Aston04 said:
Interesting article.
I'm not sure it's fair to say Turge "talked him into coming back." Sounds like Khris got Turge's input (which he would of course), but doesn't say much more than that. Mentions talking to family and friends too.
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"I would say I was close to 50-50," Middleton said. "I had a great year, but we got upset in the NCAA Tournament against Florida State. It was something I thought about for a while. I talked to my family about it. I talked to my friends. I talked to Coach Turgeon about it and then the decision was for me to come back. Everybody thought it was going to be best for me to come back. I could take a chance and leave, see what happens, but they felt like I really couldn't hurt my draft stock by waiting one more year."
Turgeon left Texas A&M for a new job at Maryland two days after Middleton's decision. "
"I talked to Coach Turgeon about it and then the decision was for me to come back."
I'm no saying he was the only input for the decision, but that statement clearly indicates that Turgeon encouraged his decision to come back. Not a big deal. In his situation, the right choice was to come back that was supported by hi family as well.