Landry believed players with strong relationships with their dads were better equipped for the NFL

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My father had an accident when I was 2. I had zero father-figure in my life. My mother had boyfriends, but they were just dudes to me.
I ended up being my father's caretaker, at the end of his life and after 3 decades of moving him from nursing homes to head injury centers, all the while he never knew who the hell I was.
My mother would tell him I was his youngest son and he would give me the bird and yell "Liar!".

I ended up a good man. A successful (I think anyways) person in my area of business and happy. I have a very happy family and I'm proud of it.
I get that kids having a good, strong father can be an advantage, but it's not the end-all be-all for figuring life and it's challenges out.

There are many single-parent children and they carry Amazing within them.
My dad sabotaged and undermined everything I wanted to do with my life until the day I turned 18 for no other reason than I reminded him of my mother. Highschool Football. Nope. Payed the doc to flunk my physical. I could go on but the only thing I learned from that man was how not to parent. I'm a great dad to my kids because of it.
 

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I'm too drunk...to taste this chicken.
Lol! Awesome my friend.
I'm bowing out anyway because I don't want to get too heavy.
That's not the point of this board.

Have a great evening! I'm about to take my father-in-law to a Chihuahua's game for Father's Day and have a good time.
I hope you have a wonderful night.
 

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My dad sabotaged and undermined everything I wanted to do with my life until the day I turned 18 for no other reason than I reminded him of my mother. Highschool Football. Nope. Payed the doc to flunk my physical. I could go on but the only thing I learned from that man was how not to parent. I'm a great dad to my kids because of it.
Wow... amazing. That is...
Damn.
That's an autobiography waiting to happen.
 

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Who cares, he was the definition of old school. That hardnose football is long gone. Too bad some of you youngsters missed the golden age
 

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My father had an accident when I was 2. I had zero father-figure in my life. My mother had boyfriends, but they were just dudes to me.
I ended up being my father's caretaker, at the end of his life and after 3 decades of moving him from nursing homes to head injury centers, all the while he never knew who the hell I was.
My mother would tell him I was his youngest son and he would give me the bird and yell "Liar!".

I ended up a good man. A successful (I think anyways) person in my area of business and happy. I have a very happy family and I'm proud of it.
I get that kids having a good, strong father can be an advantage, but it's not the end-all be-all for figuring life and it's challenges out.

There are many single-parent children and they carry Amazing within them.
Damn, sorry to hear that Corso. I was lucky to have my Dad around growing up but lost him 2 years ago this past Memorial Day. I agree that having a good Father doesn't determine your fate. It's up to every individual to make their own way.
 

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Damn, sorry to hear that Corso. I was lucky to have my Dad around growing up but lost him 2 years ago this past Memorial Day. I agree that having a good Father doesn't determine your fate. It's up to every individual to make their own way.
Sorry for your loss homie. Lost me Ma March 14th of '14.
When my dad went, it was actually a relief. He was released from his prison.
When my mother went?
Devastating. I still talk to her every damn day. Her birthday is 2 weeks away...
Sh... oot.
 

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Sorry for your loss homie. Lost me Ma March 14th of '14.
When my dad went, it was actually a relief. He was released from his prison.
When my mother went?
Devastating. I still talk to her every damn day. Her birthday is 2 weeks away...
Sh... oot.
I hear you on the relief aspect. My Dad suffered a series of strokes and wasn't the same vibrant guy the last several years of his life. I was more devastated for my Mom when he went as she lost her husband of 51 years. Sorry about your Mom dude. Life can be brutal.
 

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I hear you on the relief aspect. My Dad suffered a series of strokes and wasn't the same vibrant guy the last several years of his life. I was more devastated for my Mom when he went as she lost her husband of 51 years. Sorry about your Mom dude. Life can be brutal.
Life is brutal and it made me prepared for brutality.
I smile at it now.
 

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Outdated and irrelevant.

He was around when teams just started to mine the talent from minority colleges and the overall divorce rate in the U.S. skyrocketed.

Fun fact but useless otherwise.
 

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Outdated and irrelevant.

He was around when teams just started to mine the talent from minority colleges and the overall divorce rate in the U.S. skyrocketed.

Fun fact but useless otherwise.
In the End...
Like the Spurs and Popovich mining euro game before anyone else and garnering Ginobili and Parker before the league had a cup of coffee.
 

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My father had an accident when I was 2. I had zero father-figure in my life. My mother had boyfriends, but they were just dudes to me.
I ended up being my father's caretaker, at the end of his life and after 3 decades of moving him from nursing homes to head injury centers, all the while he never knew who the hell I was.
My mother would tell him I was his youngest son and he would give me the bird and yell "Liar!".

I ended up a good man. A successful (I think anyways) person in my area of business and happy. I have a very happy family and I'm proud of it.
I get that kids having a good, strong father can be an advantage, but it's not the end-all be-all for figuring life and it's challenges out.

There are many single-parent children and they carry Amazing within them.

Great story of overcoming the odds and perseverance, much love and respect brother!

I was also reminded of Ben Carson. Brilliant man, overcame an awful scenario on many fronts including the lack of a present father.
Statistically, Landry was right, but he also could’ve missed out on great folks like the two above.
 

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Great story of overcoming the odds and perseverance, much love and respect brother!

I was also reminded of Ben Carson. Brilliant man, overcame an awful scenario on many fronts including the lack of a present father.
Statistically, Landry was right, but he also could’ve missed out on great folks like the two above.
Thank you and I don't believe accurate stats are out there, given the propensity of the situation and the ancillary life options of things that go into it.
 

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Landry was also notorious for looking favorably on religious players, like it mattered.

He once kept a fullback on the roster through final cuts simply because of that and then there was a famous story of him crying because he had to cut a player who had no shot.
 
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