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Message: [QUOTE="Cuseregular, post: 5731710, member: 185"] yeah re friendship. Was part of team of 6 seniors that won a championship back in the stone age, consider them great friends but you know cuz of life.....talk maybe twice a year, see them maybe once a year on a good year. Again because of life. That's simply how it works with everyone pulled in what feels like a million different directions. But, again, still consider them great friends. As for Melo and Gmac, Now their friendship, whatever it is exactly gets re-calibrated a bit as Melo was always the top dog and now here we are years later the roles are reversed. Because these two are good centered people with concerns for others and can see the big picture beyond themselves, I have no doubt the two of them will negotiate that change without any issues. Watching these two grow and evolve has been a wonderful sociological experiment for the ages to watch. Melo's grad speech wasn't just a great grad speech, it's the BEST I've ever seen of the dozens I've seen in my academia centered world and life. So amazing to see him from the kid fighting to get words out to what he's become, so well spoken, so interesting, so funny, even so deep with his words (if you haven't seen that speech dig it up). Same for Gerry. He was off my radar for years, this year even before all this went down I paid close attention to how he carries himself, speaks, coaches, etc. (my friend lives that way so it was easy). Much like Melo I'm AMAZED at his evolution and development as a person, public figure and coach. Dude is ready for his moment(s). Hard to focus that athletic intensity into refocusing it on the factors associated with life career intensity as one tries to an achieve ones career goals, while simultaneously trying to keep some semblance of balance in one’s life everywhere else. It appears to me these two have mastered it already. Just amazing and I have no doubt they'll negotiate this new phase of their friendship to achieve continued success for themselves, and the good and cool thing, that success leads to our success with the program we all love. You get two winners in life like this with the elusive "it" quality to have had the success(es) they both already have achieved, first of all its rare, secondly it's gonna be amazing to see this bravo recreation and second coming of them both doing it here once more, no longer as players but in their new respective roles. All I can say is buckle up ladies and gents, it's gonna be a fun historic ride! Sign me up [/QUOTE]

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