Pretty simple with Lard...Had he stayed away from the green he would have been here at ISU. Prohm gave him more than 4-5 chances and then some.
You can only do so much for a young man.
It wasn't just the green. Plenty of guys smoke weed and are fine. He didn't handle authority very well whether it was coming from a coach, trainer, teacher, etc.
He wasn't on time for practice, workouts, class, and that ended up constantly putting him in the dog house. The extracurricular things like partying weren't that big of a deal but they were just extra things that he couldn't afford to have happen. Even star players get into little trouble but those guys are usually the ones who are always showing up and putting in maximum effort, so it's not as big of a problem to the coaches.
Some guys are just wired differently and end up fading out at different points of their career. It happens in professional sports too where they get caught up in a load of other things and it ruins their career. I feel bad for those guys because the problems occurring stem from things that happened in the past and sometimes it's tough for people to be able to break the habits that they became accustomed to.