@approxinfinity said in An ugly topic: Bill Self’s health:
@Texas-Hawk-10 you’ve listened to a lot more of interviews of his than me i think. I dont recall mentions of troubling instances of drinking but i wasnt looking for it as a tell.
It’s not that Self has outright said as much, but more so piecing together stuff based on what he said in this recent interview about his health and what’s happened to him in the past 18 months. The closest Self has come to mentioning anything was after the 2014 loss to Kentucky (72-40) that he wished his water bottle was vodka. That’s a tell-tale sign going back almost a decade now about Self’s drinking habits.
The NCAA investigation, his dad’s death, and the title run are all very high stress situations individually, but all 3 happening at the same time in the public eye is more stress than most of us have ever been through. This is also an industry where alcoholism is very common and that combined with a poor diet and lack of regular exercise going back well before early 2022 and it’s not that surprising that Self is having health issues.
Hopefully he’s listening to his doctors and sticks to a healthier diet and getting more exercise ands cuts out the alcohol.
You see Farmer , this is exactly what I’ve been talking about. -The quality of Athlete this Coaching staff is now bringing in to Ku. is just night and day from a decade ago. They do a great job of getting these kids to believe or to buy into what Coach is doing here, and they can be /play a big part of the turnaround.
The overall quality player , more athletic - - higher ranked players - - This as you know is a big get for our team, kid is a Stud. but the names of the teams we beat out for this guy speaks for it’ self to what I’ve been saying. – We locked up against : Arizona State , K/State , Texas , Washington &Iowa St to name a few - -and we came in 1st. - - Love this Staff
Now we have a HUGE ONE coming in for an official visit in Jun from Jun9-11th 4 * Dekyus Brinkley DE , if somehow we could win this Battle would be soo sweet. Must be fairly interested if he is coming on one of his Officials - -Going against more big boys for him Oklahoma , Oregon , Texas , Texas A&M - -we mixing it up more and more with the big boys and thing is these kid are listening. - - WE COMING he would be huge for us – finers crossed
@Crimsonorblue22 said in LoCain retirement:
If they have a time limit for the batters, LoCain would never make it.
The new rules do apply to batters. They get one timeout per at-bat, but have to call “time” while in the box before stepping out. They are required to be in the box and ready for a pitch before the pitcher’s 20 second clock gets down to 8 seconds. Not being ready, or not calling “time” properly or calling it another time, is an automatic “strike” on the batter.
You are right, though…maybe that is really why LoCain retired. He’d strike out without a pitch being thrown!
Funny how such a fast guy could be so slow.
So I don’t even know if we are entertaining the idea or not, as Coach said he was happy with his roster. Just curious - May 31st is the decision day right on players to make up their minds as if they are going to stay in the draft or withdraw isn’t that right ?
So IF there were an interest, Nelson has until then to decide if he is staying in the Draft or withdraw ?
I think he would be the ONLY player left we would add now . - kinda think that chance is pretty slim
