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Too much pressure for VY??

I didn't catch the part about the party being a "special" sort of party. I found a photo and can only say that I'm understanding why he chose UT now.

Wowzer. I mean...uh, well....you see, it's...uh...wow. Um...okey-dokey. :headhurts:

Cue the old rugged street cop who says "There's nothing to see here...move along everybody. Keep moving. OK, let's go. Keep moving."
 
Now he's saying "I never thought about quitting."

Thank you, Mr. McNair, for not even wasting the time to seriously consider picking VY. I know a lot of VY fans wondered why we announced so early that VY was not on our radar, and I think we're seeing why. Seems he's got issues in a lot of areas, especially with trying to play the semantics game with his revisionist history to make himself look better.

VY and Bush are both in the espn.com headlines, and it ain't flattering news.
 
Anyone feel like VY could have a Ryan Leaf "leave me alone" meltdown any day now?

But hey, if a guy wants to prance around bare chested at a private sausage party and question his own dedication to pro football after just one year, then far be it from me to try to stop him from doing so.
 
Double Barrel said:
Anyone feel like VY could have a Ryan Leaf "leave me alone" meltdown any day now?

But hey, if a guy wants to prance around bare chested at a private sausage party and question his own dedication to pro football after just one year, then far be it from me to try to stop him from doing so.
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Speaking from experience are ya??
 
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3418636


Young was installed as the Titans starter in Week 4 of his rookie season and led Tennessee to an 8-8 record. The Titans barely missed making the playoffs, but Young was named to the Pro Bowl.

On Thursday, he said NFL.com's report was "blown out of proportion." He said he has a clear head and is eager to begin his third NFL season.

"Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I ain't never said I was going to quit football," Young told The Tennessean. "There was a lot of stuff going on in my life, but football is not hard to me. Football is easy. All you have to do is be coachable and use your God-given talent. If it was a thought at all it was just a passing thought for a second.''

Last season, the Titans did make it to the playoffs, but Young threw all nine of the team's touchdown passes for the fewest of any team in the league. Nonetheless, he learned to live with the pressure of being an NFL quarterback.

He proved that to himself when he handled scrutiny that came his way when pictures of him drinking shirtless at a party showed up on the Internet.

"I have a stronger circle," Young said in his interview with NFL.com. "Now I can handle this kind of stuff without it making me want to give up football."
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I hope he doesn't think it is easy at least in his development stage, or the bar wasn't set too high
 
Vince Young said:
"Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I ain't never said I was going to quit football," Young told The Tennessean. "There was a lot of stuff going on in my life, but football is not hard to me. Football is easy."
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Yes, Vince, it's quite easy for someone who has played football for the majority of their years to play as poorly as you have. Now, go out and throw more TDs than INTs and come back and tell everyone how easy football is.
 
The Tennessee Titans 2006 Rookie of the Year told NFL.com in an interview posted on Monday that he considered retirement after his first season.

"I really thought long and hard about it," Young told the Web site. "There was so much going on with my family. It was crazy being an NFL quarterback. It wasn't fun anymore. All of the fun was out of it. All of the excitement was gone. All I was doing was worrying about things.
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VS.

"Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I ain't never said I was going to quit football," Young told The Tennessean. "There was a lot of stuff going on in my life, but football is not hard to me. Football is easy. All you have to do is be coachable and use your God-given talent. If it was a thought at all it was just a passing thought for a second.''
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Which is it, Mr. NFL?

Say what you mean and mean what you say. It's a fairly simple concept, and one that is required of leaders. Now he doesn't like the scrutiny of the media and being held accountable by fans, so he backtracks and denies the story.

Interesting that his teammate directly contradicts what he's now saying about never saying he thought about quitting:

Keith Bulluck: "Whatever pressures were going on in his life at that time last summer, he was feeling big stress. He was talking about quitting football and though it might have been for the time, for the moment, it was real.
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I have never faulted him for doubting his dedication to pro football after one season, but he doesn't have to lie to make friends.
 
