Rockets hire Darryl Eto as Dir. of strength & conditioning

RV6 · Jul 10, 2009

GMNot said:

So far I can't find much about his nutritional expertise, but here's a blurb from an article I found:

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This sounds promising. But I still say the Rockets need a biochemist/nutritional expert. If this guy isn't one they need to add one.
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it would be nearly impossible to get these guys to eat right, it's hard enough keeping track of their workouts...i'm sure they have standards they ask players to maintain or set goals for them...and in some cases actually work them out, but a lot of them want their own trainers.......the chances of them following nutrition advice is slim...guys that eat well usually do it because they like it and want to be healthy, but so many others eat whatver they want

<3myrockets · Jul 10, 2009

Yay this should aid in our quest for a non injury season

Oski2005 · Jul 10, 2009

I know of know medical science or technique that can keep Yao's foot from from stress fracturing or Tracy from being a p***y.

RV6 · Jul 10, 2009

i hope he can convince Ariza to bulk up just a bit, maybe gain some more explosion in the process

rpr52121 · Jul 10, 2009

rawool said:

Lol. Whenever Yao or T-Mac pictures surface during the summer, people always ask that... now that even includes our GM.
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Well when he is the only healthy star left in the organization...what else will happen?

Al Calavicci · Jul 10, 2009

I don't get it. Can someone explain to me why this thread has one star? It's not exactly stupid/inflammatory/ridiculous...

Cannonball · Jul 10, 2009

Al Calavicci said:

I don't get it. Can someone explain to me why this thread has one star? It's not exactly stupid/inflammatory/ridiculous...
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Maybe it's from the people expecting him to prevent injuries, as if anyone could have prevented Yao from getting a stress fracture. Sometimes **** happens.

dachuda86 · Jul 10, 2009

Yeah but this may help. It is worth the money and a move I've been shouting for since I joined Clutchfans. YAY. Finally!

Rocketfanatic2 · Jul 10, 2009

Man, can't remember the last time Rockets didn't have a key player go down to injury. Maybe bringing in the new guy will increase chances of staying healthy. A healthy season would be very exciting to watch.

BetterThanEver · Jul 10, 2009

It looks like his old company is a big Rockets fan or a T-Mac fan.

Athlete's Performance Lobby

MandM's · Jul 11, 2009

This guy replaces that fat guy that was the strength & fitness coach before? Meche?

MandM's · Jul 11, 2009

oh i see Macha is still there. sounds like a weird set up.

BetterThanEver · Jul 11, 2009

Here's a story from February 9, 2008 from the Boston Globe. They had a small story about Manny Ramirez and Darryl Eto. They started working together in December 2007.

I have edited out the first few paragraphs that didn't mention Darryl Eto.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2008/02/09/becoming_a_better_manny/
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Darryl Eto, the performance specialist who is working five days a week with Ramírez, says hard work is the slugger's mantra. He even has Ramírez pulling a weighted sled, a throwback to the days when, as a teenager, he used to get up at 4:30 to run the steepest hills of New York City's Washington Heights pulling a car tire roped to his waist.

"The routine is some movement flexibility work, mobility work, stability work, general warm-ups, and then we go out on the field and do plyometric training and some jumps and then some running," Eto says. "Then back in the weight room, where he does his strength and development work. And then he finishes up with conditioning.

"I was pleasantly surprised how good of an athlete he is. I've talked to other coaches that have worked with him in the past and they've all said he's a great guy, he works really hard, and he's a great athlete, but until you've seen it, you always reserve judgment. He has been nothing but great to work with, phenomenal to work with."

"He wears the baggy uniform all the time and it doesn't appear that he looks like he's in very good shape, but he is in fact very muscular, very powerful, and actually very fast," says Eto.

"When he first came in, he said he wants to obviously get ready for the season. Some things have impeded him in the past - nagging injuries and things - and we tried to work on that, improving his flexibility and mobility and his stabilization. Work on incorporating some technical things on his running mechanics. Hopefully, we've done that. We'll see if it carries over to the field."

Ramírez is just 10 home runs shy of the 500 club, considered a benchmark for the Hall of Fame. A strained oblique hurt his numbers last year - he hit just 20 home runs and failed to drive in 100 runs - but he hit .348 in the postseason with four home runs. His eight-year, $160 million contract expires at the end of the 2008 season. The Red Sox have $20 million options for the '09 and '10 seasons.

But according to Eto, Ramírez isn't talking about money. "That never really came up," Eto says. "He's never said anything to me about that. He's just driven by being the best he can be. He's very internally motivated. In season, he goes to the gym to train in the mornings before he goes out to the field. He's been doing that, evidently, for years. We hope we can add to his legacy."

Ramírez isn't using the batting cages yet, but he is lifting barbells like a maniac and tossing them like Rambo, one of his nicknames.

"He's very strong and powerful. He was bench-pressing 110 pounds [in each hand] very easily," says Eto.

Ramírez's uncle Rico accompanies him to every workout, and serves as an extra assistant. He's the only guy who knows how to stuff Manny's dreads back into his kerchief.

"He certainly is quirky," says Eto with a laugh. "He has a childlike nature about him. Often times he'll give you a hug when you least expect it. He'll say something crazy funny. That's just Manny being Manny, I guess."
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Carl Herrera · Jul 11, 2009

Man, can anyone imagine how an Ronny - Manny encounter would sound like? I'd pay to see that.

hsustr · Jul 11, 2009

Weird set up now. Macha was director, now demoted? or does he go back to rehab?

BetterThanEver · Jul 11, 2009

hsustr said:

Weird set up now. Macha was director, now demoted? or does he go back to rehab?
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Macha was never director. He has always been the strength and conditioning coach.

Chiron · Jul 12, 2009

its about time... they should really work something in the players contracts as well about how they condition and keep themselves in the off season.

Next hire... Media spin master!

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