How far is too far?

[Patler]

What will that defensive passive/aggressive instinct do for him when he throws 4 interceptions and is attacked in the locker room, in public by the media, and the boos come by the thousands? Do those instincts tend more toward Ryan Leaf/Vince Young or toward one who has the perspecitive and deep inner-confidence to move forward toward greater success?

I don't think you can make a correlation between how he will handle legit, job related criticism to how he handles inappropriate questions that have nothing to do with his ability to play football.

When you are interviewing someone to whom you will be pay 10s of millions of dollars guaranteed, the questions are as much about the person, his character and his personality as they are about his ability to play football.

[hurleyfan]

Re: How far is too far?

When interviewing the niners, coach singeltary sent in a psychologist to analyze him more closely.

When asked about his parents divorce which occured while he was in high school, Stafford said he was fine, and asked "How much do I owe for the shrink bill".

Singletary was really mad about this and basically declared him undraftable for having a bad attitude.

Where'd you get this from?

[Partial]

WSSP. It's a true story.

[SnakeLH2006]

Re: How far is too far?

Matt Stafford aced the wonderlic and by all accounts seems like a decent guy.

When interviewing the niners, coach singeltary sent in a psychologist to analyze him more closely.

When asked about his parents divorce which occured while he was in high school, Stafford said he was fine, and asked "How much do I owe for the shrink bill".

Singletary was really mad about this and basically declared him undraftable for having a bad attitude.

How far is too far? Do you think its fair for these teams to ask these kids painful questions about their families, etc? Where does one draw the line?

Partial, what is your Wonderlic? I bet 2-1 I double your Wonderlic drunk. Just sayin....

[Packman_26]

What will that defensive passive/aggressive instinct do for him when he throws 4 interceptions and is attacked in the locker room, in public by the media, and the boos come by the thousands? Do those instincts tend more toward Ryan Leaf/Vince Young or toward one who has the perspecitive and deep inner-confidence to move forward toward greater success?

I don't think you can make a correlation between how he will handle legit, job related criticism to how he handles inappropriate questions that have nothing to do with his ability to play football.

When you are interviewing someone to whom you will be pay 10s of millions of dollars guaranteed, the questions are as much about the person, his character and his personality as they are about his ability to play football.

Agreed. None of those things have anything to do with his parents being divorced.

[Patler]

What will that defensive passive/aggressive instinct do for him when he throws 4 interceptions and is attacked in the locker room, in public by the media, and the boos come by the thousands? Do those instincts tend more toward Ryan Leaf/Vince Young or toward one who has the perspecitive and deep inner-confidence to move forward toward greater success?

I don't think you can make a correlation between how he will handle legit, job related criticism to how he handles inappropriate questions that have nothing to do with his ability to play football.

When you are interviewing someone to whom you will be pay 10s of millions of dollars guaranteed, the questions are as much about the person, his character and his personality as they are about his ability to play football.

Agreed. None of those things have anything to do with his parents being divorced.

Sure they can, depending on what is asked.