Jacksonville Jaguars Seeking All-Star Wives, Finding ‘Link Between Good Football Players and Stable Marriages’
- Posted on April 14, 2012 at 6:22pm by
Erica Ritz
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(NewsCore) The process NFL Teams use to evaluate talent is a pressure-packed and grueling one. Right now, as teams look for free agents to fill key holes on their rosters, they’re sifting through thousands of pages of scouting reports and dozens of hours of video to find the perfect fit.
There’s one team that thinks it has hit on a smart strategy for identifying the best free agents on the market: They look for players with great wives.
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When NFL receiver Laurent Robinson was starting his free-agent tour last month, he assumed all his visits would be like any other. He’d show up alone, talk to team officials about his playing style and maybe his 40-yard-dash time before discussing contract terms. Then the Jacksonville Jaguars called.
“I never planned to go,” said Robinson’s wife, Kat. “They asked him to bring me. We’ve been in the league five years; I never knew of anything like that. They said, ‘We want your wife to come.’”
As far back as Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe, athlete marriages have mostly been a source of entertainment and scandal. But the top members of Jacksonville’s brain trust have drawn a link between good football players and stable marriages. Jaguars general manager Gene Smith said he borrowed the idea from college recruiting, where a parent is always involved, but simply shifted the focus from parents to wives.
Shahid Khan, the Jaguars’ new owner, who made his fortune in auto-parts manufacturing, said he had the idea because he tries to meet all of the spouses of his employees. He said he has retreats in which his employees are encouraged to bring their spouses. Khan figured some of the things needed to be a solid player — like staying after practice or putting in extra work — require a stable home environment. The team’s new coach, Mike Mularkey, spoke with Smith about the importance of a good family life during his interview process and just like that, a new NFL personnel theory was born.
“If you’re happy at home with your wife at home, I think the energy level is higher,” Mularkey said. “It’s very important to me … There’s a lot that goes with being married. I just believe the happier you are with your wife, the happier you are on the field. I really believe that.”
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donaldchar
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 6:21pm“…a link between good (fill in the blank) and stable marriages…” D’uhh! How was this ancient discovery made recently?
Report Post »rfycom
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:27pmDefine stable marriage
Report Post »gsp9993
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 5:00pmThat phrase could have several meanings
Report Post »jonnyd_94
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 12:12pmThis is why the Jaguars are considered one of the worst franchises in the NFL
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 2:09pmAren’t you the petty one?
Report Post »jonnyd_94
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 2:30pmthey should be worrying more about putting together a structure of success within the organization. Worrying about spouses that you get a snapshot of when signing free agents is a joke. But, so are the Jags so I guess it makes sense
Report Post »VTPatriot44
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:20pmIt’s a new owner with a new coach and entirely different front office introducing a new process. There is no way to judge it a success or failure at this point because not one game has been played nor a practice been held where any potential impact can be judged. That being said, I can tell you from extensive experience managing people that the more stable the person’s home life the higher the probability that they will be reliable and productive employee. It’s not a guarantee of success, neither is it a guarantee of failure if you have a lousy home life, but there is an awful strong correllation.
Report Post »Eraldo NY Tea Party
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:08amGod bless.
Oh my Lord, this means that tradiotinal marriage, being raised by a family with morals and values produce good sons is true! —- But they told us that “ it is the same” —-
guess what, it is NOT!
Welcome back to the reality
Jesus save
Report Post »LukeAppling
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 10:44amIf you love your wife and family you are a better person and a better employee-DUH! Look at Alec
Report Post »Baldwin, Charlie Sheen, Bill Maher, Keith olbermann, Jesse Jackson, Bill Clinton, Al
Gore and so many others that mistreat women, children, co-workers and strangers you can see how unhappy they are behind the fascade.Tim Tebow and Bubba Watson are examples of good men doing good things to others without malice to anyone who wouldn’t want to have them as a friend?
cdavis411
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 8:25amthat’s a Dave Ramsey technique. The spouse interview (aka dinner with the spouses).
Report Post »SHOWMESTATEGUY
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:27amWhy do generations of people have to relearn the truth of life over and over again? Maybe because in today’s unionized, liberalized, democratic party driven education system sex is more important than history.
If they taught more world history in the unionized, liberalized, democratic party driven education system of this country, then maybe we wouldn’t be in this sad state as a nation.
Sorry about that, the good health of this nation is not even on the unionized, liberaized, democratic party driven agenda.
Report Post »lassiegirldawn
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 10:19pmGee someone is finally noticing that good morals and family life has their perks? Somehow Obama will find a way to say this is not constitutional.
