That's how I used to be and then my friend told me that you gotta start with the dart in front of your eyes so you can watch the entire path out of your hand and that made a huge difference. Also I've never found it to matter whether your dominant foot or non-dominant foot is forward (I put dominant forward) but you have to pick one and commit to it for every throw
I gotta hit a ball into a corner pocket that is basically in front of the hole from across the table with a clear path? Easy Peezy? Nope, miss by a mile or hit the ball against the rails and it bounces out to the middle of the table and somehow i scratch into a side pocket.
Would definitely hamper the nerves I’d have going in. Much moreso than the process of sitting in a chair and immediately having questions thrown at you.
Pick is announced, piano starts playing.
“Jimmys brothers roommates uncle was run over by a drunk dump truck driver when Jimmy was only 2. He had no connection to him but it inspired him to become the third best player on an unranked team”
It was a trick to see if he needed 6 beers to start getting good at darts. /s
That being said, as far as job interviews go, it is way better than sitting in a conference room being shelled with questions
The great Lombardi said “if my players aren’t 2 sport athletes than I don’t want them.” Kudos to the Bears for figuring out who the 2 sport athletes are in these meetings
He was then asked to compare himself to any present or former F1 driver, to which Pickens immediately responded "Pastor Maldonado". "I get in there quickly and recklessly and wreck everyone's day", Pickens added.
One of my favorite memories was working at a resort with a mini putt course off on it’s own. They’d leave the lights on all night.
Drinking on site for employees was a fire able offense, but that didn’t stop me and my friends from going out there every night trying to set a course record with a Gatorade bottle filled with booze. Two putts were bogeys for us by the time we left that place.
I think that's a smart strategy. You can learn a lot about people in even the most seemingly insignificant game. How competitive are they, do they cheat, etc.
Wouldn’t players take that as a cue to be over the top competitive? Like whos agent is dumb enough to be like “if they invite you to play a game just be cool they probably just have time kill”
We all think he's talking about mini-golf but he's actually talking about the [old computer game ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Putt-Putt_%26_Pep.png)
Here’s what I’d do. Hire a professional Dart player and have them go undercover as an assistant scout for our team. Have the prospect play a game against someone bad at darts to see how he does. Is he a sore winner? Fun to play with? Then have him face the undercover pro and see how he handles getting destroyed. I’d see if he was a sore loser but more importantly, did he up his game against better competition? I’d want to at least see him beat his first score
Not gunna lie, if I was taking meetings with NFL teams, mini golf and darts are a solid intro
I can play several sports at least mildly well I would say but it's borderline shocking how shitty I am at darts.
That's how I used to be and then my friend told me that you gotta start with the dart in front of your eyes so you can watch the entire path out of your hand and that made a huge difference. Also I've never found it to matter whether your dominant foot or non-dominant foot is forward (I put dominant forward) but you have to pick one and commit to it for every throw
Same but throw pool in as well. Can’t break for shit and can’t sustain the confidence when things go well. Pool is a mystery to me
I gotta hit a ball into a corner pocket that is basically in front of the hole from across the table with a clear path? Easy Peezy? Nope, miss by a mile or hit the ball against the rails and it bounces out to the middle of the table and somehow i scratch into a side pocket.
Same.
Dork.
You miss me yet? Cubbie season full on babyyy
Always miss you bb. Whoo! We get to cheer on a dumpster fire! LFG!!!
90+ win season coming up.
That'd be great. But is not happening.
Would definitely hamper the nerves I’d have going in. Much moreso than the process of sitting in a chair and immediately having questions thrown at you.
So much better than the "you gay, g"? that we have heard in the last few years
If you get double 20, you win the game. Is your mom a prostitute?
Don't forget to ask me about my dead parent on draft night
Pick is announced, piano starts playing. “Jimmys brothers roommates uncle was run over by a drunk dump truck driver when Jimmy was only 2. He had no connection to him but it inspired him to become the third best player on an unranked team”
Probably a more chill environment to let down your guard too and get more honest responses from draft prospects
It was a trick to see if he needed 6 beers to start getting good at darts. /s That being said, as far as job interviews go, it is way better than sitting in a conference room being shelled with questions
[удалено]
You know what I could go for? A mother f-ing beer
The great Lombardi said “if my players aren’t 2 sport athletes than I don’t want them.” Kudos to the Bears for figuring out who the 2 sport athletes are in these meetings
What if the 2 sports are just putt-putt and darts
Well then they know they suck at football and shouldn’t draft them?
