Check out this article by Gregg Doyle of the Indianapolis Star about Mick Cronin and the lives Cronin has saved.
Here are a couple of the highlights:
Twelve letters, Cronin says he has received. From 12 states.
“Pretty much the same message,” he says. “People had terrible headaches they couldn’t describe, didn’t know what to do. They heard about my issue, and they went to get help. Can you imagine how good that feels?”
When asked about what he felt, Cronin said this:
“It’s not your normal headache pain — it’s nerve pain,” he said. “It irritates your nerve endings, which are so sensitive in your brain. That’s not a headache. It’s very different. Nerve pain is the worst. Your nerves start going nuts, like a fire alarm.”
Cronin talked a little bit about what it’s like when people see him, which is something I never really thought about:
“You’ll be like, ‘Dude, you look better than when you were coaching,’ ” Cronin says. “Yeah — because I’m resting. Coaches see me, and it’s weird. They go, ‘Man, you look great.’ Yeah, I’m not burned out.”
That makes a lot of sense. Cronin has nothing physically wrong with him. The problem is in his brain. He wouldn’t walk differently or talk differently. At least you hope he wouldn’t.
It sounds like Coach Cronin is getting better and better. Hopefully we seem him on the sidelines next season. This article is worth your time.
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