Oregon Football: Taggart Responds With Changes To Offseason Workout Program

Last week three Oregon Football players were hospitalized after Off Season Workouts and on Tuesday, Willie Taggart offered a resolution and responded as a Head Coach should.

Late in the day on Tuesday, the University of Oregon released a Statement over the treatment of three players who were sent to a local Eugene/Springfield hospital for treatment.

Oregon Football Head Coach Willie Taggart took full accountability of the situation and made a move to suspend new Strength and Conditioning Coach Irele Oderinde for a month and reinstating Jim Radcliffe to the position on an interim basis.

"As the head football coach, I hold myself responsible for all of our football-related activities and the safety of our students must come first. I have addressed the issue with our strength and conditioning staff, and I fully support the actions taken today by the university. I want to thank our medical staff and doctors for caring for all of our young men, and I want to apologize to the university, our students, alumni and fansStatement from Willie Taggart Concerning Off Season Workouts(via Twitter)"

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Jim Radcliffe has been retained by the University for other sports, but returns to a position he held for close to three decades with the Oregon Ducks. Taggart and the rest of his coaching staff have been on the road furiously recruiting around the country in anticipation of National Signing Day less than two weeks away.

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No other students have shown problems from last week’s workout and moving forward all workout routines have been modified according to the release.