Clay said recently that he believes Garland’s career is over and an announcement may be made soon. If that is the case, my suspicion is that they’ll save the scholarship for the 2019 class unless they can land a KYSO recruit/grad transfer. If it’s a grad transfer, the scholie would still be open for the 2019 class.
I am hearing different on Garland, I have talked to his uncle in several different occasions, and he has told me Khalil will be cleared, and his dad has told some of my friends the same. It could be a case of family wanting him to play but UofA not wanting to take liability.
Sometimes just doing individual drills without playing pickup games can be the best thing for your game. Ya he will be rusty and just like the other 8 newcomers that need to gel. But if he comes back I bet he has great shooting form and ball handling.
I was told by someone I believe to be in the know, that he would never play again. Then a few weeks later, a member of his family said he would, then someone else said no, then someone else said he would. It’s been like that ever since it was first reported he wouldn’t be cleared for last year. I’m curious as to when Clay was actually told what he shared with us, if it was recently (within the last month) it seems to go against what everyone was saying over the last month and would have came from a source (in my opinion from the U of A) that would have first hand knowledge of the situation.
I believe your last sentence 100%. I believe that’s the reason the rumor of him transferring made sense, even though he would lose a year of eligibility (but the NCAA might give it back).
That is exactly what I hear in Little Rock from the people I speak to. As you said, family opinion may be optimistic. We know Clay and Dudley opinions are unbiased. So, I am going with Clay and Dudley.
Only thing is Khalil is so positive on twitter about playing for Hogs. He does not seem dejected at all.
Why can he practice with the team if his condition is bad enough that Clay and others say it is doubtful he will play. Rumors of a heart condition are hard to accept if he is practicing and conditioning with the team. There is something I remember about limitations of contact?
Sounds like a life death issue. Huge moral and financial liability potential for the Doctors AND the University no matter how many waivers a kid and his family signs.
Dudley, can you clear something up for me, please. A lot of people claim they are friends with the Garland’s (maybe true, maybe not), and a lot of people claim their kid played with Khalil in JR High, HS, and AAU (again maybe true, maybe not), BUT they (most of those in the two categories above) are saying this issue was something that has been known about since he was in the 7th grade, and that AR did indeed know he had an issue (maybe not what it was) before the physical. Is that true?