Pistons waive Jake V. - end of pro road??
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Robert Jacob Voskuhl.
There's a good story about him being shell shocked when he came to UConn and he called home down to Texas to tell his father he couldn't take it anymore.
And what did his father do?
Have him diagnosed with ADD, put him on meds, and bring him back home to play at Texas Southern?
No.
Comfort him and tell him that JC was no demigod, but was a monster posing as a coach for the sole purpose of dashing the hopes of young, bright eyed men?
No.
What he did was tell him to put on his big boy pants and go play the GD game under the great Jim Calhoun. That's what he said. He did it Texas style - no excuses, no BS, just buck up and work.
And Jake took his father's advice, and then he took Jim Calhoun's, and then he pushed through to a 10 year career in the NBA.
Well done Jake. Forever thankful for your wonderful contribution as a Husky. Thumbs up.
There's a good story about him being shell shocked when he came to UConn and he called home down to Texas to tell his father he couldn't take it anymore.
And what did his father do?
Have him diagnosed with ADD, put him on meds, and bring him back home to play at Texas Southern?
No.
Comfort him and tell him that JC was no demigod, but was a monster posing as a coach for the sole purpose of dashing the hopes of young, bright eyed men?
No.
What he did was tell him to put on his big boy pants and go play the GD game under the great Jim Calhoun. That's what he said. He did it Texas style - no excuses, no BS, just buck up and work.
And Jake took his father's advice, and then he took Jim Calhoun's, and then he pushed through to a 10 year career in the NBA.
Well done Jake. Forever thankful for your wonderful contribution as a Husky. Thumbs up.
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Plus I'm sure the NBA has a nice pension plan for 10 year vets (couple of 100K a year my guess) which is a nice.
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LOL. I didn't even know he was in the NBA.....
It reminds me of the stapler guy in Office Space that got laid off years earlier but payroll never changed his status in the system and he kept getting a pay check and coming to work.
It reminds me of the stapler guy in Office Space that got laid off years earlier but payroll never changed his status in the system and he kept getting a pay check and coming to work.
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