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Originally Posted by Cincinnatibuck
I don't see anything wrong. His main goal was to get college paid for. You don't just get a scholarship for playing on the team. I would have to believe he knew that with hard work, determination, and committment he would be putting himself in a postion to EARN a scholarship.
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This will be my last post on this because I don't want to hijack the thread further. I think it is great that Greg worked hard and made it so his parents don't have to pay for college.
My one worry (based solely on the interview and no inside info at all) is that maybe he only worked hard at football for the scholarship and that he doesn't really love the sport. As an analogy, say a guy is drafted into the NFL. He doesn't do much his first 3 years. He isn't "feeling it" as Greg said when he quit the team early in his career. But, come that 4th year, his contract year, he really turns it on and has a great year. He comes out and says his goal was to get a big contract to support his family. That is all well and good, but in that situation, I would have concerns that my favorite team would sign him to big money and he would go back to not really caring about football because his goal of getting the big contract (or school paid for) has already been accomplished.
Let's compare a player from a similar academic background, Anthony Gonzalez out of Ignatius was also a great kid and great at academics. But, he also loved the game of football (he slept in that ridiculous tent even). Can you imagine Gonzo quitting his high school team because he just wasn't into football?
In short, that is why I viewed the interview in a negative light. It didn't diminish my view of his character or anything of the sort. It just made me worry that he isn't the type of kid who loves football to the extent thate he will give his all to improve and be a winner in the same way Gonzo did.