Rutgers - Statement on Pat Hobbs, Cardiac Health

Intro Rucker sports fans Larry K here from nightwatch I'm speaking to you just to briefly touch on the the news we got today that Pat Hobbs uh has abruptly Pat Hobbs resigned from his positions as Rucker's athletic director you know by most accounts uh Pat Hobbs was a a very effective athletic director he brought in a lot of funding to the programs he made some good hires including Steve pel and others and he will will be missed um difficult position to leave from what I understand Pat really loved his position and loved ruers and what he was doing uh for the Athletics programs I take Cardiac Health this you know moment to kind of let you guys know too and just discuss the fact that Hobbs is apparently resigning because of cardiac health and um for those who don't know um I have some cardiac health problems I was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation not long ago and it's been quite you know a battle I don't have symptoms all the time people have much worse cardiac diagnosis than I do so I'm not trying to say that it's you know something that is some you know ridiculous struggle compared to other people but it's been definitely difficult anytime anything is dealing with somebody's heart it's difficult to deal with and I I think we should all pause and and reflect on you know what what we're doing for our our health and those in our lives that have health issues especially cardiac issues you Stress know stress can be such a driver of cardiac issues stress and just the constant um ups and downs and demands of life especially for for professionals you know even if you're not a professional just the the rigors of life and work and family and other stresses can really be a lot um so my thoughts are with uh Pat Hobbs and best of luck to uh the interterm ad and and I believe that you know Jonathan Holloway has been a he believes in athletics okay he believes in what Athletics can do for a program he for a university what a I should say what an Athletics program can do for a university he understands the significance of it in the Big 10 uh we have great coaches and and and coach shano and and and coach pel and and various other coaches throughout the university who I think will all you know have some input into it and I I'm confident we'll get the right person but it's just really sad as a Ru Cur fan a Ru Cur uh content creator a Rucker Alum to see Pat go and it's as a cardiac patient uh it's difficult to see why he's going so just wanted to say those Outro things guys if you haven't checked out the the night report um tkr I was on there this morning great conversation you know uh with Mike and Richie it was an honor to be on that show I'm a big fan of it obviously go over there and check that out if you haven't yet um I was on with Aaron Brightman this week in The Scarlet faithful there are a lot of great things coming for this University for these Athletics programs I'm going to do a season preview very soon um but you know sometimes I'm I'm not always on the ball it's you know it's not always the the health things there's other things is you know my professional life and my uh extracurricular life but also the health things you know sometimes you got to be mindful of the speed you're going and you have to slow down and uh that might be what Hobbs had to do um but make sure you subscribe to this channel for for more content and and keep your thoughts uh with Pat Hops and go areu I'll talk to you guys all very soon Larry K out