Double Barrel said:
Anyone feel like VY could have a Ryan Leaf "leave me alone" meltdown any day now?
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I think football is probably Young's "happy place", where he goes to escape the rest of his life. Young is probably going through sudden wealth syndrome, where family and friends are coming out of the woodwork for $money and attention. Yeah I know, it's a problem a lot of us would like to face. But it can be a problem, nonetheless. Especially, for a kid who was sheltered for 4 years by Mack Brown.
 
Lucky said:
I think football is probably Young's "happy place", where he goes to escape the rest of his life. Young is probably going through sudden wealth syndrome, where family and friends are coming out of the woodwork for $money and attention. Yeah I know, it's a problem a lot of us would like to face. But it can be a problem, nonetheless. Especially, for a kid who was sheltered for 4 years by Mack Brown.
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Good point, man. Going from nothing to everything is probably somewhat of a culture shock.
 
Lucky said:
I think football is probably Young's "happy place", where he goes to escape the rest of his life. Young is probably going through sudden wealth syndrome, where family and friends are coming out of the woodwork for $money and attention. Yeah I know, it's a problem a lot of us would like to face. But it can be a problem, nonetheless. Especially, for a kid who was sheltered for 4 years by Mack Brown.
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When VY said "I was going through some stuff..." I have to think he's speaking of a certain inner battle/conflict that has surfaced in the media recently.

And...you really have to wonder if winning the BCS was such a huge accomplishment, such a rush, that maybe VY feels he's already reached the pinnacle of his own hopes and dreams? As in: Everything else is just a bonus at this stage. I wonder "what if" he didn't the BCS title game? Would he have that flaming desire to carry over into the NFL to win an NFL championship?

Suddenly, VY does not look like the poster boy he had been made out to be. He was framed as the hero, the bullet-proof messiah who would haunt the Texans forever. And now? Now he seems to be struggling just for a reason to play football.

He needs to get some of that David Carr "football is fuuuuuuunnnnn" therapy. The sort of therapy that pays you millions of dollars for looking good when it doesn't count.
 
Blazing Arrow said:
I was joking. Tom Collins should not step on the field. I would rather have Volek.
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I agree. Tom Collins has no place on the field.

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Lucky said:
I think football is probably Young's "happy place", where he goes to escape the rest of his life. Young is probably going through sudden wealth syndrome, where family and friends are coming out of the woodwork for $money and attention. Yeah I know, it's a problem a lot of us would like to face. But it can be a problem, nonetheless. Especially, for a kid who was sheltered for 4 years by Mack Brown.
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Exactly what I was thinking. I'm really glad the Texans didn't take Vince because of all the family and friends that would think he is the Red Cross or the Welfare dept. I like watching Vince play but on two days out of the year he is the enemy. I just hope all the hate on this board for vince is only because he is a Titan.
 
ubecool454 said:
I just hope all the hate on this board for vince is only because he is a Titan.
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No. Some people hate him because he was a Longhorn. Some people hate him because he is a drunk. Some people hate him because he is a closet homosexual. Some people hate him becuase after signing a guaranteed contract and having a rough first year, he contemplated quitting on his team because it was too hard and he is stupid enough to tell the media (still not sure what he believed he was going to gain from that).
 
Lucky said:
I think football is probably Young's "happy place", where he goes to escape the rest of his life. Young is probably going through sudden wealth syndrome, where family and friends are coming out of the woodwork for $money and attention. Yeah I know, it's a problem a lot of us would like to face. But it can be a problem, nonetheless. Especially, for a kid who was sheltered for 4 years by Mack Brown.
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That is a great point. A good friend of mine is a big time Longhorn. He has season tickets, goes to every game, roots for Longhorns in the pros, goes to a lot of Texans games with me, and didn't want Vince on the team. Nothing to do with abilities or intellect or anything football related. He thought that it would be too much dealing with every person he's ever known and then a lot more that would be hounding him, hanging onto him, and generally making his transition worse. I think he is right. Football would cease to be an escape for him because the city would expect him to take it on his shoulders and lead it to multiple Super Bowl victories. I realize that's the goal, but one man can't do it alone.
 
