tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923092021039414509.post801054578364383344..comments2023-03-23T03:17:14.879-07:00Comments on It Ain't Intramurals: Defending Vince YoungToddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935036325772067703noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923092021039414509.post-440703045935098962008-09-12T11:59:00.000-07:002008-09-12T11:59:00.000-07:00Also correction - I don't believe Vince Young won ...Also correction - I don't believe Vince Young won the Heisman. The award that year went to another NCAA legend, apparent NFL under achiever Reggie Bush. We can't boo him either because apparently his performance is affected by some disorder around codependent relationships with reality TV personalities/home video porn stars or a hereditary compulsive need to accept large gifts from agents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923092021039414509.post-33401946921030140042008-09-12T10:02:00.000-07:002008-09-12T10:02:00.000-07:00Helping people is not liberal or conservative - di...Helping people is not liberal or conservative - didn't you watch the presidential forum last night - McCain wants to make Obama his Secretary of DoGooderness. What is liberal is trying to coddle him,not hold him accountable for his play and make everybody else change to meet his needs - i.e. don't boo, love him. I respect people with mental health or other barriers - I respect it even more when people with needs fess up and go get help from good people like your sister. Bottom line is he sucky pro quarterback and if its only a matter of his depression or whatever his baggage may be, he needs to address it - kind of like when you're physically injured you go to rehab. But let's not blame the fans or media types to not boo or critique a guy who makes millions, who spent the off season drinking shirtless with his posse rather than studying his playbook, whose game has not improved at all since UT(he still throws side arm), and who was begging not to go back in the game before the injury. He obviously didn't have problems with the attention and scrutiny while collecting millions in endorsements, getting a free ride to a top 25 university, recieving a million dollar signing bonus or any of the other perks of his celebrity and skills. I guess we should stop critiquing Michael Vick or Matt Leinart - I am sure we could find some sociopathy or diagnosis that would justify their suckitude. Man, I have been around Brno too much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923092021039414509.post-83404523075097758242008-09-12T08:43:00.000-07:002008-09-12T08:43:00.000-07:00I didn't know that respect for mental health issue...I didn't know that respect for mental health issues or the effects of extreme anxiety made me a "liberal." I thought they just reflected that I was "aware" of "reality." I'll have to tell my sister (the therapist) that her choice of profession is not because she wants to help people, but instead its just a reflection of her politics and that she really just needs to tell her clients to "buck up."Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935036325772067703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923092021039414509.post-66063081416325407642008-09-11T22:47:00.000-07:002008-09-11T22:47:00.000-07:00So I just heard Vince Young's explanation of where...So I just heard Vince Young's explanation of where he was. He wasn't depressed, he just needed some quiet time to come to terms with his injury (the first in his career), that and he needed some hot wings. Mental illness or depression aside, I have newfound respect for him as fellow person who is has uncontrollable craving for hot wings, crying out for help. <BR/><BR/>Can now stop with this liberal pandering to him being a "victim" of depression or mental illness, therefore requiring we protect him so he can fulfill his potential. Can just admit while a supreme athlete at least at the NCAA level, he doesn't have the skills, work ethic or intangibles to be an elite pro quaterback. Fans have every right to boo, especially if they feel a player is not trying his hardest. Just like Leinart, Young's commitment to the game and learning process of becoming a pro quarterback has been called into question due to his behavior. I am tired of this BS line that Curt Schilling keeps spewing about fans not being able to appreciate the challenges, pressures, and stress of the modern athelete. Yeah, I and I also don't appreciate getting a three month "off season", a minimum wage of over a million bucks for most leagues, all the groupies you want, staying in shape as part of my job description, and on a good day having 50,000 people cheer for me when I come to work - life is rough. Just answer this question honestly and then tell me if you feel sorry for Vince and other wuss athletes - in HS, did you want the pressures of being the ultra smart, grinder academic nerd or did you want the "pressure" and life of the football quarter back (or soccer captain if you went to a sissy prep school in Ohio)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com