Topic: Doc is scared of Charlotte

[herdfan129]

It’s past time to fire this bum.

[MicDrass1]

It’s past time to fire this bum.

lol ..... if the championship game is a lock if this game is not played probably so

[herd2win]

45 players out...

[MicDrass1]

Herd football always finishes seasons under Holliday flopping. 

[puma]

45 players out...

Yikes. I'm guessing players hit the bars and party scenes pretty hard on Saturday and are wrapped up in contact tracing. They've been cooped up in their bubble for so long because they had so much to lose. Then they lost it Saturday and said screw it and went out.

[Herdfan73]

45 players out...

If that’s the case then Docs covid handling will mirror the way just about every other season has went the last 6 years. Keep it together better than average for the majority of the season, then %^&* the bed in near historic fashion to close it out.

[whf]

Yikes. I'm guessing players hit the bars and party scenes pretty hard on Saturday and are wrapped up in contact tracing. They've been cooped up in their bubble for so long because they had so much to lose. Then they lost it Saturday and said screw it and went out.

They wouldn't even be contagious from activity this past Saturday.  It takes 7 to 14 days for the virus to show up in one's system.  This is all from the time when there were no games, bored, etc.; that's my conjecture.

[Herdalum83]

They wouldn't even be contagious from activity this past Saturday.  It takes 7 to 14 days for the virus to show up in one's system.  This is all from the time when there were no games, bored, etc.; that's my conjecture.

Not true. COVID can show up in your system as little as 48 hours after exposure. It just can take 7-14 days for symptoms to manifest.

[Big City]

They wouldn't even be contagious from activity this past Saturday.  It takes 7 to 14 days for the virus to show up in one's system.  This is all from the time when there were no games, bored, etc.; that's my conjecture.

Thanksgiving break and let’s not forget MU had a few out last week as well.

[coalherd]

Maybe Doc will get a dog for Christmas!!   :D

[pdunn]

Ma ybe Doc will get a dog for Christmas!!   :D

Maybe Doc will get a pink slip for Christmas.

[herdfan129]

Doc was about to get out coached and beat by Charlotte. He is using COVID as a chicken %^&* excuse to avoid that. A bunch of other teams have also done that this year. I called them out for it. Doc doesn’t get special treatment. All these canceled games should have been forfeits but our conference leadership is non existent.

[Thundering In MD]

45 players out...

What is source for this number? 

If that is right, we issued a really weak press release.  Should have just cited COVID like everyone else.

[svherd]

What is source for this number? 

If that is right, we issued a really weak press release.  Should have just cited COVID like everyone else.

Marshall is always clear as mud on their communications. I would say HIPPA is the main reason we don’t hear specific numbers being thrown out there.

[Herdalum83]

Marshall is always clear as mud on their communications. I would say HIPPA is the main reason we don’t hear specific numbers being thrown out there.

Why don't other schools have to adhere to HIPPA? We always hear that HIPPA is one of the big reasons why we don't get clear communication (among others) from the program. But, other teams routinely release injury reports to the press and during COVID several teams have reported numbers. I mean here is one such instance from earlier in the year where Va Tech was missing 23 players due to COVID.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29979189/virginia-tech-hendon-hooker-23-players-saturday-due-virus

So, my question is how can other programs and schools inform their fan base without violating HIPPA but we seem to not be able to?

[svherd]

Why don't other schools have to adhere to HIPPA? We always hear that HIPPA is one of the big reasons why we don't get clear communication (among others) from the program. But, other teams routinely release injury reports to the press and during COVID several teams have reported numbers. I mean here is one such instance from earlier in the year where Va Tech was missing 23 players due to COVID.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29979189/virginia-tech-hendon-hooker-23-players-saturday-due-virus

So, my question is how can other programs and schools inform their fan base without violating HIPPA but we seem to not be able to?

Trust me, I wish I knew why we weren't as transparent as other schools seem to be. The HIPPA thing always get thrown out there. It's a nice fallback for MU I guess.

[HerdEcon]

Direct your HIPPA questions to Mike Hamrick, Athletic Directory, Marshall University.  You are probably not going to get a true or accurate answer from a message board.  It may be HIPPA or it may be a decision by the coaching staff.  Mike can shed some light on the matter if he wants to. 

As long as this question has been around it looks like a journalist would pick up the phone make a phone call and address it in an article once and for all.  But that would assume that the journalist actually cares whether people read his/her articles.  Given the quality and substance of news articles in recent years it is questionable whether some journalists actually care whether anyone reads their articles or not.  As many times as this topic has come up on this board I'm sure the article would be of interest to many Herd fans.