TE Alex Smith, Philadelphia Eagle

[PhillyPhreak54]

Not my home anymore, skippy... but if I knew a TE out of UConn that was a FA... I'd be all over him.

You got the new job?!

[Feva]

Oh yeah... officially an ESPN employee all of 8 days, now.

[rjs246]

That's farging dope. Other than living/working in CT of course.

[Diomedes]

CT is a great place to live, eat shtein.

[Don Ho]

Oh yeah... officially an ESPN employee all of 8 days, now.

Tell Neil Everett howzit!

[phattymatty]

    In 2005 Alex Smith was working out for a few teams prior to the draft. One of the teams he was scheduled to work out for was the Lions. He thought it was a bit odd, because they just drafted Joey Harrington three years before and also because they only had the 10th pick, whereas the 49ers and the Bucs, the two teams who liked Smith a lot, were picking first and third, respectively.

    He and his agent decided, what the hell, he'll make a good impression and go to Detroit for the workout. You never know what will happen so you might as well cover your bases, right?

    He arrives at the airport and the Limo driver holding the "Alex Smith" sign has a weird look on his face. Alex notices it, but doesn't think much of it.

    He arrives at the Lions facility and Matt Millen has an even weirder look on his face. Smith has a bad vibe. The two of them have an awkward conversation for half an hour, Millen thanks him for making the trip, and sends Alex back to the airport, no workout, no serious football questions, no nothing.

    A few days later Smith and his agent figure out that Millen and the Lions wanted to work out the other Alex Smith, a tight end out of Stanford. Apparently they called the wrong agent.

[DH]

Matt Millen did that? Really? Shocking.

[PhillyGirl]

ugh, what a horrible feeling.

[MMH]

I once had a job interview, showed up at their Cambridge office, no one was there.  The secretary eventually showed up and set me up in the conference room to give my presentation.  I sat there by myself for an hour.  The CEO comes in (small company) and says no one else is here, just give the presentation to me.

So I give my talk, and when it's done, he gets up without a word, goes in his office and locks the door.  Interview over.  So I know how Smith feels, I guess.

[Seabiscuit36]

Damn mmh that's a zesty ceo

[reese125]

or a zesty presentation

[SunMo]

prestige....worldwide wide wide

[MMH]

or a zesty presentation

Bit of both actually.  Reworked the presentation and got my current job a week later.
Told the secretary (loudly enough for the dickhead CEO to hear) that maybe they should try phone interviews before they fly someone in and out of Boston to interview.

[Drunkmasterflex]

prestige....worldwide wide wide