Got y'alls panties all up in a wad over his weight? I've read all the articles, watched the video interview just like the rest of you here. From all acounts, he is working harder than he ever has to try and get in shape. He knows that he has to, not for MSU, not for Stansbury, and damn sure not for us. He has to get in shape to get where he wants to be and make the money that he is very capable of making one day. He is the one who contacted John Lucas about getting help with basketball and life in general. Lucas said "we had our fights, we had our battles, but he did very well." And that "he has a chance, but "he'll have to go from here." Meaning that Renardo Sidney will have to want to do it. No strength coach, head coach, mom, dad, drill sargent can make a kid do anything if he doesn't want to. From all accounts, the switch finally was turned on. He knows y'all hate him, that all eyes are on him, and I think for what a 20 yr old with all the scrutiny, all the trashing of his name by stupid 17'ers like some of you here, that he has done a pretty good job. He said pretty much all the right things on the video,, and looks a helluva lot less round in the face than he did at the end of last season.
I for one will hold judgement on him until the season starts, then if he shows up with a Big Mac in hand and his belly hangin over his shorts, the above paraghraph is thrown out. But from what I see so far, the Renardo Sidney from last season is in the rear view mirror and what we will see this year will be hopefully something special. For his sake, I hope he continues what Lucas got going.
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