Question shocks draft prospect

[LL2]

Perhaps they should have players do some type of Truth or Dare gameshow format. I'm sure the ratings would be good.

[KYPack]

We've got quite a few posters who have been in a corporate environment. In a basic interview, questions about sex, sexual preference, religion, age, and all kinds of other shit are strictly verboten and can get your company sued like crazy if asked.

I also have personal knowlege of all kinds of stuff that's illegal to ask candidate actually asked in informal interviews when execs are down to the final two, or whatever.

It's a wierd world, but these questions this kid was asked are way over the line.

[Deputy Nutz]

I would have politely told that the interview was finished and walked out. I don't need that shit, there are 31 other teams out there, I will take my chances. I would have a hard time going through the combine and the whole draft process, hell I don't think the CIA screens as in depth as NFL GMs.

[Deputy Nutz]

NFL GM: "When was the last time you cheated on your girlfriend?"

Player: "A week ago, with your wife."

[sheepshead]

He's 22 years old--who cares!?? Too young to settle down anyway, besides, I dont necessarily want a boyscout as a linebacker.

[KYPack]

Oh, yeah.

I think "with your mom" would be totally appropriate response to an asshole question like that.

[SkinBasket]

Don't forget all the hoopla about teams hiring PIs to follow these guys. Could be the team knew something he didn't think they knew about what he was doing last week.

[Partial]

He's 22 years old--who cares!?? Too young to settle down anyway, besides, I dont necessarily want a boyscout as a linebacker.

It reflects on their priorities in life. If I was GM, I would steer clear of this player. You think AJ Hawk is out doing this stuff? What about Kampman? Favre managed to pull it off because he is a once in a lifetime type guy. I would steer clear of these types of character.

[sharpe1027]

I guess they should start removing a bunch of current and future hall-of-famers for cheating on their girlfriends back in college.

[Guiness]

Oh, yeah.

I think "with your mom" would be totally appropriate response to an asshole question like that.

While you'd be patting yourself on the back for years for coming up with that on the spot, it would likely cost you several million dollars.

Face it - it's an altered reality these guys are dealing with. Although I've walked out of an interview (with Honda) because I felt insulted, there were a lot of fish in the sea...not just 32.

[Partial]

I guess they should start removing a bunch of current and future hall-of-famers for cheating on their girlfriends back in college.

I think we can all agree that it is a different era where there is for more things an athlete can partake in to ruin his/her or their respective team's image.

[The Leaper]

Face it - it's an altered reality these guys are dealing with. Although I've walked out of an interview (with Honda) because I felt insulted, there were a lot of fish in the sea...not just 32.

And Honda probably wasn't about to offer you a seven figure check to sign on either.

The question is more about stimulating a response and judging the character and intelligence of the player from that response. I don't really think any teams consider cheating on a girlfriend as a reason to take someone off a draft board.

[Patler]

Questions like that are asked not so much for the answer, but for how the respondent handles the questions. These are not simple employer/employee situations. I suspect that potential first and second round picks were asked different questions than guys who had no chance of being selected on the first day. I doubt that the team who asked cared one bit about whether or not he had cheated on his girlfriend. They were most interested in his reaction.

The clubs are looking at investing millions and sometimes tens of millions of dollars in these people. The first round picks are subjected to immediate media scrutiny and interrogations. The media may ask questions just as bad, or worse depending on the team he goes to. An interview like that can prepare the player as much as inform the team about how he will handle those types of situations.

If that question bothered him a lot, he better hope that he isn't drafted by the Giants, Jets, Eagles or a number of other locations where the press is much more ruthless than what we are accustomed to at Packer press conferences.

[sharpe1027]

I think we can all agree that it is a different era where there is for more things an athlete can partake in to ruin his/her or their respective team's image.

Yeah, there are so many stories breaking about athletes cheating on there college girl/boyfriends. You are right, that must be a crucial factor in his/her respective team's image.

Don't generalize the issue to try and support the specific facts here.

I think most of us can agree that for a person we know only through television, their girlfriend situation really isn't our business. If you disagree, there are plenty of gossip magazines you can turn to.

[MadtownPacker]

I guess they should start removing a bunch of current and future hall-of-famers for cheating on their girlfriends back in college.

I think we can all agree that it is a different era where there is for more things an athlete can partake in to ruin his/her or their respective team's image.

Yeah I can agree with that.

But this question in itself is bullshit. When was the last time a player got suspended for cheating on his wife? The questions about drugs and violence are legit. Those things will affect the team. Maybe this question says a lot about character but I wouldn't answer it regardless of was I was doing.

I have no problem with how they phrase the questions. IF you give a stupid answer that is on your dumbass.