these people don’t know the circumstances for why certain drills were being run, how often drills were being run, or really anything other than the report that certain cardio was performed at least once (if that is even true to begin with - who is the source? And does that person already have a very negative opinion of Feld with accusations he is causing injuries?).
If the argument is that it isn’t the best drill to do a lot because it’s not what they’ll experience in games, sure. If the argument is that because you heard that they did a drill one time that it is going to result in injuries or evidence this staff is responsible for more injuries , I think it’s just absurd. We used to always hear stories of guys like Sean Taylor running/sprinting home from practice or wherever, of Floyd Mayweather running home from the club (doesn’t drink), yet that isn’t something they’ll ever do in a game/fight. But it certainly is used as an example of their work ethic. Think it was fine for them. And acting like THAT would be the cause of them getting more injuries just sounds dumb to me.
Maybe they had them doing those sprints one day just as a conditioning test, or to set a tone, to make them grind, or even “punish”, or any number of reasons. Maybe a lot of it is just to determine how much effort the player is giving, and if they can be relied on, or if leaders will step up. There can be lots of reasons.