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| Lance Stephenson choosing job instead of career - Cincinnati.com Posted: 08 Apr 2010 03:05 AM PDT CINCINNATI - He was staying, then he wasn't. Next year, he was going to show us the "real'' Lance Stephenson. Now that package gets unwrapped in the NBA, he hopes. What changed, and what does it matter? They hear things, these kids. Their heads get filled with how good they are, how Coach is holding them back, how much money they'll make in The League etc. They're not old or wise enough to filter it all properly, and too often, they don't get enough smart help. They leave too soon. They end up having a job and not a career. Bob Huggins said that. He was right. • Stephenson enters NBA draft Maybe all the above will not apply to Born Ready. All the noise he has heard in the last few months will turn out to be sage advice. No one should begrudge a guy who wants to follow his dream. Stephenson has a very young daughter and a family that could use his help. He did what he thought was best. It probably won't be. By his own admission, he doesn't have the game right now for an NBA career. He doesn't shoot well. He might have the instincts -- and the IQ for the game -- to overcome that. He didn't show them at UC. You could argue it two ways: • UC's offense didn't suit Stephenson's slash-and-create style. • Or: Stephenson never felt comfortable being The Man. I kept waiting for this New York phenom to take over games, because that is what New York phenoms do. I kept waiting to see that NYC swagger, the I'm-better-than-you 'tude that is a trademark of players from the five boroughs. (I saw it, but from Xavier's Terrell Holloway, a Long Island guy.) It appeared occasionally. Stephenson would get frustrated when the Bearcats weren't scoring much, which was a lot of the time. He'd get a look on his face that suggested, "I can do better than this.'' And for a few minutes, he'd be the player we thought UC was getting when he signed. That was the exception. The norm was a guy who lingered on the perimeter, settling for jump shots he mostly missed. He was a good player. Not a feared one. I said this in early January about Mick Cronin's fourth team, and it never changed: Cronin did so much subbing and so much tweaking of his lineup, nobody ever knew his role, or became comfortable. Stephenson averaged 28 minutes a game; that should have been 34 or 35 minutes. For a New York guy, his psyche seemed fragile. Cronin should have used the early season to establish Stephenson as The Man, and stuck with that, regardless of Stephenson's growing pains. That should have extended to the entire team, so that by the time the Big East season arrived, the starting five would be set and the role players would know what was expected of them. Instead, UC played musical chairs all year. Where have you gone, Jaquon Parker? Oh, there you are. The results were disappointing. (Speaking of disappointing: Is it too early to wonder how the Bearcats will be next winter, a scoring-challenged team minus its two top scorers?) It's a sociological issue. Lots of us raised in suburbia might wonder why someone going to college for free would give that up at age 19, to go to work for a living. When my roommates and I debated whether to study or party, I often won the argument with this: "It's four years of your life. What are you going to remember?'' I'm not Stephenson. But the thought does occur: If you waited all your life to be a pro, what's one more year? Especially when the difference between a job and a career could be in the balance? Your family has come this far. Why not see it through, for another college season? Financially, the long run looks a lot better that way. We don't live much for the long run now, any of us. Max-out this credit card, flip this house. Live for today. Stephenson's just living for today. Good luck to him. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Find a job at the Career Fair in Taunton Wednesday - Sun Chronicle Posted: 05 Apr 2010 08:52 AM PDT TAUNTON - A job fair will be held at the Myles Standish Industrial Park in Taunton on April 7 from 3 to 7 p.m. It will feature between 15 to 20 employers who are seeking applications for open positions and several agencies to assist job seekers. Some of the openings available: Administrative Assistants; Accountants; Accounts Payable; Assemblers; Chemical Mixers; Class A Truck Drivers; Driver's helpers; CNAs; Direct Care Attendants; Contact Center Representatives; Customer Service Representatives; Distribution; Finance; Full Charge Bookkeeper; Hospitality; Independent Sales Rep.; Independent Beauty and Fashion Consultants; Item Control Coordinator; LPNs; PCAs;, Maintenance Mechanic; Manufacturing Accountant; Manufacturing Operators and Laborers; Military; Personal Advocate; Resident Counselors and Supporters; Sales Associates and Managers; Warehouse Selectors; Security Personnel;, and various entry level positions including summer workers. The Regional Job & Career Fair presented by the City of Taunton Employment Task Force and the Taunton Career Center to be held on Wednesday, April 7 at the Holiday Inn in the Myles Standish Industrial Park, Taunton. Companies participating are: Able Associates; Avon Products; Boston Apparel Group (Chadwicks of Boston); Celebrating Home; Combined Insurance; Institute for Developmental Disabilities, Inc.; Jordan's Furniture; Kelly Services; Lia Sophia Jewelry; Life Stream; Mary Kay; Massachusetts Army National Guard; Morton Hospital; Perkins, Inc.; PRIDE, Inc; Specialty Catalog Corporation; Stop & Shop Distribution; Superior Technical Resources; Taunton Career Center; Taunton Daily Gazette; Tribe Mediterranean; U. S. Army; United Way of Greater Attleboro/Taunton For pre-job fair technical assistance with resume writing, interview skills, and dressing for success, call John Shaw at the Taunton Career Center, 508-977-1400 Local public transportation will be provided for the job fair by GATRA. For bus scheduling information, call 1-800-483-2500 X200. Bus passes to the job fair will be available at the Taunton Career Center, 72 School St., Taunton. Employers who wish to participate in the job fair, please call Dick Shafer, Chairman, Employment Task Force, at 508-821-1168 or 508-824-5857 or e-mail dshafer@tauntonmass.us.
