I enjoy my communication with clients. It is not as prevalent today as it was when I opened Qoxhi Picks in 1981 … long before our business is mostly conducted online. I know there are huge advantages to getting up-to-the-minute information on game days with injuries, weather conditions and point spread shifts, something we can do for all the clients online. But I’ll tell you, I do miss the one-on-one conversations I had before the internet.
This week, I did talk to a few clients who subscribe to the phone service, and they were surprised by one of my picks, that was the San Francisco 49ers as a road favorite over the New Orleans Saints.
A number of clients asked questions I think they knew the answer to, such as: “Do you know Brock Purdy and George Kittle are out?” “You really want me to bet on Mac Jones?” “Do you think the 49ers can win with all their injuries?”
Mac Jones is not really who I’m recommending a wager on … he just happens to be in the role of a back-up quarterback getting an initial start for a proven starter. My education on how motivation works in the NFL is anchored by a game in 1965 between the Minnesota Vikings and Baltimore Colts.
In those days, I used to sit down with my dad on Saturdays and pick the Sunday games. When we came upon a game in 1965 with the Colts in Minnesota my dad said, “That’s an easy one. Unitas is out so the Vikings will kill the Colts.”
I agreed.