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<blockquote data-quote="Thirteen Below" data-source="post: 1069469" data-attributes="member: 18006"><p>That's like my pattern when it comes to buying and selling cars. We never buy new; we buy used SUbarus 3-5 years old, and still under (or just a hair over) 100K. Then, 3-5 years later, we sell them and buy another one that's 3-5 years old - and we've never lost money. I've sold a couple of cars for as much as $2K more than we paid, and I think the worst we've done is break even on a car that had a blown head gasket. I still got as much as we'd paid when the head gasket was unblown.</p><p></p><p>------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>Anyway, though.... back on the topic of Micah Parsons...</p><p></p><p>Parsons, IMO, has had a couple of pretty stellar days here in Green Bay. He's not only rockin' the Casbah in practice, but he's had some really positive things to say about the difference between the organizational culture in Green Bay compared to Dallas. He was <em>deeply </em>impressed with the enormous differences between the lockerrooms and just the whole facilities, even on a technically "non-practice" day.</p><p></p><p>He showed up on an off-day Tuesday to get his injection, and was frankly amazed to see that almost the entire team was there, just finding things to do and things to work on. And even just "hang out" with one another. Said that would <em>never </em>happen in Dallas.</p><p></p><p>Well, actually, he said he'd never seen anything like it before, and since his only pro experience has been in Dallas, it pretty much means that in his experience, that would never happen in Dallas. As he spoke of it in a 15-minute "press conference", he was just in awe. Sounds like he really never quite fully understood how different things could be in NFL cities not named "Dallas Cowboys."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/micah-parsons-lauds-packers-culture-after-cowboys-trade-never-been-in-a-locker-room-with-guys-like-this/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Several of us (Tyni I'm almost sure, certainly Voyageur and Old School, think Pokerbrat, Heyjoe, and Weeds as well, and I know I'm leaving some people out because there were so many of us saying it) have all agreed that the fact that he has a reputation as a man who doesn't fit in with the locker room does not neccessarily mean that <em>he's </em>the reason the pieces don't fit together - maybe it's the organizational <em>culture </em>that is totally dysfuncional, and a player of his caliber is being held back by all the usual Cowboy ********.</p><p></p><p>Maybe he's just a guy who doesn't know how to make sense of the total chaos that is Dallas, but has just never seen what an actual <em>healthy </em>locker room feels like - until this week.</p><p></p><p>So here's the link to the article, and then I am going to edit in the link to his 14-minute sorta "press-conference". I highly recommend listening to it (even if it's just that you listen to the audio tab while watching cat videos, Russian dashcam car crashes, and whatever favorite flavor of **** you prefer,) but just listen to the guy speak. It's 14 minutes well-spent (especially since y'all are going to be watching videos of Russian cats crashing into trucks anyway while listening to it).</p><p></p><p>I think the man makes one hell of a first impression.</p><p></p><p>I had never seen him speak before, and I was really struck by how calm, low-key, articulate he was.... choosing his words carefully... he sounded every single minute of the video like a thoughtful, reasonable, deep-thinking man - humble, intelligent, complimentary, and just plain insightful.</p><p></p><p>Much of my impression on who and what this man was/is was based on the comments that made it into print the last few weeks. This interview really rattled my preconceptions of him. So I did a litte bit of googling, in search of his Wonderlic score, and found that it is not available.</p><p></p><p>But what I <em>did </em>find is that he completed a 4-year degree at Penn State in ciminal justice, with a 4.0 GPA. And he did it in just 4 years, while playing fulltime DI college football.</p><p></p><p>To put it into perspective, Penn State's criminal justice curriculum is not an "easy A" for jocks - it ain't art history. Only 35% of all enrollees graduate "on time" in 4 years, and the percentage of student <em>athletes </em>who accomplish that is certainly lower - especially fulltime college athletes who pull straight "A"s. This is not a major picked out by a jock who wants a career in professional sports; this is a guy who chose a very hard major, usually because he wants to be an FBI or homeland security agent, detective, investigator, etc. This is a man who wants to spend his lifetime after sports doing something extremely difficult and challenging, yet rewarding. Which says a lot right there.</p><p></p><p>As I said, only 1 in 3 graduate in 4 years, but 3 out of 4 need <em>6 years </em>to work their way through the program, and from what I can find, Penn State students who need 6 years to work it out generally weigh in at about 2.0 - a "C" average. Parsons pulled straight "A"s and floated through it.