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| Daugherty: Lance Stephenson choosing job instead of ... - Cincinnati.com Posted: 07 Apr 2010 11:34 AM PDT CINCINNATI - He was staying, then he wasn't. Next year, he was going to show us the "real'' Lance Stephenson. Now that package gets unwrapped in the NBA, he hopes. What changed, and what does it matter? They hear things, these kids. Their heads get filled with how good they are, how Coach is holding them back, how much money they'll make in The League etc. They're not old or wise enough to filter it all properly, and too often, they don't get enough smart help. They leave too soon. They end up having a job and not a career. Bob Huggins said that. He was right. • Stephenson enters NBA draft Maybe all the above will not apply to Born Ready. All the noise he has heard in the last few months will turn out to be sage advice. No one should begrudge a guy who wants to follow his dream. Stephenson has a very young daughter and a family that could use his help. He did what he thought was best. It probably won't be. By his own admission, he doesn't have the game right now for an NBA career. He doesn't shoot well. He might have the instincts -- and the IQ for the game -- to overcome that. He didn't show them at UC. You could argue it two ways: • UC's offense didn't suit Stephenson's slash-and-create style. • Or: Stephenson never felt comfortable being The Man. I kept waiting for this New York phenom to take over games, because that is what New York phenoms do. I kept waiting to see that NYC swagger, the I'm-better-than-you 'tude that is a trademark of players from the five boroughs. (I saw it, but from Xavier's Terrell Holloway, a Long Island guy.) It appeared occasionally. Stephenson would get frustrated when the Bearcats weren't scoring much, which was a lot of the time. He'd get a look on his face that suggested, "I can do better than this.'' And for a few minutes, he'd be the player we thought UC was getting when he signed. That was the exception. The norm was a guy who lingered on the perimeter, settling for jump shots he mostly missed. He was a good player. Not a feared one. I said this in early January about Mick Cronin's fourth team, and it never changed: Cronin did so much subbing and so much tweaking of his lineup, nobody ever knew his role, or became comfortable. Stephenson averaged 28 minutes a game; that should have been 34 or 35 minutes. For a New York guy, his psyche seemed fragile. Cronin should have used the early season to establish Stephenson as The Man, and stuck with that, regardless of Stephenson's growing pains. That should have extended to the entire team, so that by the time the Big East season arrived, the starting five would be set and the role players would know what was expected of them. Instead, UC played musical chairs all year. Where have you gone, Jaquon Parker? Oh, there you are. The results were disappointing. (Speaking of disappointing: Is it too early to wonder how the Bearcats will be next winter, a scoring-challenged team minus its two top scorers?) It's a sociological issue. Lots of us raised in suburbia might wonder why someone going to college for free would give that up at age 19, to go to work for a living. When my roommates and I debated whether to study or party, I often won the argument with this: "It's four years of your life. What are you going to remember?'' I'm not Stephenson. But the thought does occur: If you waited all your life to be a pro, what's one more year? Especially when the difference between a job and a career could be in the balance? Your family has come this far. Why not see it through, for another college season? Financially, the long run looks a lot better that way. We don't live much for the long run now, any of us. Max-out this credit card, flip this house. Live for today. Stephenson's just living for today. Good luck to him. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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