Will was diagnosed with a serious heart condition. You can poo-poo that all you want, but it makes this board look dumb.
in order to do the "choose between a degree from ND or playing football elsewhere" ultimatum thing?
Or even more if they intend to shop for free agent safeties, DT, and OGs?
I thought in order for the kids getting pushed out by Freeman to stay on academically at ND, it has to be within a certain period of time from Freeman's date of hire.
And that timeline would equate to May for new-coach loophole rule (and why Freeman was talking about May being the deadline to "roster manage" his way down to 85).
issues last year, he preferred to stay in school instead of transfer because he's a kid that had Ivy League offers coming out of high school. And medical retirement has a ring to it that helps ND look good in return for him staying in school. Because ND is going to desperately try to avoid looking like they are kicking kids off the team despite knowing full well that's what they're doing.
Maybe best not to jump to conclusions on this one.
but I'll point out how fortunate he is to get a free ND education. I mean if this had been diagnosed 18 months earlier, he'd be on his own, wherever. Best wishes for good health though!!
and was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect. So in this case, appears he really is medically retiring.
"Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a hole between the left and right atria (upper chambers) of the heart. This hole exists in everyone before birth, but most often closes shortly after being born."
Without knowing the full extent of Will's issue, I am familiar with PFOs (family member). Isn't this very fixable with a Amplatzer Septal Occluder which is inserted through the groin into the heart? It's like a little alloy cocktail umbrella that closes up the hole. Of course, it may depend on the size of the hole for this to work.
Back on the street within weeks after some time on blood thinners...Rick
Of course I don't know all the facts regarding Will's case but the procedure to close the hole has been done for years with great success.
Note: a PFO is not an injury.
We all have a hole in the heart at birth but for 25% of the population, the hole doesn't completely close. The operation closes the hole...Rick
Bryan, Johnson, Riley "no longer with the program."
wink wink
...spate of career-ending injuries.
It isn't hard to find a doctor that recommends you not play football at this level because, frankly, it's usually not a great long-term idea to play football at this level.
make a decision. Crazy how it's always the guys at the bottom of the depth chart.
That they really do have medical issues, no? They aren’t playing tiddly winks.
Those guys have had serious medical issues the last couple of years.
I'm sure the list is long.
Obviously it might slant one way or the other but nobody here knows for sure.
people are questioning this, and then there's the thread on Mike Kadish above.
without knowing about his health...Rick
— Roster updates: Missing as expected from the official roster are cornerback Philip Riley, safety Justin Walters, offensive tackle Caleb Johnson, linebacker Will Schweitzer, and kicker Josh Bryan.
— Conversely, present and on the roster—amid much off-season information and speculation to the contrary—are cornerback Ryan Barnes and nose tackle Aidan Keanaaina.
all the homer recruitniks whine that we can't get big kids in the middle who can move, and then we get one and they're all ready to move onto the next guy as soon as the kid encounters some difficulty.
At a minimum, if he can't contribute on the DL (which I don't think is the case, but whatever), take a look at him at OL; he was outstanding at guard at Mullen.
Kept AK on the “safe” side for now.
Too bad about the other 5-8 kids though
but everyone is doing it now, so Notre Dame really has no choice but to follow.
On the defensive linemen improving and becoming vocal leaders
“Coach Wash has done a great job with that group. We’ve got some vocal leaders. Nana Osafo-Mensah is a vocal leader. He raises the energy and performance of those around him. Riley Mills is more vocal. Howard Cross doesn’t speak a lot but he’s more vocal. You don’t replace Isaiah Foskey or the Ademilola twins, but you have to replace their production. It’s not by one person, but throughout the top two or 2.5 units, you have to replace that production. l’m excited for the development of that room. I’m excited about Javontae Jean-Baptiste and the young guys. I think of Aiden Gobaira and Jason Onye and Tyson Ford and Gabe Rubio and all those guys, Donovan Hinish. You have to find at some point the emergence. You will use probably eight guys for sure, maybe 10, so it’ll be exciting to see the emergence of those guys. Something cool I saw with the defensive guys, every day they will announce starters for practice and give guys different roles. I’m excited to see the development of that group specifically.”
And gnashing of teeth and bad name calling didn’t happen. Weird.
From some random blogger with no inside information, doesn’t deserve two entire threads wailing about the end of Notre Dame football
as we all are.
With that said, you might want to recognize that I might be a little closer to this particular situation than you are.
Of course, you certainly don't have to do that either. Free will is a great thing.
ND does. Freeman mentioned today it's possible they look to the portal to bring in a Safety after the spring.
Not sure about interior DL.