Coco basically served as my mentor for several seasons, I learned a lot from his method during his tenure as U21 manager. Jelme and I worked together very well in Season 15, his last season as U21 manager, and he continued to offer good advice this season. Brian, Coco, and Jelme deserve a lot of credit for helping build the NT program as well.
Oriolekid, SherlockH, jfriske, korey, panic, mfork, rcosta, cws, Champ, coachperp, smallfrie, OSU, darkjester and Bfiddy all were a part of our staff during my term. I can’t thank these guys enough for their hard work. There are so many more to thank. The managers of some of our players, wharvey, FatCurry, czobo, Harper, SM, Calum, Charles, and many more who have and are currently training NT/U21 prospects. Peluin, Azariah, magiker, boss, Stauder, gologol, moflaffle, Jflores, Wanted Outlaws, Wahoowa, coolbob, Sleet, zeke, etc etc and the list goes on.
I‘ve had some crazy adventures with all of these people in both Canada and Poland, some memories I’ll never forget, others I’ll never remember, but now I am going to head home. I‘m not going away, I will continue to work to improve the National Team roster for the next several seasons and contribute in any way I am needed. I will not rest until the US brings home the Worlds Championship.
Thank you everyone for your support.”
I walked away from the media table without answering any further questions and headed back to the arena carrying our semifinal trophy. On the court I was surprised to see that namssor was running drills with Joe Bronson, Paul Owens and NT prospect Lorenzo Bland. Bland flew in from the US to experience practicing with the team.
I sat in the lower deck, resisting the temptation to run onto the court to yell at Bronson. As I watched them practice, I thought about the future of the US National Team, and finally I pulled out my phone, and placed a bet on the United States.