RIP to Markus Paul

the Cowboys, and the NFL. I hope coaches's families have a decent slice of the NFL's life insurance revenue pie.

Condolences to all close to Coach Paul, including so many in the Giants ORG.

I figured a heart attack or a massive stroke

Awful. RIP.

In comment 15057058 eli4life said:

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I figured a heart attack or a massive stroke

Awful, sad situation. And scary to think if that’s what it related to, how physically fit he was compared to most of the populace. Recognizing of course this may have been happening either way.

I hope his family can find comfort in that he left this world for a better place.

In comment 15057058 eli4life said:

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I figured a heart attack or a massive stroke

I read this morning it was a heart attack. But I also read yesterday he had passed, so the news has been less than accurate.

A tragedy no matter what. I feel horrible for his family. Thanksgiving will never be the same for the Paul family. RIP Coach.

In comment 15057070 johnnyb said:

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In comment 15057058 eli4life said: Quote: I figured a heart attack or a massive stroke I read this morning it was a heart attack. But I also read yesterday he had passed, so the news has been less than accurate. A tragedy no matter what. I feel horrible for his family. Thanksgiving will never be the same for the Paul family. RIP Coach.

Sometimes with a heart attack, the person is "revived" but they are "brain dead" in those cases they may be kept "alive" for a short period to see if things somehow improve. This might explain the contradictory reports.

In comment 15057058 eli4life said:

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I figured a heart attack or a massive stroke

Does it really matter?


RIP

Prayers to his family and the Cowboys organisation.

His contributions to our team will never be forgotten. Despite being a coach for Dallas at present, he's still part of the NYG family and that will never change.

It's particularly tragic, as you would think a 54 year-old strength and conditioning coach would be one of the more health 54 year-old people in this country.

Terrible to read. Condolences to his family. Hurts to read.

When they cancelled practice because of a "medical situation" regarding Paul .... seemed a little suspicious. Sounded like there was more to the story ...

I know they are the Cowboys but, you never want to see anything like this happen to anyone - especially the supporting personnel.

RIP Mr Paul.

You can be healthy on the outside but anyone can have hidden heart disease.

Heart goes out to his family who will forever associate what should be a day of thanks with his passing.

who both told me they had surprise triple/quadruple bypass surgery. Both are in their early/mid 50s...in shape, runners/bikers/hikers, one's a vegetarian the other doesn't drink.

One had chest pains while on a hike and found out through stress testing/cath they had massive blockage.

The other was doing a pre-op physical for some minor procedure when the doc caught something on the EKG.

The first guy said his only "abnormality" was he had chronically borderline/low HDL. The other had no risk factors.

So who knows. It's scary. I guess you can get a stress/echo every couple years to check but I guess genetics is a big part of it too. Sometimes you can only control so much.