“It seemed like it was a thumbs up for everything,” Curtis Johnson said. “We felt a little misguided in the way the recruitment went, and then the sudden decision last week. Those decisions usually remain in the hands of the team's training staff and doctors in collaboration with its legal team and university president.
It is worth noting, however, that a school's coaching staff likely has very little to no influence in personnel decisions where medical clearance is at stake.
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The elder Johnson told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that Jarvis underwent a series of tests in the last eight weeks and received no indication from the coaching staff that anything was amiss. His condition has remained unchanged since his diagnosis, though he now has a defibrillator implanted in his chest.īased on Minnesota's aggressive recruiting, Johnson and his family were under the impression that HCM would not affect his opportunity to play this season, according to his father, Curtis Johnson. Johnson collapsed during a practice in 2010 and learned shortly thereafter that he has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which is a thickening of muscles in the heart. MORE: Best players to never win a title | Shaq's son talks workouts with dad | College coaches then and now Johnson and his family learned of the decision on June 8. The Gophers released a statement on Monday explaining that, while the team's staff of trainers and doctors would not allow him to suit up, the school would still honor his scholarship and find a place for him to stay busy within the basketball program. The father of incoming freshman Jarvis Johnson says the 6-1, 170-pound point guard was blindsided by Minnesota's decision not to medically clear him to play for the 2015-16 season.
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