KYPack
08-06-2009, 10:09 AM
This really showed me something about Hawk...
From GBPG:
On the eve of an organized team activity — a voluntary event — in June, Hawk found himself stranded in the Minneapolis airport, his flight canceled and all the rental car counters closed for the night. Surely, the Packers linebacker would just call coach Mike McCarthy, explain the situation and miss the next day’s workout. After all, it was optional.
Not Hawk. At 12:30 a.m., he and his wife went to the taxi stand.
“I didn’t think they’d go that far,” Hawk said. “But I asked them, ‘What’s the farthest they’ll go?’ They said, ‘As far as you want.’ And I said, ‘How about Green Bay?’ He realized I played (for the Packers), and said OK.”
The fare? A cool $1,000.
“We got home at 6 a.m., and I had to run in and get the checkbook,” Hawk said. “I cut it close because I had to be (at Lambeau Field) at 6:30 (a.m.), and it worked out.”
When asked why Hawk didn’t just skip the OTA, he said, “Every day is big for us with our installation of the new defense, so I didn’t want to miss anything. I was tired, but after practice was over, I felt fine.”
The NFL Players Association reimbursed Hawk for his cab fare because he had spent that weekend at an NFLPA-sponsored event in New York.
“But I would have done it anyway,” Hawk said. “It would have been a write-off at least, wouldn’t it?”
Hawk didn't have to do this, but he did the tought thing to help the team.
Guy's a hard worker and I think it will pay off this year.
From GBPG:
On the eve of an organized team activity — a voluntary event — in June, Hawk found himself stranded in the Minneapolis airport, his flight canceled and all the rental car counters closed for the night. Surely, the Packers linebacker would just call coach Mike McCarthy, explain the situation and miss the next day’s workout. After all, it was optional.
Not Hawk. At 12:30 a.m., he and his wife went to the taxi stand.
“I didn’t think they’d go that far,” Hawk said. “But I asked them, ‘What’s the farthest they’ll go?’ They said, ‘As far as you want.’ And I said, ‘How about Green Bay?’ He realized I played (for the Packers), and said OK.”
The fare? A cool $1,000.
“We got home at 6 a.m., and I had to run in and get the checkbook,” Hawk said. “I cut it close because I had to be (at Lambeau Field) at 6:30 (a.m.), and it worked out.”
When asked why Hawk didn’t just skip the OTA, he said, “Every day is big for us with our installation of the new defense, so I didn’t want to miss anything. I was tired, but after practice was over, I felt fine.”
The NFL Players Association reimbursed Hawk for his cab fare because he had spent that weekend at an NFLPA-sponsored event in New York.
“But I would have done it anyway,” Hawk said. “It would have been a write-off at least, wouldn’t it?”
Hawk didn't have to do this, but he did the tought thing to help the team.
Guy's a hard worker and I think it will pay off this year.