</p><p></p><p>His 14-minute session with reporters:</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]MqEznxIZYtA[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thirteen Below, post: 1069469, member: 18006"] That's like my pattern when it comes to buying and selling cars. We never buy new; we buy used SUbarus 3-5 years old, and still under (or just a hair over) 100K. Then, 3-5 years later, we sell them and buy another one that's 3-5 years old - and we've never lost money. I've sold a couple of cars for as much as $2K more than we paid, and I think the worst we've done is break even on a car that had a blown head gasket. I still got as much as we'd paid when the head gasket was unblown. ------------------------------------------------ Anyway, though.... back on the topic of Micah Parsons... Parsons, IMO, has had a couple of pretty stellar days here in Green Bay. He's not only rockin' the Casbah in practice, but he's had some really positive things to say about the difference between the organizational culture in Green Bay compared to Dallas. He was [I]deeply [/I]impressed with the enormous differences between the lockerrooms and just the whole facilities, even on a technically "non-practice" day. He showed up on an off-day Tuesday to get his injection, and was frankly amazed to see that almost the entire team was there, just finding things to do and things to work on. And even just "hang out" with one another. Said that would [I]never [/I]happen in Dallas. Well, actually, he said he'd never seen anything like it before, and since his only pro experience has been in Dallas, it pretty much means that in his experience, that would never happen in Dallas. As he spoke of it in a 15-minute "press conference", he was just in awe. Sounds like he really never quite fully understood how different things could be in NFL cities not named "Dallas Cowboys." [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/micah-parsons-lauds-packers-culture-after-cowboys-trade-never-been-in-a-locker-room-with-guys-like-this/[/URL] Several of us (Tyni I'm almost sure, certainly Voyageur and Old School, think Pokerbrat, Heyjoe, and Weeds as well, and I know I'm leaving some people out because there were so many of us saying it) have all agreed that the fact that he has a reputation as a man who doesn't fit in with the locker room does not neccessarily mean that [I]he's [/I]the reason the pieces don't fit together - maybe it's the organizational [I]culture [/I]that is totally dysfuncional, and a player of his caliber is being held back by all the usual Cowboy ********. Maybe he's just a guy who doesn't know how to make sense of the total chaos that is Dallas, but has just never seen what an actual [I]healthy [/I]locker room feels like - until this week. So here's the link to the article, and then I am going to edit in the link to his 14-minute sorta "press-conference". I highly recommend listening to it (even if it's just that you listen to the audio tab while watching cat videos, Russian dashcam car crashes, and whatever favorite flavor of **** you prefer,) but just listen to the guy speak. It's 14 minutes well-spent (especially since y'all are going to be watching videos of Russian cats crashing into trucks anyway while listening to it). I think the man makes one hell of a first impression. I had never seen him speak before, and I was really struck by how calm, low-key, articulate he was.... choosing his words carefully... he sounded every single minute of the video like a thoughtful, reasonable, deep-thinking man - humble, intelligent, complimentary, and just plain insightful. Much of my impression on who and what this man was/is was based on the comments that made it into print the last few weeks. This interview really rattled my preconceptions of him. So I did a litte bit of googling, in search of his Wonderlic score, and found that it is not available. But what I [I]did [/I]find is that he completed a 4-year degree at Penn State in ciminal justice, with a 4.0 GPA. And he did it in just 4 years, while playing fulltime DI college football. To put it into perspective, Penn State's criminal justice curriculum is not an "easy A" for jocks - it ain't art history. Only 35% of all enrollees graduate "on time" in 4 years, and the percentage of student [I]athletes [/I]who accomplish that is certainly lower - especially fulltime college athletes who pull straight "A"s. This is not a major picked out by a jock who wants a career in professional sports; this is a guy who chose a very hard major, usually because he wants to be an FBI or homeland security agent, detective, investigator, etc. This is a man who wants to spend his lifetime after sports doing something extremely difficult and challenging, yet rewarding. Which says a lot right there. As I said, only 1 in 3 graduate in 4 years, but 3 out of 4 need [I]6 years [/I]to work their way through the program, and from what I can find, Penn State students who need 6 years to work it out generally weigh in at about 2.0 - a "C" average. Parsons pulled straight "A"s and floated through it. His 14-minute session with reporters: [MEDIA=youtube]MqEznxIZYtA[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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