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Injuries: I mean, WTF? - Orange Mark - 10-04-2026

I am dumbfounded by how vulnerable Stanford is to injury. Again.
The O-line has been a patchwork quilt since Week 1. Kilstrom is probably out for the year; Mejia hasn’t seen the field all season.
Against Wake Forest, Stanford was also without three injured defensive starters: LBs Jahsiah Galvan and Matt Rose; CB Brandon Nicholson.
It’s one thing to be completely outmanned, as Stanford has been—and probably will be for the foreseeable future.
It’s another issue entirely when player availability, durability and physical development continue to look like liabilities.
This problem really began to emerge after Shannon Turley was fired in 2019, and it hasn’t abated. The 2019, 2022, and 2024 seasons were marred by inuries that plagued entire position groups. Last year, four veteran DB's missed 24 games combined.
I would have expected Tavita to arrive with a distinct plan to course-correct.
What is the S&C program looking like now?
Under Turley, Stanford reported an 87 percent decrease in the number of games missed because of injury, from 2006–2013.
Five games into Tavita’s tenure, I’m seeing too many of the same old problems that have arisen since Turley left.
The injuries. The physical inferiority. The lack of depth incapable of absorbing either. When will that end?

RE: Injuries: I mean, WTF? - BostonCard - 10-04-2026

Turley's tenure in Colorado didn't go so well, so he is not a miracle worker.  Also, an uncanny number of his players who went on to the NFL wound up getting caught up by the league's substance abuse policy.  Occam's razor here is that the reduction of games missed due to injury may have been pharmacologically aided.

BC

RE: Injuries: I mean, WTF? - Orange Mark - 10-04-2026

(10-04-2026, 03:01 PM)BostonCard Wrote:  Turley's tenure in Colorado didn't go so well, so he is not a miracle worker.  Also, an uncanny number of his players who went on to the NFL wound up getting caught up by the league's substance abuse policy.  Occam's razor here is that the reduction of games missed due to injury may have been pharmacologically aided.

BC

Have you noticed injuries decimating entire Stanford position groups, on a regular basis?
In 2022, it was the running backs (Filkins, Smith).
Last year, it was both safeties (Green, Porter) and corners (Manley, Morris). 
This year, it's the offensive line's turn (just like 2019).
Surely, we don't need Shannon Turley to avoid such a plague.

RE: Injuries: I mean, WTF? - crackpot - 10-04-2026

I'd like to see FB (or the AD) bring back Andrea Hayden, who was the S&C Coordinator during Tara's last three seasons. I remember her first season vividly because no WBB player had a significant injury the entire season. She also introduced all of the health monitoring during practices and games.

I think she left Stanford for the Minnesota Lynx, but she used to have the same position with the Minnesota Twins, so maybe it's a matter of liking the Gopher State. Or cost of living.

RE: Injuries: I mean, WTF? - Jamesy - 10-05-2026

(10-04-2026, 03:21 PM)Orange Mark Wrote:  
(10-04-2026, 03:01 PM)BostonCard Wrote:  Turley's tenure in Colorado didn't go so well, so he is not a miracle worker.  Also, an uncanny number of his players who went on to the NFL wound up getting caught up by the league's substance abuse policy.  Occam's razor here is that the reduction of games missed due to injury may have been pharmacologically aided.

BC

Have you noticed injuries decimating entire Stanford position groups, on a regular basis?
In 2022, it was the running backs (Filkins, Smith).
Last year, it was both safeties (Green, Porter) and corners (Manley, Morris). 
This year, it's the offensive line's turn (just like 2019).
Surely, we don't need Shannon Turley to avoid such a plague.

The OL is in decent shape. Kilstrom is the only starter that is out. Mejia was injured before he got to Stanford and just can't stay healthy. I don't put that one on S&C.