ASU hockey coach put on leave after player collapsed during workout

RIGHT HERE IS WHERE IT GETS GOOD BECAUSE THE PARENTS OF AN ASU HOCKEY PLAYER AND SEVEN OF HIS TEAMMATES ARE FURIOUS AFTER TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW MAYICH COLLAPSED DURING AN OUTDOOR WORKOUT ON AUGUST TWENTIETH AND REMAINS HOSPITALIZED, WITH A FAMILY LAWYER STATING HE IS UNLIKELY TO RECOVER, AND ARIZONA STATE JUST PLACED HEAD COACH GREG POWERS ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE BUT THE PARENTS SAY PUTTING ONLY HIM ON LEAVE SOLVES NOTHING WHILE HIS ASSISTANT REMAINS IN CHARGE, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE SEVEN ANONYMOUS PLAYERS WROTE A LETTER STATING AN UNAPPROVED CONSULTANT RAN A GRUELING WORKOUT IN HIGH HEAT OVER ONE HUNDRED DEGREES WITHOUT ADEQUATE WATER BREAKS OR REQUIRED COLD-WATER IMMERSION TUBS, DIRECTLY CONTRADICTING THE SCHOOL'S REPORT DESCRIBING A WIND-DOWN MEDICINE BALL ROUTINE IN COOLER TEMPERATURES. THE TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD SOPHOMORE CURRENTLY REMAINS HOSPITALIZED.

I READ THE WHOLE THING SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO, AND IT HAPPENED AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY OUT IN THE BRUTAL ARIZONA HEAT WHERE TEMPS TOPPED OVER ONE HUNDRED DEGREES, AND THEIR HEAD HOCKEY COACH GREG POWERS WAS JUST PUT ON PAID LEAVE AFTER A TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD SOPHOMORE NAMED MATTHEW MAYICH COLLAPSED DURING AN OUTDOOR WORKOUT BACK ON AUGUST TWENTIETH, AND HIS FAMILY'S LAWYER SAYS HE IS UNLIKELY TO RECOVER, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THE SCHOOL CLAIMED IT WAS JUST A WIND-DOWN MEDICINE BALL DRILL IN COOLER TEMPS BUT SEVEN ANONYMOUS PLAYERS WROTE TO THE PRESIDENT SAYING AN UNAPPROVED CONSULTANT RAN A GRUELING WORKOUT WITH NO WATER BREAKS FOR MATTHEW AND NO COLD-WATER IMMERSION TUBS ON SITE, AND THE PARENTS ARE SAYING SUSPENDING JUST POWERS WHILE HIS LONGTIME ASSISTANT TAKES OVER DOES NOT FIX ANYTHING AT ALL. MATTHEW MAYICH REMAINS HOSPITALIZED.

Arizona State placed hockey coach Greg Powers on leave after player Matthew Mayich collapsed during an August workout and remains hospitalized in critical condition.

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