Ricky has every right to walk away healthy and on his own terms, but like a lot of other things in life, it’s as much about how we do it as what we do — and the way he did it leaves a lot to be desired. I don’t think Ricky is going to be invited to any of his teammates parties when he gets back.

Reports today are saying he would’ve been suspended for four games anyway. So maybe their season was shot already, who knows?

The Hawkeye fan in me must remind us all that the Fins have Fred Russell . . .

Wouldn’t you feel a bit betrayed?

I think the whole Ricky problem isn’t that he quit, it’s that he did so with very little notice and without informing anyone of his thought process.

The timing, of course, stinks. There’s no getting around that.

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