Now that he's retired...

Submitted by hat on

can I ask if the rumors were true about Lloyd having health issues?  Was there anything behind that, or was it all just lies told by rival coaches?

 

mjv

July 20th, 2008 at 8:07 AM ^

The rumor that I had heard from a couple of sources on campus was that Lloyd has Parkinson's and was diagnosed in 2001. I would back this up with some odd speaking habits he has. Watch his video eulogizing Bo at the Stadium. He has a number of nervous hand movements where is constantly moving his hands into and out of his pockets. I had noticed this tick at a couple of events where Lloyd was the speaker. While I'm not a physician, this behavior seemed very odd. When I had heard the Parkinson's rumor, it fit with his behavior. I thought that Angelique Chengelis (spl?) had put out an article shortly after his retirement about this as well.  There is also a post on the Wizard of Odds (http://thewizardofodds.blogspot.com/2007_11_01_archive.html) mentioning it.