Report Post »Puddle Duck
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 12:33amNew england figured that out when Robert kraft took over nearly 20 year ago….the last 12 years has been proof of that models sucess with 3 Super rings and 5 appearances in the big game. If luck had gone thier way they could have been in the big game 7 or 8 times with 6 wins. It’s a remarkable testament to hard work, family values and treating poeple right (provided they earn that right).
Report Post »lessoneleg
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:39pmA prior healthy upbringing teaches these young men that a stable relationship learned previously at the family home leads to a healthy relationship with a future spouse. When you have a foundation put in place long before being a professional sports player will mean a happy professional team player later on. But the sad reality is, most of these young men who are extremely gifted athletes honed their skills not in healthy environments. They don’t respect their potential spouses or even girlfriends. Huge money came easy, and spent even easier. Nobody ever said no to them, except court judges, and court officers. Pretty sad story professional football players being so devoid of family understanding.
Report Post »Now on the other hand, the NHL has Dad’s travel with the team to games. To be part of the team, everything. the bond between player and family in the NHL is a blessing. Maybe the NFL should do what the NHL has been doing. Solidifying the family of the player to the team.
marine249
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:30pmHey N.F.L. “ dah”
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:19pmLove the comments. You all make me smile and even laugh out loud some times.
The basic, necessary ingredient for a STABLE, HAPPY, WHOLESOME, REJUVENATING, OVER- THE -TOP MARRIAGE is a relationship with JESUS CHRIST. Nothing else and no one else works like the KING OF KINGS in keeping HIS kids together. It’s a three-strand chord, y’all. And HE makes it work when either of the humans involved would rather trash the whole deal or just walk away. HE, JESUS THE CHRIST, is THE GLUE that holds real marriages together.
Report Post »Coonrapids
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:04pmDo back men ever marry black women? What a slap in the face to their race. Black women are too ugly to marry, is that the story they want to tell the young black kids?
Report Post »Bowlz
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:12pmCoon: What does that have to do with anything? Is that all you see is color? How about the color of blood? It’s red, for all of us. Get over it and move on.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 11:25pmMy BFF is a beautiful Black woman. She’s married to a White man as is one of her 3 gorgeous daughters. You obviously have never really looked at Black women other than the ones cast as the “ho” on some dumb crime show.
Report Post »tak123123
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 12:34pmgrow up
Report Post »VTPatriot44
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:31pmProgressive troll?
Report Post »G.E.R
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:45pmThis is a first Blaze readers actually agree with a man who is possibly a Muslim.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:26pmThat is assuming you keep the husbands from straying while they are on the road. I think you need to curb that first and then work on getting good marriages between player and wife. If you have the latter without keeping the 1st in check, kiss that happy player and marriage goodbye.
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:34pmTo add alittle to Paul Newman‘s comment about why he didn’t cheat….“why go out for hamburger when you have steak at home”…..Guess the ladies need to make sure to “stay-steak-ee” & don’t become a “frozen-dinner”.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 11:27pmIt’s about learning to communicate. If you can really talk to your spouse abt all of life, you have a working marriage. Sex is the fun part.
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:21pmMakes sense to me. Hey, look at the great marriages of Nas-car drivers…..WINNERS!
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:21pmNon-vow breakers = persons of good moral character = reliable hard-workers = people who are an asset, not a liability, to any of their employers. I think this doesn’t only apply to pro football players, but to workers in general.
Report Post »pilgrim2497
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:10pmThe strength of Nick Saban’s marriage helps make him a great coach. The Petrino mess shows what can happer otherwise.
Report Post »VoteRightDammit
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:10pmIsn’t it ILLEGAL to use the words “wife, wives, husbands, spouses. etc” ?
I thought we were MANDATED, under penalty of federal imprisonment, to only use the term “partner” …
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:08pmYea,,,The bad boys at Oakland havent done well with those dark side worshipping fans. The Cowboys fell when they started the bad boy bullcrap. They still havent recovered. Maybe a good woman will settle them down like it did me. She is a bad girl in many fine ways…Loves the 9mm and lets me have an arsenal too…She did nix the night vsion goggles though….
Report Post »VoteRightDammit
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:25pmbut not a 40-cal????????
Geesh!
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 10:25pmHer 9mm is a custom piece….I aint saying what I hae AR cough…
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 6:59pmThis sort of makes sense because “cheaters” are basically living double lives. All that lying and sneaking around takes up a lot of time and energy.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:09pmI have never cheated on my wife just for that reason…Too damn tiring for us old farts..
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:25pm@baddoggy
Perhaps a second reason? Being your wife, you probably taught her to be a good shot! LOL
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