Specnatz said:
Did I hurt your feelings? So much for those thtat say, he just wins.

I am sure those pics of VY got you all hot and bothered didn't it? You say he is your type a guy, now we all know what ya ment.
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Once the Texans make the playoffs , it's gonna be ... well we went to a Super Bowl .

Once we go to a Super Bowl ... we'll never hear from them again . Oh by the way they went to a Super Bowl with our old team .
 
ubecool454 said:
I just hope all the hate on this board for vince is only because he is a Titan.
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And, some people don't believe he is as good as advertised, and are called haters for voicing that belief.

I have no reason to actually hate Vince Young, but I have never thought he was going to be a great QB. I voiced that from the beginning, and have constantly been called a hater for it.
 
ubecool454 said:
I just hope all the hate on this board for vince is only because he is a Titan.
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Pretty much sums up my thoughts, with extra fuel added to the fire because of all the undeserved hype around the dude. It is the constant drone of UT fans and local media that builds up resentment among Houston Texans fanatics.

Well, that and his little display of "this is my house" at Reliant. That was just bush league and unbecoming, and pretty much a chump attitude, IMHO.

Of course, who knew that he'd be ready to quit pro football just a month or so later? At lea$t we now know the rea$on$ he'$ $till playing (and it's not the 'heart of a champion' thing).
 
Too much pressure for VY??

You think that may be what he was getting ride of at the sausage party?:smiliedance:
 
I think football is probably Young's "happy place", where he goes to escape the rest of his life. Young is probably going through sudden wealth syndrome, where family and friends are coming out of the woodwork for $money and attention. Yeah I know, it's a problem a lot of us would like to face. But it can be a problem, nonetheless. Especially, for a kid who was sheltered for 4 years by Mack Brown.
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exactly....people are taking quotes and running with them.......I repeat the hatred for VY is strong on this board, and I'll never understand why..............So far VY has the Texans record 3 to 0................hate on...........

*dream is reminded that he needs to buy his annual titans/texans ticket, and wear his VY jersey once again*
 
The Dream said:
exactly....people are taking quotes and running with them.......I repeat the hatred for VY is strong on this board, and I'll never understand why..............So far VY has the Texans record 3 to 0................hate on...........

*dream is reminded that he needs to buy his annual titans/texans ticket, and wear his VY jersey once again*
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He plays for the Titans, our division rival. Add to the fact that Texans fans got the VY hype shoved down our throats to no end when we drafted Mario. Then you have the VY supporters that protect him like they are his family. Simple stuff.
 
The Dream said:
exactly....people are taking quotes and running with them.......
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Honestly, Dream, there is not a lot of running required. Take his words at face value:

Vince Young said:
"It was crazy being an NFL quarterback. It wasn't fun anymore. All of the fun was out of it. All of the excitement was gone."
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We've heard these words somewhere before... :thinking:
 
We've heard these words somewhere before
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I just don't think it's that big of a deal. He was a rookie who was thrown into a starters position along with all the fame, money, spotlight, pressure, etc. He was honest about his feelings and said that he's become a stronger person since that point.......


He plays for the Titans, our division rival. Add to the fact that Texans fans got the VY hype shoved down our throats to no end when we drafted Mario. Then you have the VY supporters that protect him like they are his family. Simple stuff.
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but this is all stuff Vince can't control. Dude begged to come to Houston and to this day still does a lot of good things for his hometown.....I understand not rooting for him, because he's a rival, but there is "strong" hatred on this board like the guy sexually mollested every member's mother, lol........
 
