PackFanWithTwins
15 years ago
I don't know if they need to practice outside the entire time. I would like to see them at least take part of it into the cold. Even a 1/2 hour is enough.
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gotarace
15 years ago
Doesn't Mike McCarthy open the doors on the hudson center for practices in cold weather?? It was a given for the packers to practice with the doors open in cold weather for years. You may not get the howling winds but you will get plenty cold with the temps in wisconsin these days.
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Blank402
15 years ago

I read this article earlier too, and it noted that we are practicing INDOORS!
I don't understand why this is! We are a cold weather team, preparing for a bitter cold game on Monday Night and still McCarthy refuses to go outside and practice, what a joke!

"MattG04" wrote:



The Bears practice outside because they have a heated practice field, the Packers don't. You want to tell me what the advantages are of practicing on a frozen field that's hard as a rock?

"Blank402" wrote:



I understand your point, but to answer your question, weather acclimation, we don't have that Lambeau mystique anymore, practicing indoors has made our team a bunch of softies. Football is meant to be played outside, and when your playing outside in the cold, it just makes sense to practice outside in the cold. I remember a certain team practicing outdoors for a real big game last year, while we stayed indoors, I believe that team beat us on our home turf too, in January, in Green Bay. That should never happen.

"MattG04" wrote:



And guess what, that team had a heated practice field as well. You really think they would've practiced outside if they didn't?
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IronMan
15 years ago
The point is we need a heated practice field. And I believe I read somewhere that this will happen soon.
Pack93z
15 years ago

I read this article earlier too, and it noted that we are practicing INDOORS!
I don't understand why this is! We are a cold weather team, preparing for a bitter cold game on Monday Night and still McCarthy refuses to go outside and practice, what a joke!

"Blank402" wrote:



The Bears practice outside because they have a heated practice field, the Packers don't. You want to tell me what the advantages are of practicing on a frozen field that's hard as a rock?

"MattG04" wrote:



Have you walked upon the inside of the Don Hudson center? It is Field Turf stretch upon concrete.. do you think that is significantly softer than a frozen field.

Players are babied, pampered and catered to.. but at the end of the day.. does it really matter that much if the players practice inside or out?

A heated practice field would serve a purpose for a couple days a year, the maintenance cost won't be worth it. open the doors of the Hudson center if you want to get them accustomed to the weather..

I think the light practices without any hitting is more of an issue than practicing outside.
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Nonstopdrivel
15 years ago
The issue with the unheated practice field is not how frozen it is, but how uneven it is when it gets frozen. You don't want players practicing on frozen ridges, hollows, footprints, divots, etc., because they're likely to twist their ankles and knees.

If hardness alone were the issue, no one would play on artificial turf, which, if you've ever watched it be constructed (they're building a new stadium in my university, so I've seen the process) is essentially concrete, overlaid with a layer of rubber, overlaid with a layer of shockingly abrasive turf carpet. The last time I was in the Hutson Training Center, I was amazed how painful it is just to kneel on that turf. It's no surprise to me that players end up abraded and bloody after three hours of being slammed into such unfriendly surfaces.
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Pack93z
15 years ago
Nonstop.. with the amount of care the groundskeepers take in the fields.. I am sure that they could have it cleared without much issue.. not some typical lawn.. but good point overall..

My point, in the end, I think the value isn't there to practice outside anyway.. I would rather have a sharp hitting practice indoors if you had that option available.
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Greg C.
15 years ago
I don't recall any large amount of injuries occurring in cold weather games at Lambeau Field. So if they could practice there or on some other grass field, I wouldn't expect a lot of injury risk. Just a couple practices, maybe, so it wouldn't be such a shock to their systems when they get out there for the game.
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Blank402
15 years ago
Can we put a rest to this nonsense now? I don't think anyone can argue that practicing outside would have helped us win this game.
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