I find no coincidence that Keegan saved this article for today. It's a story about Hadl and how he ended up at KU after being committed to OU.
Check out the key lines that I KNOW was directed at Bledsoe.
“I can still see him coming around the corner. ‘Is that coach Mitchell?’ It sure as hell was,” Hadl relived the moment. “He was holding two drinks, wasn’t even holding the strings, just guiding the horse with his knees. And the other horse was just following him right to our front door. ‘Jess here?’ ‘Yeah, I think he is.’ He and my dad got along great. They both liked horses and bourbon.”
As the two men set off for the bourbon-enriched horse ride, Hadl was bound for Oklahoma. When the men returned, he was committed to Kansas. Hadl has been grateful for that day every day since. It takes a tough young athlete to back out of a commitment to a school and legendary coach (Bud Wilkinson). Since toughness is the word that best defines Hadl, he never feared the moment of relating his change, never rued the decision to let down Oklahoma.
Don't think Keegan is hinting at any kind of switch, but I do think he's saying you gotta be tough to help build something.
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2016/jan/21/its-honor-decision-changed-hadl-kansas/
Check out the key lines that I KNOW was directed at Bledsoe.
“I can still see him coming around the corner. ‘Is that coach Mitchell?’ It sure as hell was,” Hadl relived the moment. “He was holding two drinks, wasn’t even holding the strings, just guiding the horse with his knees. And the other horse was just following him right to our front door. ‘Jess here?’ ‘Yeah, I think he is.’ He and my dad got along great. They both liked horses and bourbon.”
As the two men set off for the bourbon-enriched horse ride, Hadl was bound for Oklahoma. When the men returned, he was committed to Kansas. Hadl has been grateful for that day every day since. It takes a tough young athlete to back out of a commitment to a school and legendary coach (Bud Wilkinson). Since toughness is the word that best defines Hadl, he never feared the moment of relating his change, never rued the decision to let down Oklahoma.
Don't think Keegan is hinting at any kind of switch, but I do think he's saying you gotta be tough to help build something.
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2016/jan/21/its-honor-decision-changed-hadl-kansas/
