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Most parents are concerned about their child's behavior.
My parents were concerned about my behavior when I wasn't calling them once a day when I was away at college. They were concerned about my behavior when I overslept to caddie in a golf tournament after working until 2am the morning before. They flipped out when when I was caught speeding after my digital speedometer broke right in the middle of me driving. And when I was caught skipping school during senior skip day, you would've thought I was on a one way ticket to federal prison.
My 'concern' for EE is that apparently he’s lived a pretty sheltered lifestyle growing up, all the way through college. My guess is that his parents were overly protective of him getting involved with the ‘wrong crowd.’ While that is good and all, it’s pretty easy to spot somebody from the ‘wrong crowd’ and avoid them. And what I see out of parents like EE’s is that they don’t teach their child how that people have to actually earn your trust regardless of what they look like or where they are from.
There’s plenty of users, con men and con women that look like good people and come from good backgrounds.
As far as Troy goes, he loves to knock the Cowboys. He doesn’t like Jerry because he doesn’t understand how Jerry could have let Jimmy go and how Jerry could have signed Barry Switzer to take over all during the prime of Troy’s career. He also doesn’t want to be seen as a homer, so he thinks that by knocking the Cowboys and claiming a bad call against the Cowboys was a ‘good call’ and a questionable call for the Cowboys was a ‘terrible call.’
When I’m asked about EE’s ‘behavior’, I really have to ask ‘what behavior?’ Speeding 30 mph over the speed limit? Pulling down ½ of a blouse of a female friend during a St. Paddy’s Day parade for a nanosecond and the friend didn’t bother to care to say a word about it? Those are things that myself and others have done at that age. But as we mature, we start to learn the foolishness in our ways.
And hopefully that will happen with EE. Furthermore, I can hope that he starts to let people earn his trust if they want to be in his inner circle.
Just like I hope Troy can someday let it go between him and Jerry and realize that non-Cowboys fans will always hate him. Of course, I could catch polio and get struck by lightning in the same day as well.
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Nice post. It wasn't my intention to convey anything suggesting EE is doing anything malicious by my previous comment about his parents being concerned. I don't feel that's the case at all, not nearly so much as he's simply immature. Whether he was sheltered or not is a tough call unless one knows exactly how his parents raised him, although he does seem quite trusting of others who might well not deserve it.
Regarding that traffic ticket, there are some toll roads that can readily accommodate 100 mph, as long as the traffic isn't too heavy. I've traveled some that are very much like that. Nevertheless, it's surely not to be recommended.
Anyhow, I would hope that the advice he gets from people like Dak, his parents, Jerry and others tend to "slow his roll" enough to help him avoid the onset of further controversy. Here's also hoping that the commissioner is reasonably satisfied with Zeke's demeanor and his willingness to cooperate to the point of actually being very lenient concerning his pending decision.
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