Neither a refutation, or clouding anything. I'm saying rehab was 100% expected and so should not be a surprise in any way. That's not refuting anything you're saying, as far as I can tell.
The entire conversation on the radio was about Romo and his back. They used an entire block and a partial for this discussion.
They pulled up an interview with Romo from the day before. They brought in a comment by Stephen Jones. Fisher made an analogy as well.
His first words were these by Fisher.
"They should have stated up front they were working for the 9ers game to get him back to 100 percent. Had they done that, all this discussion about his back wouldn't have taken place."
Then they pieced together all the parts which indicated he was still rehabbing and Romo's comments he was ready to play in a game was the usual tough guy Romo is. Because Romo said,
"Players want to be on the field. I don't know of any player that doesn't want to play. I can think of little which would cause me not to play or want to be off the field."
Then they followed with the comments that Romo wanted to start taking first string snaps the first day of training camp and the head trainer said no.
Do you see the bolded part where Fisher stated they should have made an announcement up front?
Because Romo is workiing to 100%.
That was my point, has been my only point, and is still my point.
There is no underlying subversion of the Romo mystique here. Just stating the facts, he is not 100% and is working toward that goal.
Then Fisher made a last point which seems to have confounded people here. He said,
"I (meaning Fisher)
am 100% and I don't rehab three and a half hours a day."
People got their nose out of joint but they did not take time to understand the comment. Fisher doesn't have a back issue and therefor doesn't rehab for three and a half hours a day. Romo does and does.
That is just a fact and the three and a half hours suggests things may be getting back to 100%, but they are not there as yet. Regardless of his "Put me in, coach," comments.
The attack on Fisher for saying this was really stupid. And I used the word stupid in this context because it was illustrative of how a guy is rehabbing and the amount of time a day has meaning. It means he hasn't arrived, and compared to someone who does not have the same injury or surgery, the comparison was valid in its example.
What makes it obtuse is ignoring the logic of the conclusion and jumping on Fisher for making it.
There cannot be a more substantive exemplar of the bias and hurt feelings of some on this board in regard to this player.
Now you Idgit, leaped on the comment made by Tony that he is 100%. You then gave it value without you having any inkling of what it meant or its context. I quote you here.
Tony's definition of 100% was pretty enlightening. By 100%, Tony's saying that there's nothing he can't do on the field that he usually does. He distinguishes that from doing the number of reps and volume of work that he'd have done prior to the surgery.
Explain to me how you can come to that conclusion when Romo himself said he's tough and would not pull himself out of a game if it were up to him. And then see the trainers holding him back. And the comment by Fisher who has interviewed everyone involved.
So choose your verb as you will, clouding, refuting, rewriting, the facts are you made a claim there that you cannot support with facts.
You guys go to any length for this one player. Nothing can be said without you jumping on it and tossing out the spin to fit your agenda.
I merely reported what was said. Frankly, they talked about 12 minutes on the subject because they went through a commercial in the middle.
Not once did I claim he was never coming back, or that this is life threatening with this team. Just reported what was said.
And yet, the usual suspects come out of the wood work and start their usual spin. And that includes you, Idgit.
Because now I have to write a tome to explain the illogic of the responses in comparison to the facts.
He is rehabbing and not at 100%.
