Surprised I hadn't seen any mention of this. Did anyone catch the interview that John Bishop did on 1620 with one of Parrella's DL?
Kid was pretty well spoken, but I thought he did a great job of just conveying the raw emotion he felt for Parrella as a person and a coach.
Alot of stuff to the effect of "bottom line I'm just blessed to have had that man's presence in my life".
Very positive things about Parrella on the recruiting trail, both in home and on a visit to the school. Understated about tooting his own horn, but still able to pull that quiver out when needed.
One of the more interesting parts of the interview to me was when Bishop asked him what he knew about Parrella when he first started looking at Northern Michigan and the kid said something to the effect of "well, there was kind of a buzz around about this Parrella guy. I didn't know who he was. I googled him on the internet and found out he was a pretty successful guy etc."
Edit: It was interesting to me, because Parrella hasn't caused a particularly large buzz here in his home state for some, but somehow there was a buzz going around Northern Michigan, and where ever this particular player happened to be living when he was being recruited.
Basically left the listener with the impression that Parrella is going to be able to walk into rooms with authority, win the hearts and minds battle as well as the "what's kinda resume you got" types of battles with players and their families. And all of that isn't even including the attitude he brought to the DL on the field and technique and the whole bit.
He's going to be exciting to watch.
Kid was pretty well spoken, but I thought he did a great job of just conveying the raw emotion he felt for Parrella as a person and a coach.
Alot of stuff to the effect of "bottom line I'm just blessed to have had that man's presence in my life".
Very positive things about Parrella on the recruiting trail, both in home and on a visit to the school. Understated about tooting his own horn, but still able to pull that quiver out when needed.
One of the more interesting parts of the interview to me was when Bishop asked him what he knew about Parrella when he first started looking at Northern Michigan and the kid said something to the effect of "well, there was kind of a buzz around about this Parrella guy. I didn't know who he was. I googled him on the internet and found out he was a pretty successful guy etc."
Edit: It was interesting to me, because Parrella hasn't caused a particularly large buzz here in his home state for some, but somehow there was a buzz going around Northern Michigan, and where ever this particular player happened to be living when he was being recruited.
Basically left the listener with the impression that Parrella is going to be able to walk into rooms with authority, win the hearts and minds battle as well as the "what's kinda resume you got" types of battles with players and their families. And all of that isn't even including the attitude he brought to the DL on the field and technique and the whole bit.
He's going to be exciting to watch.
