New Team!

Hey everyone. Sorry for the absence of new posts on my blog. I have been trying to decide which direction to take my career. And I have finally decided...

After turning down a few basketball job offers that did not catch my attention, I have decided to sign with a team in Poland. After leaving Pavia I was waiting for the right offer to come along and not just dive into something too fast. So after much deliberation I accepted a job from the team Anwil Wloclawek. Don't try to sound that last part out...trust me...I have asked my teammates 100 times how to say it and I STILL can't pronounce it correctly.

So I am now living in Wloclawek, Poland. Anwil is the sponsor. The team currently is in second place in the top league in Poland. What interested me about this team is that they have a winning tradition, a good fan base, and great facilities. This team also had offered me a job before the season started and I was very close to taking the job then instead of going to Italy. The Pavia job and this Anwil job were my final two possibilities that I had to choose between. So luckily, it seems, the team still wanted me after I left my Italian team.

I signed the contract a few days ago and flew out here. I even brought my parka with me as Poland can get quite cold. It is not as cold as MN or ND, but it is definitely not too far behind. The past fews days I have spent getting to know the coaches and my teammates and getting settled into my apartment. We have had several practices already and I like everything so far. Coach here is an intense guy and really wants his players to go hard all day. I don't mind the hard work, so this shouldn't be a problem. The head coach doesn't speak English so the assistant coach translates for us at practice.

The team website is: http://www.wtkanwil.com.pl/ if you want to check it out.

This picture below is of me and the coaches talking when I first arrived in Wloclawek.