OT: NFL Confidential. Why did Molk author anonymously?
I finished reading NFL Confidential. It's an interesting book though not a great one. There's zero doubt David Molk is the author. Zero. Why did he choose to write anonymously when it's obvious he's the author? Did he honestly believe his identity wouldn't be 100% revealed in a short amount of time? Neg away, but I don't see what his attempt at anonymity accomplished. If he was trying to avoid negative repercussions I don't that goal was ever achievable.
February 4th, 2016 at 7:12 PM ^
Do you think all workers are happy in their jobs? Are they all hypocrites if they don't quit?
February 4th, 2016 at 10:10 PM ^
February 5th, 2016 at 3:24 AM ^
Is he still playing? I got the idea that he was done...thus finding something different and simply bitching about his former job.
February 4th, 2016 at 5:25 PM ^
I don't get how it's hypocritical. Lots of people, probably most, have had jobs they hated but did for all sorts of reasons, like saving for the future. It's a little sad, but not hypocritical, or even ironic.
February 5th, 2016 at 3:27 AM ^
100% agree. And that includes in the NFL...
The who play because they love the game is stupid.
If you believe that...that's like thinking all top high school football and basketball players are in college because they enjoy it, no, many - maybe even the majority are simply buying their time for their turn at the NBA or NFL. Cardale Jones didn't go to OSU to play school.
February 4th, 2016 at 6:51 PM ^
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February 4th, 2016 at 4:59 PM ^
What's NFL Confidential?
February 4th, 2016 at 8:36 PM ^
About the NFL by a current player.
I've not read it, but it seems like a real-life version of "Any Given Sunday."
February 4th, 2016 at 5:28 PM ^
February 4th, 2016 at 5:31 PM ^
I'm not sure if you can say it is Molk just because the stats match. Say for example Brian wanted to write a tell all on sports blogging. He might delibrately adopt a persona/false profile that fits very closely to say Spencer Hall or one of the 11 Warrior guys. All the stories about blogging for a large fanbase at a state school with a national footprint still work, and because there are some breadcrumbs pointing at Florida or Ohio State, folks would run off in that direction.
February 4th, 2016 at 6:46 PM ^
February 4th, 2016 at 8:44 PM ^
If it's not Molk, then he should sue the author for damages, because this may bring about the end of his football career.
February 4th, 2016 at 8:24 PM ^
I don't know if this makes me like him more or less. Don't get me wrong -- he was one of my favorite players while in school, and I'd buy him a beer without hesitation if I ran into him at a pub -- but his NFL career has to be toast. It's a sad thing that revealing some of the real issues inside the NFL from an authentic experience has to be in some way punished, but who would want to be his teammate now? Or his coach?
Regardless, I always thought Molk would always be, in someway, too good for the NFL. He's the kind of guy you think of when Bo was saying "this is the last time you'll play for a team". Hope all this turns out well for the guy and I don't doubt he'll be successful in life.
February 4th, 2016 at 9:47 PM ^
believe that if it was Molk, it was his way of giving the NFL the bird. I mean, he didn't exactly make himself hard to be found, and it sounds like he doesn't really give a shit if his career ends. Not that I blame him. From everything I've read, the NFL sounds like a neverending hell on the players health. (Yet I'm probably a huge hypocrite by being a diehard Lions fan)
February 4th, 2016 at 10:23 PM ^
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February 4th, 2016 at 11:33 PM ^
I would give you all of the useless crap I have accumulated in my life to see you call Dave Molk a pussy to his face.
February 4th, 2016 at 11:58 PM ^
I knew Molk. I knew he was head-strong, talking loud, saying stupid things. So when he turned up on waivers, I let it go. And I said to myself, this is the business we've chosen; I didn't ask who gave the order to cut him, because it had nothing to do with business.
February 5th, 2016 at 2:15 AM ^
February 5th, 2016 at 12:24 AM ^
I wonder why...
http://espn.go.com/blog/colleges/michigan/insider/post?id=119
Molk didn't headbutt players while he was in high school,. It's a tradition he has arrived at only in the past few years. Two years ago, he headbutted center Rocko Khoury. Last year, Molk chose offensive lineman Ricky Barnum. But this year, for Molk, it had to be Miller. "I like Jack," Molk said. "I really need to get him acclimated to college football, so I figure I’ll hit him every game. After a season of that, he’ll be ready." He says the headbutting process is part of preparing Miller for whatever will come of Miller's football future at Michigan. Molk said he believes he has taken Miller under his wing and taught him everything he knows about the position. And maybe, after a season of headbutting, Miller will be ready for whatever comes his way. That is, if Molk hasn't done too much damage before the end of the season. "I think I might have given him a slight concussion once," Molk joked.Rich. OP obviously didn't understand the book. Molk loves the game. He hates the league. I think he hates himself a bit as well.