Rangers Let Go of Head Athletic Trainer Jim Ramsay

[Profet]

I have no idea what happened w rammer, but I hope there isn't some ugly story sitting under this about something he did around here w his access. This seems like there is something under the surface here that we don't know about.

This kind of speculation is not necessary, warranted or productive.

 

[nyr2k2]

Man some of you all need to learn that it's really okay to not have blazing hot takes on every f***ing thing.

 

[The Gloaming]

Good, get him out of here before Lindgren develops a lifelong battle with painkiller addiction.

 

[TheGortonConspiracy]

Also, the Lindgren shoulder situation was handled so poorly

 

[tlk]

Good, get him out of here before Lindgren develops a lifelong battle with painkiller addiction.

Get whom out of here before this happens? Lindgren?

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Also, the Lindgren shoulder situation was handled so poorly

Nothing was worse than Shattenkirk.

 

[Synergy27]

This whole fan base has a weird soft spot for Rammer. Seems like a good dude. Who knows.

That said, the head athletic trainer is responsible for more than just managing injuries. Perhaps he’s one of the reasons why Laf and Kakko still look completely gassed at the end of shifts?

 

[GAGLine]

IF MARK CIACCIO SURVIES I WILL BE FURIOUS AND LOSE HOPE

PLEASE

I had no idea who this was. At first I thought it was the head equipment guy, but the name didn't sound right in my head, so I looked it up.

Acacio Marques is the equipment guy. Weird that their names are basically reversed.

Maybe Sebastian Stan will have a son named Lee.

 

[Calad]

This whole fan base has a weird soft spot for Rammer. Seems like a good dude. Who knows.

That said, the head athletic trainer is responsible for more than just managing injuries. Perhaps he’s one of the reasons why Laf and Kakko still look completely gassed at the end of shifts?

He was not the strength and conditioning coach

 

[bleedblue94]

This kind of speculation is not necessary, warranted or productive.

The speculation is that there is more to the story than a random firing. People here are blasting the org and Drury for the firing without information. Why is that speculation "not necessary"? It's not as if I didn't put a disclaimer in the post to specifically make clear that on this topic I had no inside info on it. This situation is just off for them to let him go.

 

[Synergy27]

He was not the strength and conditioning coach

Is he not that guy’s boss? Who sets the agenda and who implements it?

I don’t know either way. Just speculating like the rest of us are.

 

[Kovalev27]

This one is crazy to me. Does drury feel this team is out of shape? Is he blaming Ramsey for that if they are? They look out of shape to me frankly.

But rammer is royalty very weird move. Loved by the players too.

 

[duhmetreE]

This one is crazy to me. Does drury feel this team is out of shape? Is he blaming Ramsey for that if they are? They look out of shape to me frankly.

But rammer is royalty very weird move. Loved by the players too.

breaking up the Country Club and all 'familiar' faces

It's hard to be militant after 30 years of country club atmosphere. or at least that's my hope

 

[SML2]

If they can Allaire I'm firing up the torches and sharpening my pitchfork.

 

[RangersFan1994]

If they can Allaire I'm firing up the torches and sharpening my pitchfork.

At this point he should be head coach

 

[savebyrichter94]

Man some of you all need to learn that it's really okay to not have blazing hot takes on every f***ing thing.

What?

 

[Crease]

Man some of you all need to learn that it's really okay to not have blazing hot takes on every f***ing thing.

This post should be added to the Board rules.

 

[duhmetreE]

This post should be added to the Board rules.

on what not to expect

 

[McRanger92]

Also, the Lindgren shoulder situation was handled so poorly

Trouba was also actively a detriment to the team playing the first 2 months with an acknowledged hand/wrist injury

 

[Mandar]

Panarin evidently has no heart, and Rammer obviously had no idea how to fix it

 

[TopShelfSnipes]

Is he not that guy’s boss? Who sets the agenda and who implements it?

I don’t know either way. Just speculating like the rest of us are.

Totally separate.

Head athletic trainers mostly exist to help players deal with the day to day, nagging injuries, rest/recovery, etc. 99% of the time they deal with stuff like ice, heat, cold baths, overseeing band resistance stretching and other kinds of physical therapy as players work back from injury, initial diagnosis of injuries, assisting players through other personal medical conditions they have to play through, stitches/quick repairs/resetting dislocations, etc. Basically a paramedic during games, and a physical therapy/rehab/spa with office hours the rest of the time.

For anything more serious than that, which requires a much more thorough diagnosis, there is a team doctor or the work is outsourced to a third party care system with the trainer being involved in the player's recovery from the procedure, not the actual procedure.

Trainers have absolutely nothing to do with players' workouts and training regimens during the season where there is a separate Strength & Conditioning coach (or in the case of the Rangers a slew of them) who manage workouts.

Not a knock on you (certainly not, since you're actually asking the question) but for the posters assuming he has anything to do with strength & conditioning - this is pretty standard stuff going all the way back to NCAA and even top flight high school hockey programs. About the only involvement the head athletic trainer would have in a player's workouts is whether or not to clear them to participate or use certain parts of their body.

 

[Whoot Whoot]

We led the league in missed games due to injury, there better be a reason behind this because as a fan it feels like this crosses the line

 

[Mandar]

We led the league in missed games due to injury, there better be a reason behind this because as a fan it feels like this crosses the line

what line? ITS THE f***ING TRAINER!!!!!!!

 

[McRanger92]

We led the league in missed games due to injury, there better be a reason behind this because as a fan it feels like this crosses the line

We have the least man games missed because everyone plays injured lol

 

[duhmetreE]

We have the least man games missed because everyone plays injured lol

or they go 50%

hard to get hurt if you're standing around puck watching