A Look Inside the Pre-Draft Interview

[MTK]

They show videos on MTV?

[SmootSmack]

“The world will not stop and think- it never does, it is not its way; its way is to generalize from a single sample”

“We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.”

“I realize that I'm generalizing here, but as is often the case when I generalize, I don't care.”

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

“The world will not stop and think- it never does, it is not its way; its way is to generalize from a single sample”

“We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.”

“I realize that I'm generalizing here, but as is often the case when I generalize, I don't care.”

While that all sounds nice and dandy, the quote has more fluff than truth in it. Its not an assumption. Bad is more contagious than good. Thousands of years of human history have proven it. Its why wars have been fought since the the beginning of recorded history and continue to be fought today. That doesn't really apply to the topic we're discussing, though.

When people or companies are trying to decide whether or not they want to enter into a contract with someone, whether its for a job, a mortgage, or a marriage, they evaluate the person and their background, and they do so against a context. its part of a process to evaluate risk. do the potential benefits outweigh the risk of personal or financial disaster?

[SmootSmack]

We're not ever going to agree on this, so no need to continue to waste everyone else's time

[MTK]

Even before a team sits down with a player they have a book worth of info on the guy. I just don't see where this line of questioning is necessary or beneficial to either side.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Even before a team sits down with a player they have a book worth of info on the guy. I just don't see where this line of questioning is necessary or beneficial to either side.

as i said in my post, ireland probably knew the answer to the question itself before asking it - what he was interested in was how bryant responded to the question. it was a psychological test, one not much different than those asked by every other team. except that a lot of people feel that mothers should be off-limits.

[dblanch66]

This all distracts away from the fact that he (Bryant) is kind of a douche. And even more relevant is the fact that he plays for Scarecrow and Dallas. I hope he fails. Dallas sucks.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

as i said in my post, ireland probably knew the answer to the question itself before asking it - what he was interested in was how bryant responded to the question. it was a psychological test, one not much different than those asked by every other team. except that a lot of people feel that mothers should be off-limits.

The situation could have been approached more tactfully, not exactly the best way to start off a potential professional relationship.

[over the mountain]

the only thing i find interesting is that we have two people in a room, with two different versions of what was said.

one of them is lying. flat out lying.

i hope its dez. i hope this "interview" fiasco is just the tip of the iceberg for his nfl career.

this may just be an isolated incident in which dez is involved in an innocent mix up.

or it might be that dez, who seemingly from the article SS posted, has had alot of these "misunderstandings" with authorities or answering questions or being accountable or being able to accept that he is not infallable.

or maybe ireland is just a jerk who just popped the "so your moms a prostitute" out of nowhere.

dez bryant has all the tell-tale signs of being an unfortunate misunderstood adam pacman jones.

im not casting a stone either way, but given his reputation of having off-field issues coming into the draft, does it surprise anyone that that same player is the only new draftee with a "misunderstanding" and off-field before he even put on a cowboy uniform?

like i said, dez could have just been an innocent victim to a tactless old white guy or this could just be another incident in a long line of past and future incidental misunderstandings.

i really just find the lying part intriguing. one of them is 100% lying.