Jeff Woody, a former Cyclone opponent of Sash, wrote a very insightful blog post on Tyler's death, but more importantly, on the problems of all people who find themselves suddenly without their roles. He talks about a player who gets cut, but he also talks about a father who loses a son, and others. It's a surprisingly good read, and something to think about as we all go through our lives.
http://jwoody32.blogspot.com/2015/09/tyler-sash-son-hawkeye-athlete.html
When I worked for Honeywell the average number of monthly retirement checks was 18. I knew men who retired healthy and then died. If you’d have asked them about themselves the first words would be, “I’m a (xxx) with Honeywell.” They identified with their roll in the company and with the company itself. That was their whole identity. It wasn’t unusual to attend a Saturday night party and find they were in their work clothes and wearing their badge despite not having been to work that day.
Sad, really. (This was in the ‘80’s and they were all 30 year employees.)
Only thing I’ve heard that’s not really been reported about Sash is that some fiends were lately concerned about his mental state.
Iowa Hawkeye fans are also mourning the passing of basketballer Roy Marble, Sr., form cancer.
I have had the pleasure of knowing some real warriors in my time, but none that I know of today that have committed suicide, but I am curious IF such a personal identity problem applies to any of those many suicides of our warriors we are reading about over the past years.
A reactionary thought induced by the article.
I do not like the whole “sympathy” thing for this guy. Others have been cut multiple times and either found another gig or kept trying to get back on a roster.
No loss of job is worth suiciding one’s self over it.
BTW I worked with a former NY Giant Superbowl winner WR Troy Kyles. His NFL career was like 2-3 years and with very limited playing time. He was in medical sales and his SB ring was often a topic of many discussions.
To determine this [your "role"], ask yourself- "Who am I?" The first answer is likely who you are most. It's what you define yourself as.
Another way to say it is, How do you answer the question, "What do you do?" or "What is your occupation?" I answer, "Mother."
There is the University of Iowa (the Hawkeyes) and there is Iowa STATE University (the Cyclones). But "Iowa University" is another name for the U of I, not Iowa State.
10 - 1 says he was taking some type of psychotropic drug.