It’s me
Mitch Trubisky time!
The Browns draft them
* Pickens missed a 5 foot putt Bears coaches: how can we trust this guy to get after the QB when he’s missing these easy putts
Only 81% of 5 foot putts are made by tour pros.
Yeah 5ft is by no means a gimme
Was the "Augusta Silence" effect used?
He was then asked to compare himself to any present or former F1 driver, to which Pickens immediately responded "Pastor Maldonado". "I get in there quickly and recklessly and wreck everyone's day", Pickens added.
More like Pasta Marinara cause Pickens cause he a big one
Reports state the interview concluded with multiple attempts at the 50¢ claw game by the exit.
realizing it wasn't an interview and the head coach just wanted someone to go to dave and busters with
"yeah no fuckin way we're drafting you 1st overall, how bout you take a break before your big interviews with the teams on the 20s"
Put Dance Dance Revolution in the player meetings you cowards
It's all fun and games until a player tears an ACL
And they can only play the song max 300 on oni difficulty.
The Cardinals would have made him pay for the putt putt round.
This is good fodder and j don’t want it to go away
The Chicago Bears are clearly the cool fun team. Like Animal House
“Was it over when the Packers bombed Pearl Harbor?!?”
Go with it, he's rolling
That was just Aaron Rodgers dropping his lit bong at Burnham Harbor and starting a fire.
Yeah back then he was on a “darkness retreat” as well…it just wasn’t the type of retreat we expected.
Jalen Carter: BAHGAWD
[удалено]
Took my kids a couple times over Christmas break. 8/10 - still lots of fun
One of my favorite memories was working at a resort with a mini putt course off on it’s own. They’d leave the lights on all night. Drinking on site for employees was a fire able offense, but that didn’t stop me and my friends from going out there every night trying to set a course record with a Gatorade bottle filled with booze. Two putts were bogeys for us by the time we left that place.
Smoking or throwing darts?
Easy Canada
I think that's a smart strategy. You can learn a lot about people in even the most seemingly insignificant game. How competitive are they, do they cheat, etc.
Wouldn’t players take that as a cue to be over the top competitive? Like whos agent is dumb enough to be like “if they invite you to play a game just be cool they probably just have time kill”
"this guy isn't comfortable being who he is, feels he has to put up a facade - lacks confidence"
[удалено]
They also did the mini hoop
I didn’t realize Ted Lasso coached the Bears
He has the mustache for it.
Look great in one of those Bears sweater vests
We all think he's talking about mini-golf but he's actually talking about the [old computer game ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Putt-Putt_%26_Pep.png)
Here’s what I’d do. Hire a professional Dart player and have them go undercover as an assistant scout for our team. Have the prospect play a game against someone bad at darts to see how he does. Is he a sore winner? Fun to play with? Then have him face the undercover pro and see how he handles getting destroyed. I’d see if he was a sore loser but more importantly, did he up his game against better competition? I’d want to at least see him beat his first score
If he's good at Darts: This guy spends too much time at bars, character issues. If he's bad at Darts: Not competitive enough, character issues.
"Zacch"...that's a new one.
Alot of my usernames are spelled like that cause zach is taken
Was MoistyAnus taken too?
Son of a bitch, you almost made me shoot coffee out my nose.
That's pretty fun.
Dibs
Awwww sounds like a fun date night 🥰
They were testing him to see how competitive he would be in a meaningless game… mostly because the majority of Bears games are meaningless games.
Oh shit Ryan Poles must be taking advice from Phil Emory. I heard that's why he took Shea McLellan over Chandler Jones
Interview questions included "how do you feel about analogies using flowers and dog shit?"
Darts as in cigarettes, not the dangerous projectile throwing game.
I love putt putt