It seems just like yesterday when a former UT star was spurning his multi-million dollar contract to smoke a lot of pot in Indonesia and join to Toronto Argonauts to try to make back some of the bonus money he spent and was subsequently ordered to repay to his NFL team.
Apparently the pressure of having his number retired by the Longhorns this year has gotten to Tennessee Titans QB Vince Young, who apparently has such a thin skin that a booing by the hometown fans that he almost refused to reenter a game and then went AWOL Monday night, with the Titans calling in police help to find him. Now his mom says that he might not want to play football anymore.
So yeah, it’s weird that the last two big-time Texas stars have both wound up being extraordinarily thin-skinned players with amazing abilities and questionable dedication. And while this currently seems like more of a temper tantrum from Young than a full-on meltdown a la Williams, it’s still an odd coincidence.
The other thing odd about this is how a guy who has been so good at all levels can all of a sudden after one bad game decide he doens’t like football. And this isn’t a big-nosed know-it-all spouting off about how he doesn’t like his sport on an out-of-town radio show; this is his own mother doubting his passion for the game.
So I guess it’s time to chalk Vince Young up in the ever-growing ranks of professional athletes that I just don’t get. I imagine Tennessee fans won’t get him either, and that could prove troublesome when he eventually comes back and is ready to play.