The Dream said:
I understand not rooting for him, because he's a rival, but there is "strong" hatred on this board like the guy sexually mollested every member's mother, lol........
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I think our mothers are safe as you can tell in the bar scene. :wild: I personally don't "hate" the guy but more so the people that hype him up more than he is worth. He's not a polished QB by any stretch of the imagination.
 
honestly who "hypes" him as being a "polished" QB? ESPN says that he wins game, but that he still has problems with INT, reading defenses, etc. It's not like people treat him as if he doesn't have any flaws.........Even VY fans and supporters (myself, Mike Ditka, etc.) can admit to his flaws.....And he's a young QB who has about 24 games under his belt...it makes perfect sense for him to struggle somewhat......
 
The Dream said:
honestly who "hypes" him as being a "polished" QB? ESPN says that he wins game, but that he still has problems with INT, reading defenses, etc. It's not like people treat him as if he doesn't have any flaws.........Even VY fans and supporters (myself, Mike Ditka, etc.) can admit to his flaws.....And he's a young QB who has about 24 games under his belt...it makes perfect sense for him to struggle somewhat......
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First thing that's wrong is you listen to ESPN:joker: He does not win games. The Titans won games last year despite Vince Young. Albert Haynesworth and the Titans defense were the reason the Titans won and made the playoffs. The defense bailed him out so many times last year. Your right about the inexperience though. Most QB's take 3-4 years to develop. I'll still be rooting against him because he is a Titan and plays for the enemy.
 
so the titans improving as a team had nothing to do with VY? No one is saying he deserves all the credit, but defenses respect his ability to run and that does have an impact on the game............
 
The Dream said:
I just don't think it's that big of a deal. He was a rookie who was thrown into a starters position along with all the fame, money, spotlight, pressure, etc. He was honest about his feelings and said that he's become a stronger person since that point.......

but this is all stuff Vince can't control. Dude begged to come to Houston and to this day still does a lot of good things for his hometown.....I understand not rooting for him, because he's a rival, but there is "strong" hatred on this board like the guy sexually mollested every member's mother, lol........
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I do not care that he wanted to come here, and as far as him doing things in Houston, well he should he lives here, big deal so do a lot of other athletes.

Manning and Aikman were both thrust into the same situation. Manning even had more pressure being the son of Legend. You never heard of them thinking of quitting after one seaon. Why because they have a backbone and what all Champions have, heart!

Hell Mario had way more pressure on him than VY ever thought of having and he had a disappointing rookie year. What did he do? He busted his ass and worked harder to get better for his second year, and he did. While princess vy thought about quitting. Yeah what a leader.
 
The Dream said:
so the titans improving as a team had nothing to do with VY? No one is saying he deserves all the credit, but defenses respect his ability to run and that does have an impact on the game............
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Yeah, I'd say that the Titans improving their defense to the point that it was like in the top 3 had nothing to do with Vince Young. He definitely did not put up better numbers than his rookie year. He really didn't make a bunch of really super clutch plays last year either.

Vince Young looked like he regressed last year, from his rookie campaign. I think it's quite easy for a lot of people to say that VY did not improve his team and it not be blind hatred for him.

Also, I'm glad you wear your Titans jersey Young jersey at the Titans/Texans games. I imagine a lot of the VY supporters that call in to the radio stations wouldn't be man enough to do that.
 
I don't hate Vince Young. He still gets cheered on when he goes to Rockets games, but when football season starts, VY and the Titans are enemy number one.
 
Brando said:
First thing that's wrong is you listen to ESPN:joker: He does not win games. The Titans won games last year despite Vince Young. Albert Haynesworth and the Titans defense were the reason the Titans won and made the playoffs. The defense bailed him out so many times last year. Your right about the inexperience though. Most QB's take 3-4 years to develop. I'll still be rooting against him because he is a Titan and plays for the enemy.
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I think this will do

Brando
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I'm a little surprised that Titans fans aren't more upset about this whole thing. I think if I was a Titans fan, after hearing that he wanted to quit after his first year and then followed it up with the season he had last year, I would have been ticked. If you're considering quitting, you certainly aren't putting forth the effort to get better and it showed last season. I'm just a little surprised this isn't a bigger issue with Titans fans. Most seem to be putting a positive spin on it like, "but he didn't quit and that shows leadership".
 
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