OT-ish: Ricky Doyle retires due to back issues
I was informed by South Florida sources that Ricky Doyle hung up the basketball shoes due to major back issues:
https://www.naplesnews.com/story/sports/college/fgcu/2019/01/14/fgcu-ce…
He also had some other major health issues, including an appendectomy and removal of non-malignant tumor discovered during the appendectomy, after he enrolled at FGCU (per the newspaper article in the above link).
Wishing him nothing but the best as he recuperates.
January 15th, 2019 at 4:15 PM ^
And for fond board memories of OMG shirtless requests involving Doyle and others:
January 16th, 2019 at 7:14 AM ^
You should have way more up-votes for reposting this gem.
January 15th, 2019 at 4:21 PM ^
O Doyle Rules!
January 15th, 2019 at 4:23 PM ^
Not so much anymore, it seems...
January 15th, 2019 at 4:21 PM ^
When FGCU played at MSU this season, the FGCU team stayed at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Lansing that I work at. I saw the team up close and thought it was cool to see Doyle since he had played for Michigan.
January 15th, 2019 at 8:41 PM ^
Nice Ive been at the crown plaza all week, work for auto owners
January 15th, 2019 at 4:25 PM ^
Yeesh. He has had a tough go of it.
"The diagnosis by a neurologist showed that Doyle could seriously damage himself further by continuing to play. The problem can only be treated by a complicated surgery that includes side effects, one being a chance of not being able to have children."
Hope him not playing can delay that surgery as long as possible.
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Also, not worthy posting another thread about, but Aubrey Dawkins is having a very good season: 16 ppg, 5.5 rebs, on 47% fg, 35% from 3. His team's doing great too, 13-2.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/3136493/aubrey-dawkins
January 15th, 2019 at 5:16 PM ^
Bank those swimmers...
January 15th, 2019 at 7:07 PM ^
How is Aubrey Dawkins only a junior still?
He must be aging in slow motion.
January 15th, 2019 at 8:32 PM ^
Must have had to sit out a year when he transferred. But yeah, that seems like a name from the distant past.
January 15th, 2019 at 9:12 PM ^
I remember seeing him, Kam Chatman and DJ Wilson on campus when I was a student and I graduated 3 years ago...
January 16th, 2019 at 1:00 AM ^
He sat out the 16-17 season as a transfer and then he missed the entire 17-18 season with an injury so he took a medical RS for that year.
This is his first year actually playing for UCF which is crazy. Having a pretty nice season so far.
January 15th, 2019 at 4:59 PM ^
Sucks. Hope he finishes up school at FGCU. Ft. Myers and the gulfside of Florida generally are underrated.
January 15th, 2019 at 5:08 PM ^
At first glance I thought this was about that QB from the DC area that we were recruiting a couple years ago.
January 15th, 2019 at 9:50 PM ^
Kevin Doyle
January 15th, 2019 at 5:15 PM ^
I wouldn’t consider an appendectomy and benign tumor to be major medical issues.
January 15th, 2019 at 5:22 PM ^
In themselves, no. But did you even bother to read about the following complicated surgery that resulted in a 50 pound weight loss? But thanks for your input Dr. Ogasm.
January 15th, 2019 at 6:09 PM ^
Proving yet again that there isn't any topic so straightforward and common sense that there isn't some jackass eager to say something stupid about it on the internet.
Our daughter had an emergency appendectomy when she was 10 or 11. Everything came out fine, thank God, but my wife and I were still scared shitless because all kinds of bad, crazy shit can happen when you cut open the human body. Removing the appendix isn't like filling a cavity.
January 15th, 2019 at 7:50 PM ^
And getting a cavity filled isn't exactly a walk in the park, either....
January 15th, 2019 at 8:39 PM ^
You're forgetting he also had major sleep apnea issues and a tendency to sweat profusely.
January 16th, 2019 at 12:29 PM ^
I almost died during my appendectomy due to infection so seriously go fuck yourself. Glad you weren't my doctor.
January 15th, 2019 at 5:28 PM ^
Michigan basketball is so good, I had totally forgot about Doyle. And I really liked him when he played here! Good luck Ricky with your career change.
January 15th, 2019 at 5:47 PM ^
Godspeed, Ricky. I always liked Ricky Doyle. Big Lanky!!!
January 15th, 2019 at 6:58 PM ^
Best of luck to R Doyle.
January 15th, 2019 at 7:44 PM ^
Wow. I forgot all about him.
Best of luck in the future, Ricky.
January 15th, 2019 at 8:15 PM ^
Godspeed Big Dripper
January 15th, 2019 at 8:38 PM ^
Wait a second. Ricky Doyle was still playing college ball??!!!!
January 15th, 2019 at 9:23 PM ^
Didn't he blame sleep apnea for ruining his sophomore season at Michigan?
January 15th, 2019 at 10:20 PM ^
If you’ve ever met or known Ricky Doyle he’s either the nicest guy you ever met or you know some REALLY nice people! Kelly Murphy (ex M volleyball) is the sweetest girl in the world and they are the most adorable couple! Still together, as of about a year ago anyway.
If they end up married and this bullshit doesn’t stop him from having kids they will have very tall very nice kids & probably M athletes! (Kelly is 6ft or 6’1)
January 15th, 2019 at 10:38 PM ^
This isn’t meant in a sarcastic way, but could some of these health conditions triggered how he profusely sweat after the basically just walking? He looked like he ran through a waterfall before the opening tip.
Tough kid, and wish him the best
January 16th, 2019 at 12:40 AM ^
It seemed that poor kid couldn't catch a break. Best of luck to him in the future.