Bears’ sixth round pick Al Afalava was crowned Oregon State’s champion in Rock, Paper, Scissors during his junior season.
The safety had this to say about his Rock, Paper, Scissors success:
“I just got lucky that one time,” he said. “The next year, I lost in the first round.”
Lovie Smith had this to say about Alfalva’s skills:
“We do quite a bit research, but I didn’t realize that was one of the things he did well, hopefully he can do some other things, like play football.”
all quotes from chicagotribune.com
April 29th, 2009 at 12:13 am
I didn’t know this at all and I didn’t know that there were state titles for it. Do you have any footage? I also must say that I’m still concerned for the bears on the prospect of having to negotiate a deal for Jay. I have friends in Green Bay and the mere name Bus Cook will bring about bad memories. This guy is bad news and I’m not the only one that has said it-all he cares about is a big payoff. McNair and Favre are older so they knew that their careers were pretty much completed, Jay on the other hand, has just started and how the Denver thing was handled was vintage Bus Cook. He knew if he left them alone they could’ve fixed the problem. I’ve always had a bad feeling about this guy and his tactics-ruin the athletes public perception and sit in the back and watch. This is not the type of agent anyone wants to see coming. He needs to dump this guy before it’s too late.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:30 am
Thanks for the comment.
No I don’t have any footage, but it’s pretty damn funny. Yea I have heard of Bus Cook’s way of getting the most money for his client, but I’m sure the Bears won’t over pay, they have to resign if it they ask for a lot, they have too. He is the Bears future.
April 29th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
I hope your right, but with Big Ben’s new contract along with the prospect of reports that Eli and Phillip will break the bank (I thought Ben’s contract did but apparently I was wrong) I hope your front office can hold their ground with him. Alot of people don’t even realize that Jay is his last huge client and I’m afraid of the tactics he might use. He had no problem going after Mr. Bowlen and he seems to have a pattern. I read an article a while back ( I don’t know if the exact figure is right, but they were saying that Eli and Phillip could both net a deal between 120-170 million. Some guy even said that Eli’s could be higher than that, but if Bus is Bus…we can expect a calling for those crazy numbers. Now, the bears are rebuilding also so I’m not sure how it will turn out. I’m nervous for the bears management and their fans because we’ve seem him jump ship on teams before. I hope that they’ll have better success in talking to jay during that time than Josh did. He made his life miserable and I don’t want it to happen again. Jay really needs to stay put this time and even though he’s the future, I don’t want the bears front office to give in to an crazy number so that he can get a big payoff. They need Jay, but they need to stick to their guns and hold their books together because it could turn into a problem of not being able to sign anyone because the deal is too large, OR like it happened to my Cowboys: they had to be traded to free cap space. We don’t want either option and I hope that they establish a price early because if they don’t, trouble will start. This guy makes me nervous and I always believed that he never cared about any of his clients.
April 30th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Yeah I hope it works out with his agent and his contract. You think the Bears are rebuilding?
And what do you think about the Cowboys situation at WR, i think they don’t have enough there
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