: Double D.
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I am having some trouble understanding why Jimmy’s Dad is talking to the media about an injury. Weiss has been very disciplined about not talking about injuries and, to the best of my recollection, I have never seen a parent commenting on their sons injury at ND.
I do hope that this does not become a problem with Jimmy’s Dad in the future and that Charlie reigns this in now before it becomes an issue. I am not saying it IS and issue yet but parents talking to the media about injuries, playing time, football strategy etc. can’t be allowed to happen. This isn’t Razorback country!
It might be a clever way of “managing expectations.” It might have been done at the command of Weis. Perhaps not. We’ll never know.
I hope parental involvement doesn’t become a problem. Remember Todd Marinovich at USC, whose father was always running his mouth in the media? He effectively managed his kid into obscurity after a stint with the dreadful Raiders.
I agree. Dad has been involved for a long time with Jimmy’s football progression. Now that he’s at ND, that’s CW’s job. Sorry pops, time to just be a fan and a Dad. Leave the media to the big man.
I wouldn’t read too much into this. His dad isn’t going to run to the media behind Weis’ back. Maybe Clausen’s dad figured this was old news, and we are talking about football here, every player has some bumps and bruises.
In Charlie’s press conference today he stated, when asked about Jimmy Clausen’s elbow, that in the future HE would be the only one who will answer questions about the health of the players. He actually said “you got that?” and said again that HE would be the ONLY person to discuss the health of ND players.
Reading between the lines of this comment my guess is that CW talked with the older JC and told him what is what at ND. This isn’t Oaks HS anymore…
Go Irish!
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