Alright, so y’all wanna know ’bout this JaMarcus Russell fella and his Wonderlic, huh? Well, lemme tell ya, I ain’t no fancy scholar or nothin’, but I can sure tell ya what I heard ’round the way.
This Wonderlic thing, from what I gather, it’s some kinda test they give these football fellas. Like them brain teasers they put in the newspapers sometimes, only maybe a bit harder, I reckon. They say it’s supposed to tell ya how smart a fella is, whether he can think on his feet and all that. But honestly, I ain’t so sure about that. Some of the smartest folks I know can’t hardly read, and some of them book-smart ones couldn’t find their way outta a paper bag.
Anyway, this JaMarcus Russell, he was a big deal, a real hotshot quarterback. Folks was sayin’ he was gonna be the next big thing, win all sorts of championships and such. But things didn’t quite work out that way, did they? Nope, not at all. He kinda fizzled out, like a wet firecracker. And now everybody’s pointin’ fingers and lookin’ for reasons why.
- Some say he just wasn’t dedicated enough.
- Some say he had too much money and too many distractions.
- And then there’s this Wonderlic score, folks keep bringin’ it up like it’s the gospel truth.
Now, I heard tell he got a 24 on that test. Twenty-four! Is that good? Is that bad? Heck if I know. They say some other fella, Pat McInally, got a perfect score, a 50! Fifty! That’s a whole lotta points, ain’t it? But did that make him a better football player? I dunno. Football’s about throwin’ the ball, catchin’ the ball, and runnin’ real fast, not answerin’ no silly questions, if you ask me.
They got all these leaked scores floatin’ around, apparently. Seems like somebody’s always snoopin’ around where they shouldn’t be. But like I said, I don’t put too much stock in them numbers. You can have all the brains in the world, but if you ain’t got the heart and the hustle, you ain’t gonna amount to much on that football field.
And from what I hear, JaMarcus, he could make plays alright. He could throw that ball a country mile, and he could run pretty good too. So maybe that Wonderlic score ain’t the whole story. Maybe there’s more to it than that. Maybe it’s just a bunch of hooey.
Heck, I heard even some of them famous quarterbacks, like that Jim Kelly and Dan Marino fellas, they didn’t score so high neither. And they did alright, didn’t they? Won a bunch of games and made a lotta money. So it just goes to show ya, numbers ain’t everything. You gotta look at the whole picture, not just one little piece of it.
These Wonderlic questions, they sound mighty strange to me. They say they’re abstract, whatever that means. Sounds like a bunch of gobbledygook if you ask me. And how that’s supposed to tell you if a fella can throw a football, I’ll never understand. It is hard to see what it has to do with football and its hard to see if there’s a real connection between doin’ good on that there test and bein’ good on the football field.
So, if you ask me, all this fuss about JaMarcus Russell’s Wonderlic score is just a bunch of hot air. It’s easy to look back and point fingers when things don’t work out, but life ain’t that simple. Sometimes things just don’t go your way, no matter how smart you are or how hard you try. And that’s just the way it is.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go make some supper. All this talk about football and tests has made me hungry. And let me tell you, a good home-cooked meal is worth more than any fancy test score, that’s for sure.
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