Apparently.
A few weeks ago, Penn State was spinning that Joe Paterno had missed significant alumni functions because of a bad reaction to some medicine.
West Virginia has determined that this is the way to go to explain Bob Huggins and 7 broken ribs in Vegas.
West Virginia University basketball Coach Bob Huggins had taken medication on an empty stomach before he was injured in a fall in his hotel room last week, Athletic Director Oliver Luck said Thursday.
“He said he kind of stood up quickly and apparently had a bit of lightheadedness and tripped – and I don’t know if he tripped, per se – but he fell down and hit the edge of a table,” said Luck, who has had frequent contact with Huggins since his coach was hurt one week ago in Las Vegas.
Medicine? Medicine for what?
Luck couldn’t say what type of medication Huggins had taken but said he had every reason to “completely accept and believe” what Huggins reported.
Well, no reason to doubt the story now. The AD at WVU didn’t think to ask what the medicine was or why his department’s highest paid employee was taking it. Even Penn State knew enough to try and explain what the medicine related to.
Suffice to say that is good enough for the student body of WVU.
Yes, Huggins has made mistakes in the past involving alcohol. In 2004, he was convicted of a DUI.
That was one of the reasons he was forced out of his job at Cincinnati.
But that had nothing to do with what happened last weekend.
Huggins, along with associate head coach Larry Harrison, was in Las Vegas for one of the biggest AAU showcases in the nation.
College coaches spend their summers traveling around the country to attend these events. On Friday, Huggins had an accident and broke seven ribs.
The truth is, people’s minds are tailored to taking facts and making it into something it isn’t.
I’m sure many did the same when he tripped over a cone checking his phone at the Charlotte, N.C., airport.
They probably also said the same thing when a photo arose of Huggins with two black eyes last summer.
Huggins reportedly ran into the corner of his bathroom door.
I’m honestly unsure if the writer/student actually believes this or is subtly mocking those that do. Given the writer is a WVU student, I favor the former.
Another WV columnist actually complains of the insensitivity of others to Huggins plight. Making snide comments or snickering about his alcohol intake while ignoring the fact that the poor man is suffering with broken ribs.
Really, Huggins has gotten off rather light. The media hasn’t touched the story beyond simply reporting the bare-bones and taking the people around Huggins at their word. There hasn’t been a major amount of national mocking, because most of that is directed at Rick “speedy” Pitino.
