“I had worked with the younger boys in his age group, the 9 to 12s, and he was a very, very good player, very technical,” Chamberlain said. “Then the rest of them shot up, and he didn’t and he couldn’t do what he did at 10 or 11. People get impatient. We had meetings, and he was the last one chosen. There was a triallist at one game and at one meeting they said the triallist was as good. I was surprised, disappointed, perplexed. But they agreed to take him.”