What did Madden mean about the pool thing?

[Bungarian]

He said something to the effect that Romo is the guy who walks in and sinks the 8 ball then leaves with the money.

What does that have to do with football?

 

[sbuscha]

Moxy, coolness...the man, etc... It was an analogy!!

 

[Hostile]

Just an analogy about ice water in the veins. At crucial moments some people get the yips.

 

[DBoys]

He said something to the effect that Romo is the guy who walks in and sinks the 8 ball then leaves with the money.

What does that have to do with football?

Analogy per say

Meaning when you look at the guy physically there is nothing that would tell you he is any good yet he gets it done.

 

[Doomsday]

Unlike my Dad who will run out the whole table then choke everytime on the 8 ball and give me the game everytime. Its hilarious!

 

[the kid 05]

about him being a hussler, he shows he is "average" in the NYG game and then Hussles the rest of the teams the remeander of the season for a perfect record

 

[theogt]

It means he left the pool house to go get him some pulled pork.

 

[Cowboy4ever]

Its all about performing underpressue.. some guys never feel pressure, they just perform and Romo would be that type.. and just wallk in, not be nervous and do his job.. that is what he meant.

 

[Hostile]

It means he left the pool house to go get him some pulled pork.

I swear that's what I'm having for lunch today. Bad Bob's BBQ. Pulled pork smothered in sauce and cole slaw.

 

[Yeagermeister]

It means he left the pool house to go get him some pulled pork.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm hey lookey there it's lunch time

 

[Yeagermeister]

I swear that's what I'm having for lunch today. Bad Bob's BBQ. Pulled pork smothered in sauce and cole slaw.

I hate slaw uke:

 

[Hostile]

I hate slaw uke:

Communist.

 

[baj1dallas]

Pulled pork smothered in sauce and cole slaw.

Carolina style pulled pork sandwich....fitting.:starspin

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I missed that quote from Madden last night, but isn't that the exact analogy Jimmy used to use about the kind of players he wanted?

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

 

[superpunk]

I missed that quote from Madden last night, but isn't that the exact analogy Jimmy used to use about the kind of players he wanted?

He was quoting Jimmuh. He said as much.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Just found it in an old article...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/features/superbowl/archives/27/

In one remarkable session with the media, on Jan. 27, Johnson stood on the rostrum and opened a slight window into the way he looks at his life by talking about a book that had influenced him, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. Then, as if he were reluctant to end the give-and-take, he sat at a table and kept talking with a handful of reporters, for 20, 30, 45 minutes, until the room started to empty. The reporters wanted to know how Johnson had come into the NFL without any experience in pro football and put together, with such clarity, exactly the type of team he wanted.

"I like the guy who can walk into a poolroom and pick up a cue stick and sink the 8 ball," said Johnson. "The people I want around me, well, the bigger the game, the more they shine. Some people, I don't care if it's a six-inch putt, when everything's on the line, it's very tough for them. It's the way their lives have been. I can't do a whole lot about it, just eliminate 'em from our program."

 

[Chocolate Lab]

He was quoting Jimmuh. He said as much.

Oops.... :

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I thought that was a great comparison/analogy. It's obvious Madden likes him. If he keeps this up, Romo could be Maddens' new Favre.

 

[wileedog]

We knew this about Romo before he ever took a snap.

You can't play golf at the level he does if you can't handle pressure.