Calling Kenny Stabler.

While the “relationship” bolsters a (correct) impression that Mallett requires help and support, issues related to perception were most critical BEFORE the draft.

Mallett’s now a 3rd round draft choice. The only way he’ll ever get substantial money is by turning his life around. Directly or indirectly acknowledging that he has issues doesn’t matter. What matters now is actually turning his life around – and the support of a sponsor in recovery can be a BIG help.

In summary you’re focusing on perception when it comes to Mallett.

Mallett needs to focus on the reality of the issues he must contend with. Trying to keep that a secret and worrying about perception is a moot point.

Reality is more important than Perception for Ryan Mallett.

Daly being an Arkansas native and a huge fan of the university has probably known Mallet for some time.

Daly knows what it is like to have the world looking at you with a number of people reporting / writing about every step or misstep that is taken.

That is the situation that Mallet has been in since declaring for the draft. Whether earn or not, there have been numerous reports of issues without any specifics reported. So are they true or not…..we do not know. Whether they simply transgressions of youth or something more concerning…..we do not know.

Let’s not simply judge the Mallet guilty of anything for simply being befriended by Daly and perhaps taking some advice from someone who has truly had is own self-induced issues.

My grandfather had a saying ‘learn from the mistakes made by others as you will not live long enough to make them all yourself’.

I would be more concerned if he was going to Daly for fashion advice….

You beat me to the punch. It’s only non-professionals that have nothing better to do (a.k.a. the writer of this article) that want to make something out of nothing and start things that never should be.
I still find it hard to believe there are people out there that don’t understand why most athletes hate the media. Just read this article and if you still don’t understand, get off the planet because you are wasting oxygen.

Kids to stupid things in college. Give Mallett a break.

I admit I’m not happy with the thought (posted by a very honest an Arkansas fan’s convo he posted on an Arkansas fan site with someone associated with a team) things like the feeling that Mallett grew impatient interviewing with teams who he felt didn’t really want him and were wasting his time and responded accordingly.
I can’t post a link to it I am guessing but perusal of a Pats fan site should yield the link.

Looking at a history of my posts on here will show that I was mostly a defender of his long before my team drafted him so I see no reason to jump in his S*** until I have more reason to. At this point I think of him as a few others have suggested above: someone who still may need a little more maturation but who is much like BB himself-football smart, doesn’t suffer fools or people he thinks are wasting his time very easily, not the most media friendly persona in the world-but someone who has another side to him and who is admired and liked by the people who have spent actual time with him.