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Message: [QUOTE="BillSU, post: 2320403"] bballbeadle You’re welcome! Say a bit more about his intensity in relation to? Buddy. I really can’t say how is intensity will affect Buddy. No one can until it happens on the court. He’s been playing at a high level for the City Rocks AAU team and has taken on the intensity of all his coaches and fans so far but no one will be as hard on him as his father – that, I can guarantee. I know Buddy has been raised, as we all can see, very well and has turned out a fine young man with great basketball skill both due to his upbringing by both Jim and Julie. I believe he will handle anything Jim could be in his face about, IMO. I am going to try and explain more this way. How he got here. Genetics and practice – out of your mind workouts like you’re going to die workouts. Those athletes out there will understand that. If you are born with talent it has to be developed or you’re in the middle and don’t get too far. I have two sons and a different relationship with both because they have two differently distinctly different personalities. My father was an Olympic 1500 meter long distance runner with a bachelors from NYU and a masters from Columbia. One thing his genes passed to me and on to the boys was a good mind that we had to develop but mostly athletics. We were all fortunate to receive this great gift not everyone does. All of us were all state athletes in high and prep school in either football, swimming, track or baseball. I walked on at SU and received a scholarship in football and my eldest played for Miami FL baseball and has a national championship ring. Those same kind of genetics Buddy and his brother has received from Jim’s father and Jim. But all of the above advantages you pay for as mentioned above and in very intense relationships when necessary. I was very hard on myself and both sons but Jim is a factor x 10 beyond me. Did I answer your question sufficiently well? [U]OT[/U] Jim enjoys good meals and would always expect us to know what the best restaurant in the area we were in at the end of his day. We would lean towards the better establishments. I had a list of those around the Hartford area and suburbs having eaten in many places we’d go. In private, Jim, at least at the many dinners we had after recruiting forays, is a totally different person. He would talk about the recruit minimally and keep what he thought about the kid to himself and then deflate have a drink and ask how I and my and his other friend from SU were. We of course wanted to talk BB but with respect to Jim we let it alone and watched and listened to him visibly, finally relax. It was always a good moment. GOSU! [/QUOTE]

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