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From another board. Holy shit...
Originally posted by KimEnglish:
I thank him every day to my self. Well more so I thank God that he left!! Crazy how circumstance is. If Mike would have stayed I would have 1) Kept my name in the draft, went undrafted and would be miserable playing basketball in Istanbul somewhere. 2) Transfered and been about to start my senior season at some other school. He left so I got to stay and finish my career and education at the place that I love more than any place on earth. He left, so I was blessed to be coached and mentored by the best coach I could have ever imagined having in Frank Haith. I got to learn and be Obsessive about my preparation for games with the best Game prep and player development staff I've ever seen in this business. I got to finish my career the right way and now am living my life long dream and 2 weeks away from my first training camp and my first NBA season. I'm a forgiving soul, well kinda. I'm thankful Melvin Watkins and Mike Anderson recruited me to Columbia. I'm blessed to have known his staff and their wives and kids. I truly love all of them. But the thing that I am most thankful for... Is that Mike Anderson left for Arkansas. I'm so blessed for that decision he made. All the sleepless, miserable nights of my junior year. All the unpreparedness going into games. All my unconfident nights my junior year. I wouldn't trade them for the world. It taught me so much. And molded me into a better person. When he left. I got my team back. The division in that 2010-11 team left right out the door with him. And it showed in our play last season. So if I saw him at the golf tournament. I would've said "Thank you" as well. But I wouldve said thanks for leaving my school!
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