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Ex-player to lead GSU's rebuilding effort

By Mark Schlabach
ESPN.com

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

During his 15 seasons as an assistant coach, Charlton Young would often tell his players they had to prepare for life after college basketball. "I tried to tell these McDonald's All-Americans that nobody cares," Young said. "I always told them to prepare themselves for after basketball. I told them, 'You're not Martin Luther King. You're not Nelson Mandela. You didn't find a cure for cancer. You're a basketball player, and when you're done, they're going to replace you with somebody else. Th ...

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