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| "Really bruh? You brought me on to waste my time? Really?" |
Og Mandino, the author of “The Greatest Salesman in the World” once said, “Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” Chanakya, the ancient Indian philosopher, gave it to us like this, “Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful? Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.” Then Claude Levi-Strauss, the French anthropologist and ethnologist, spit some real street knowledge to a boy when he said, “The wise man doesn’t give the right answers, he poses the right questions.”
Well playas…Colin Cowherd didn’t ask himself, Why he was doin’ it, what the results might be or will he be successful when he scheduled Jim Harbaugh as the guest on his show on Wednesday mornin’! That dun just jumped off of the 99th floor with no parachute with a brick in his pockets hopin’ that he would land safely. And when he crashed and burned he tried to blame Jim Harbaugh for pushin’ him off of the roof.
Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! Colin Cowherd scheduled an interview with a boy and he didn’t have an end goal in mind. For all of you simple minded individuals that means that he didn’t have a reason for interiewin’ the dun in the first place. I’ve been in sales for more than 25 years and “Interviewin’ 101” teaches you to never walk into a client or potential client’s office without havin’ a reason for bein’ there. Colin just called one of the busiest, most successful and most highly paid coaches in all of football and started askin’ random questions with no goal in mind. That’s what you call a recipe for disaster.
The second rule of thumb is to know your audience! Everybody and their baby’s momma’s momma knows that Jim Harbaugh doesn’t like for people to waste his time and that he doesn’t like to do interviews because 99.9999% of these media-types out here slept through what I’m explainin’ to you boyz right now. They simply ask dumb questions more often than not and Jim wasn't up for the song and dance.
For example, Colin says in the freakin’ interview after the joint had already went off of the tracks and into the freakin’ trees, “When I look at the schedule the Big Ten feels like a ‘buy’ to me.” Now because he said schedule and then the word “buy” any rational human being that doesn’t gamble listenin’ to that interview thought “bye” just like Harbaugh immediately did. So now he’s offended by a cat that is already askin’ him dumb “A” questions in the first place. Colin didn’t think to choose his words wisely while talkin’ to an already wound up guy. He's lucky ole boy didn't just hang up on him right then and there.
When you are talkin’ to someone that you already know is hard to interview you’ve got to be focused and succinct in your wordin’ because you don’t have time to explain to them what you are ‘trying’ to say. Why? Because they don’t want to be bothered anyway. So in order to talk to them you’ve got to have a plan goin’ in. “This is the information that I’m lookin’ for.” When you're structured with the goal in mind the interview is easy regardless of what the dun doin'.
I’m not tellin’ you what I heard playboy, I’m tellin’ you what I know! If I don’t ask good focused and succinct questions everyday all day I don’t eat. I sell insulin in the pharmaceutical business and I call on Endocrinologists. In other words, I call on specialists that are highly intelligent and extremely busy people. In order to talk to them I’ve got to have a reason for interruptin’ them and I can’t waste questions. Otherwise, I’ll be standin’ outside lookin’ stupid, starvin’ to death and these suits I wear cost money playa.
Cowherd wasted questions and ended up standin’ outside lookin’ stupid because what he didn’t understand goin’ in was that Jim Harbaugh doesn’t need him. He needs Harbaugh and Jim knew that. That's called leverage bruh! "I'm not answerin' dumb questions because I don't need to."
Colin even asked Jim to sell his program! Really bruh? He forgot who he was talkin’ to!! He wasn’t talkin’ to the dun from Eastern Washington or Akron playa! This is Jim Harbaugh, the highest paid coach in college football and the coach of the Michigan Wolverines! Now in case you forgot pimpin’, Michigan is STILL the winningest program in college football history and they’ve got 11 national championships. The program will sell itself as soon as they start winnin’ again and that will be soon and very soon. Why? Because it’s Michigan!!!! Just like USC, Oklahoma, Alabama, Florida and Ohio State did when the right cat got in the ride.
Askin’ Harbaugh to sell his program was an insult to him and Michigan and he had a right to take it that way. Who asks a boy coachin’ at the winningest program in America to sell his program? Are you kiddin’ me? Wheredeydodatat?
So for all of you media-types that think Colin did a great job let me take you to school real quick. Like I said playa, I sell pharmaceuticals from 9 to 5 but I cover the NBA, NFL and college football before and after hours as well and every time I interview Greg Popovich, the hardest person in sports to talk to, he gives me his full attention and indulges me. Why? Because I ask him intelligent questions and I have an end goal in mind before I open my freakin’ mouth. Watch below and you’ll learn somethin’ from a real playa.
Stop wastin’ boyz time and start talkin’ turkey and you’ll get whatever you’re lookin’ for from a boy. Otherwise, you’ll be standin’ outside lookin’ crazy like Colin was and stop me when I start lyin’!
