What are your thoughts on this interesting tale?
Less than three years ago, Pittsnogle was an all-American senior averaging 19.3 points who led West Virginia to the 2006 regional semifinals. He expected to be chosen in the N.B.A draft. He was not.
Now, at 24, he is a middle school teacher in his hometown. He is also an unpaid assistant coach for a high school basketball team. He bowls in leagues three nights a week and occasionally plays bingo at Big Bucks Bingo. His wife, Heather, is a bank teller. They have two children and live in a double-wide trailer, and together they wonder how much appetite they have for uprooting their lives again so Pittsnogle can have one more chance at a basketball career.
His more immediate concern is to graduate special education students into regular classes.
You are who you choose to be.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/sport ... .html?_r=2
My thoughts- good for him. I do not really feel that the overwhelming pressure to succeed in the pros is necessarily something that he should be forced into. If he wants to enjoy his family life etc, he is entirely within his rights and no one should tell him otherwise. If it was me and I had that sort of talent, I would probably work at it. (but that's because I love the game)