2005 - in the hospital for six nights
2006 - seizure on a Sunday after the taping of TV show - in the hospital for four nights
2010 - in the hospital four nights, I'll put money where my mouth is that he was having seizures
2011 - in the hospital five nights
Call me kookie, but I come to the understanding that, at a minimum, in four of the last seven seasons head coach Kill has missed a week during the football season because of his "routine & not unhealthy" seizures.
Killer Quotes:
"[doctors believe the seizures are caused by] fatigue and lack of sleep"
"I'm not going to have somebody tell me I can't do something."
All right, Kookie, even if you're right, that begs the question, "So what?" Seriously, what should the University and Kill do now?
-The University could attempt to fire him because he is physically unable to carry out his duties. Even if they wanted to (which they don't) it might present some legal and p.r. issues. Don't you think?
-Kill could offer to resign because he feels that he can't do the job. Can't really see him doing that. Can you?
-The University could have Kill take a medical leave of absence. That really would open them and Kill to a whole lot of questions about being able to do the job, recruiting, cheating the players, etc. Probably not going to happen. Besides, he is probably still going to have more seizures anyway. As I understand it, this isn't a condition you can cure.
-Give shamans, witch doctors, medicine men, Pat Robertson, etc. a crack at him?
-Let him try to do his job, giving him the best medical attention you can.
It's pretty clear as to what is going to happen. Most people seemed to agree this was a good hire. His medical issues haven't prevented him from having success elsewhere. This is a bigger stage, but there is no reason to think it's going to be different here. It's just football. Jerry Kill doesn't have his finger on the nuclear trigger. If there's another episode this season you do have to look more seriously at this, but that also hasn't happened before. Right now, Kooie, way too much consternation and speculation.
The fact it's been multiple night stays doesn't alarm me at all either. Just as you're so sure about what happened in 2010, I'm just as sure that at least half of those nights are due to his wife and doctors keeping him longer just to make him rest up or else he would have been out the door to you know where.