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All She Wants is...
For the
record…I didn’t recruit Amanda Kemezys. I inherited her.
She was an incoming freshman when I was the incoming
coach. I will not and can not take credit for the
foresight required in predicting the type of player she
was to become or the impact she would go on to make on
the women’s basketball program at Saint Louis
University.
Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, I will take
credit for tearing her down, making her cry, stripping
her of her confidence and at times pushing her to the
brink of premature extinction as a women’s basketball
player at Saint Louis University. And I will take great
pride in that…
We came into each other’s lives at the right time. She
was a lightly recruited 6’4 post player with soft hands
and a physique to match. She was a mothers dream. Amanda
was a polite, respectful, hardworking, Christian girl
who possessed an effervescent demeanor and optimistic
outlook on life in general. Like I said, Mothers Dream.
Translation: Coach’s Nightmare.
A
big kid who worked hard and with a ton of potential
should be MY DREAM! After all, you can’t coach size or
any other God Given attribute. Like soft hands, good
feet, toughness, killer instinct, competitive fire…or
can you? Can you?
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