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<blockquote data-quote="Starr To Dowler" data-source="post: 791608" data-attributes="member: 12707"><p>Another sad footnote to this episode; they just released video of him after he jumped out of the ambulance the day he had his incident. Looks the cops did a terrific job talking him down and defusing the situation.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2799321-police-video-shows-everson-griffen-after-jumping-from-ambulance" target="_blank">https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2799321-police-video-shows-everson-griffen-after-jumping-from-ambulance</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This cat is way overdue for a break at this point, and I hope he gets it soon. I just can't help wondering if he's getting the right kind of advice from the people he's close to. I hate to sound cynical, but we've all seen from time to time situations where young, star athletes with emotional or psychological difficulties get guidance from people who may not necessarily have the athlete's best interests at heart - friends who want to protect their seat on the gravy train, family members who see the athlete as a retirement fund, etc. I'm not saying there's any reason to think that's what's happening here, but we've seen it happen in the past, and how this poor dude comes of this may largely depend on whether he has the right people around him telling him the right things.</p><p></p><p>Ya know, I almost hate to bring this up.... and I'm not saying it out of disrespect for Griffen or any other individual who's suffering with personal issues... but has anyone else noticed how often things of this general nature seem to happen to Vikings, as opposed to most other teams (especially the Packers)? OK, yeah, we had Closet Crapping Man (whatever the heck his name was), but has there ever been another team in the history of the NFL that has had more players with... mmm.... atypical personality issues than the Minnesotas? Dimitrious Underwood, Percy Harvin, Herschel Walker and his multiple personality disorder, Keith "My Arms Are Stronger Than Your Guns" Millard, the never-ending parade of DWI guys.... I dunno, it just seems sometimes as though we Packer fans have been lucky - as though we've been kind of living in an insulated world.</p><p></p><p>I don't want to kick Griffen when he's down, or even kick the Vikings when they're down - my number one concern is that the guy pulls it together and turns things around - but am I outta line remarking on why this sort of thing always seems to happen on that side of the St. Croix? Is there something about the psychological screening process that weeds these players out before they get to Green Bay, and that the Vikings do differently than we do? It can't be just blind luck, can it? I'm genuinely curious about this, and having spent most of my adult life living in Minnesota and hearing the constant litany of KFAN stories on weird behavior by the Purples, I'm just baffled by it. How does this seem to keep happening?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Starr To Dowler, post: 791608, member: 12707"] Another sad footnote to this episode; they just released video of him after he jumped out of the ambulance the day he had his incident. Looks the cops did a terrific job talking him down and defusing the situation. [URL]https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2799321-police-video-shows-everson-griffen-after-jumping-from-ambulance[/URL] This cat is way overdue for a break at this point, and I hope he gets it soon. I just can't help wondering if he's getting the right kind of advice from the people he's close to. I hate to sound cynical, but we've all seen from time to time situations where young, star athletes with emotional or psychological difficulties get guidance from people who may not necessarily have the athlete's best interests at heart - friends who want to protect their seat on the gravy train, family members who see the athlete as a retirement fund, etc. I'm not saying there's any reason to think that's what's happening here, but we've seen it happen in the past, and how this poor dude comes of this may largely depend on whether he has the right people around him telling him the right things. Ya know, I almost hate to bring this up.... and I'm not saying it out of disrespect for Griffen or any other individual who's suffering with personal issues... but has anyone else noticed how often things of this general nature seem to happen to Vikings, as opposed to most other teams (especially the Packers)? OK, yeah, we had Closet Crapping Man (whatever the heck his name was), but has there ever been another team in the history of the NFL that has had more players with... mmm.... atypical personality issues than the Minnesotas? Dimitrious Underwood, Percy Harvin, Herschel Walker and his multiple personality disorder, Keith "My Arms Are Stronger Than Your Guns" Millard, the never-ending parade of DWI guys.... I dunno, it just seems sometimes as though we Packer fans have been lucky - as though we've been kind of living in an insulated world. I don't want to kick Griffen when he's down, or even kick the Vikings when they're down - my number one concern is that the guy pulls it together and turns things around - but am I outta line remarking on why this sort of thing always seems to happen on that side of the St. Croix? Is there something about the psychological screening process that weeds these players out before they get to Green Bay, and that the Vikings do differently than we do? It can't be just blind luck, can it? I'm genuinely curious about this, and having spent most of my adult life living in Minnesota and hearing the constant litany of KFAN stories on weird behavior by the Purples, I'm just baffled by it. How does this seem to keep happening? [/QUOTE]
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