Nothing here is happening in a vacuum. If we see it, certainly the Ranger coaching, training, and medical staff see it also. The Rangers have world-class trainers and medical staff. If there were something seriously wrong medically, the Rangers would know. Emotional and psychological issues are trickier but in a team situation, where players are together as much as teams are, that too would be difficult to hide. I don't know what is going on....none of us do. I refuse to believe it is a lack of effort. As for this happening suddenly, well, it began last year, early last year. So it has been an ongoing but worsening crisis. It might be aging, though it happened quicker than with most. It might be something else. None of us know. With all our scientific knowledge, there is simply no way to gauge how players will age, But again...if we are discussing it, certainly Ranger coaching, training, and medical staff are too. As for the team as a whole, I've reached the point where I have lowered my expectations of what I expect to happen this year. MZ is part of it. Whatever the cause, one way or another, we will eventually find out.