Ya Boy interviewin' Pop durin' the regular season:
Well playas…Colin Cowherd didn’t ask himself, Why he was doin’ it, what the results might be or will he be successful when he scheduled Jim Harbaugh as the guest on his show on Wednesday mornin’! That dun just jumped off of the 99th floor with no parachute with a brick in his pockets hopin’ that he would land safely. And when he crashed and burned he tried to blame Jim Harbaugh for pushin’ him off of the roof.
Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! Colin Cowherd scheduled an interview with a boy and he didn’t have an end goal in mind. For all of you simple minded individuals that means that he didn’t have a reason for interiewin’ the dun in the first place. I’ve been in sales for more than 25 years and “Interviewin’ 101” teaches you to never walk into a client or potential client’s office without havin’ a reason for bein’ there. Colin just called one of the busiest, most successful and most highly paid coaches in all of football and started askin’ random questions with no goal in mind. That’s what you call a recipe for disaster.
The second rule of thumb is to know your audience! Everybody and their baby’s momma’s momma knows that Jim Harbaugh doesn’t like for people to waste his time and that he doesn’t like to do interviews because 99.9999% of these media-types out here slept through what I’m explainin’ to you boyz right now. They simply ask dumb questions more often than not and Jim wasn't up for the song and dance.
For example, Colin says in the freakin’ interview after the joint had already went off of the tracks and into the freakin’ trees, “When I look at the schedule the Big Ten feels like a ‘buy’ to me.” Now because he said schedule and then the word “buy” any rational human being that doesn’t gamble listenin’ to that interview thought “bye” just like Harbaugh immediately did. So now he’s offended by a cat that is already askin’ him dumb “A” questions in the first place. Colin didn’t think to choose his words wisely while talkin’ to an already wound up guy. He's lucky ole boy didn't just hang up on him right then and there.
When you are talkin’ to someone that you already know is hard to interview you’ve got to be focused and succinct in your wordin’ because you don’t have time to explain to them what you are ‘trying’ to say. Why? Because they don’t want to be bothered anyway. So in order to talk to them you’ve got to have a plan goin’ in. “This is the information that I’m lookin’ for.” When you're structured with the goal in mind the interview is easy regardless of what the dun doin'.
I’m not tellin’ you what I heard playboy, I’m tellin’ you what I know! If I don’t ask good focused and succinct questions everyday all day I don’t eat. I sell insulin in the pharmaceutical business and I call on Endocrinologists. In other words, I call on specialists that are highly intelligent and extremely busy people. In order to talk to them I’ve got to have a reason for interruptin’ them and I can’t waste questions. Otherwise, I’ll be standin’ outside lookin’ stupid, starvin’ to death and these suits I wear cost money playa.
Cowherd wasted questions and ended up standin’ outside lookin’ stupid because what he didn’t understand goin’ in was that Jim Harbaugh doesn’t need him. He needs Harbaugh and Jim knew that. That's called leverage bruh! "I'm not answerin' dumb questions because I don't need to."
Colin even asked Jim to sell his program! Really bruh? He forgot who he was talkin’ to!! He wasn’t talkin’ to the dun from Eastern Washington or Akron playa! This is Jim Harbaugh, the highest paid coach in college football and the coach of the Michigan Wolverines! Now in case you forgot pimpin’, Michigan is STILL the winningest program in college football history and they’ve got 11 national championships. The program will sell itself as soon as they start winnin’ again and that will be soon and very soon. Why? Because it’s Michigan!!!! Just like USC, Oklahoma, Alabama, Florida and Ohio State did when the right cat got in the ride.
Askin’ Harbaugh to sell his program was an insult to him and Michigan and he had a right to take it that way. Who asks a boy coachin’ at the winningest program in America to sell his program? Are you kiddin’ me? Wheredeydodatat?
So for all of you media-types that think Colin did a great job let me take you to school real quick. Like I said playa, I sell pharmaceuticals from 9 to 5 but I cover the NBA, NFL and college football before and after hours as well and every time I interview Greg Popovich, the hardest person in sports to talk to, he gives me his full attention and indulges me. Why? Because I ask him intelligent questions and I have an end goal in mind before I open my freakin’ mouth. Watch below and you’ll learn somethin’ from a real playa.
Stop wastin’ boyz time and start talkin’ turkey and you’ll get whatever you’re lookin’ for from a boy. Otherwise, you’ll be standin’ outside lookin’ crazy like Colin was and stop me when I start lyin’!
Ya Boy interviewin' Pop durin' the regular season:
Playas Thesaurus:
2) Dun: noun – the person in question, dude, guy, girl, etc. etc. etc. Whoever I’m talkin’ to bruh and its non-gender specific.
3) Pimpin’: the person that I’m passionately tryin’ to get my point across to.
4) Wheredeydodatat: Hood for, “Who does that?”
5) Talkin’ Turkey: verb phrase – taken from the movie “Life” with Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy. It’s to stop beatin’ around the bush and say what needs to be said so that we can move on.
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