If he spent his first significant time in Missoula in the summer, his discomfort might be understandable. During orientation, he would have been aroud campus with a bunch of other scared freshmen, who were staying with their parents at the Doubletree or the Campus Inn. During his recruiting visit, and his subsequent visit to watch the team play later that season, Missoula was packed with students, and at least a little lively. But in the summer when the students are gone, it's pretty dead. Now don't get me wrong. When I was at UM, I loved floating the Clark Fork in the summer and hitting the links in the warm weather. The quiet life didn't suit me, but it was attractive in it's own way. Now a kid from Kirkland... well let's be honest. He's a bus ride away from a major city. It couldn't have been easy to adapt when in his first week, he probably would have seen about as many people in town as one would find at a MENSA convention in Bozeman. For the record, people, that would be NONE!!! Ok, maybe two, but they moved there from Germany or something, and no one warned them what it would be like.
