Titans sign Simms. Obviously it's Collins' team for the time being, but a potential QB controversy between VY and Simms would be one of the funniest things I've ever seen. The UT boards would be utter hilarity.
i'm so disappointed in vince. looks like that last aggie game has more meaning. i can take the slow development, i can't take the sulking. i never thought i'd see it
Phil's son is your boy, right? this QB controversy is going to kick all sorts of ass. WE ARE PENN STATE.
ESBN Breaking News: Titans are talking to James Brown (no, not the Godfather of Soul, the UT QB) for the 3rd string quarterback spot.
Interesting. The only thing I've ever agreed with The Cat on in the history of this BBS is Chris Simms. I think he has the potential to be a very good NFL quarterback and he was before he got hurt in TB. This should be interesting.
LOL he just took a job at Lamar as an assistant coach. http://www.kfdm.com/sports/woodard_27657___article.html/offensive_hinshaw.html
Looking through that list, none of them were really "hyped up" upon entering the draft. It seems the higher a Longhorn go, the more likely he is to be bust. Roy Williams got lucky and fell a bit... so he's kind of okay(too injury prone for my taste though). Top 5 UT guys are all having problems though.
Our own Richard Justice now thinks he's a flop. UT version of Young disappears in Nashville Vince's problems could include more than just knee injury By RICHARD JUSTICE Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle Sept. 10, 2008, 7:25AM Vince Young is either a spoiled brat, a troubled young man or some combination of the two. That’s the problem with screaming at him to grow up and deal with things virtually every other NFL quarterback has to deal with. There could be something more serious going on. Those of us on the outside simply don’t know what’s going on inside his head. But what we do know — or what we think we know — is troubling. The Tennessean is reporting that Young “spent time with a psychologist” before disappearing for more than four hours Monday evening. The psychologist told the Titans that Young was extremely depressed and there was reason to be concerned about him, the newspaper reported. “Given the totality of the situation, coach (Jeff) Fisher was concerned about Young’s emotional well-being,” a Nashville police spokesman said. Forget the spin the Titans and Young’s inner-circle are putting on Monday’s events. It stretches the imagination to see it all as a case of Young forgetting his cell phone and hanging out at a friend’s house watching football. What the Titans have said is that Young apparently left his home abruptly Monday evening. We may never know the full story there. But someone from his home telephoned Fisher with information that alarmed Fisher enough to call police. Clearly someone thought Young was capable of harming himself. Once Young was found, he met with Fisher and convinced his coach everything was fine. But for a few minutes Monday, everything clearly wasn’t fine. Young’s agent, Major Adams, called it a misunderstanding. That’s also what the Titans said about Young’s behavior during Sunday’s game. He was booed after throwing his second interception. When he got to the sideline, he threw his helmet to the ground and blew off teammates who attempted to console him. He sat on the bench and buried his face in his hands. When the Titans got the ball back, Young refused to take the field. Fisher said Young was worried about a sore leg. He lasted four plays before suffering a knee injury that will sideline him for awhile. He seems to need this time off to gather himself, to figure out where he’s at both in his life and his career. Those of us that knew him at the University of Texas are having trouble believing this is the same guy that was so tough, so mature and so fiercely competitive. He wasn’t simply the best college football player on earth those last two years at Texas. He was the guy that made everything go. Teammates and coaches alike looked to him to lead. He led the Longhorns in the locker room and on the field. I thought the Texans were fools for not drafting him because I couldn’t comprehend him failing. Now it’s getting harder and harder to believe in him. In three seasons, he has missed a team flight, sulked when things have gone badly and gotten steadily worse as a player. That’s not the Vince Young that Longhorn Nation loved. That Vince Young didn’t pout when people doubted him. He fed off it, used it to drive himself to do more and more. I saw him misbehave just once. That was the night he lost the Heisman Trophy to Reggie Bush. He was less than gracious in his concession speech, and when he was done, an Austin columnist whispered, “USC is in trouble.” Young used the Heisman snub to drive him. The Titans might not recognize that Vince Young because it doesn’t resemble the sulky, withdrawn young man they now have. One thought in Nashville is that Young has surrounded himself with people that tell him only what he wants to hear. They blame the media for almost everything, including the fans that boo. Young has never failed the way he’s failing now. At anything. When he played poorly at Texas, he still had Mack Brown’s cocoon to protect him. He also knew he was always going to be the best athlete on the field, and that he was usually going to have enough raw skills to do whatever he wanted to do. Now he’s playing against opponents as big and fast as he is and defensive coordinators drawing up schemes far more complex than anything he dealt with in college. Maybe Young is having a hard time adjusting to a world in which hours of study are required and fans are unforgiving. They don’t want to hear that he’s beginning his third year. They see those throws sail over a receiver’s head and want something else. Nor do they care what he did at the University of Texas. He’ll always be a legend in Austin, but at the moment, he’s a $50-million NFL flop. Here’s hoping it’s nothing more than that. LINK
Richard justice flip flops more than politicians, never took his articles seriously. I'll be the first to admit VY clearly has problems and I think this next month will be very interesting to see how the Titans organization/players react. If he is able to win over his teammates to have faith in him again he will be okay, but he has to have faith in himself first. if not, itll be a shame to see him go out like this.
also as a UT alumn, I will even admit this raises more questions about the way mack brown handles his players and gets them ready for the next level. Another year at UT might have helped vince but I think this would have happened eventually.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-titans-young&prov=ap&type=lgns QB’s mother: Titans’ Young ‘hurting inside’ 19 minutes ago NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)—The mother of Titans quarterback Vince Young said he indicated he doesn’t want to play football and is “hurting inside and out.” Felicia Young said in Wednesday editions of The Tennessean that her son is tired of all the negativity he’s faced after being booed during a 17-10 win Sunday over Jacksonville. On Monday, Titans coach Jeff Fisher called police to help find him. “What would you think, if you were tired of being ridiculed and persecuted and talked about and not being treated very well, what would you do? What kind of decision would you make?” Felicia Young said “He may not want to deal with it (all), but you have to get to that point before you make that decision first. “But we’re not talking about football right now. We’re talking about what would make him happy, and that is the most important thing.” The phone number for Young’s home is unlisted, and his agent, Major Adams, did not answer his cell phone Wednesday morning. The Titans did not immediately return a message left by The Associated Press. This isn’t the first time that Young has talked of wanting to quit football. He told a reporter last spring that he thought of retiring after his rookie season, a statement he said later was taken out of context. Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young waits to call a play late in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Young was booed after being intercepted midway through the quarter and later left the game after spraining his knee in the 17-10 win. The No. 3 pick overall in the 2006 draft, Young won the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and followed up by helping the Titans reach the playoffs last season with a 10-6 record. He has been criticized for his passing struggles, with nine touchdowns and 17 interceptions in 2007. His mental state has been in question since being booed Sunday after his second interception during the Jacksonville game. He didn’t want to go back into the game until prodded by Fisher. He sprained the medial collateral ligament in his left knee four plays later and could be out for up to four weeks. Fisher said Tuesday night he is only ruling Young out for Sunday’s game at Cincinnati. Young didn’t go to the team’s offices Monday and postponed his MRI exam until Tuesday. He met with a psychologist at his home Monday along with Fisher and another team official. Four hours of uncertainty followed Monday night when Young left his home without his phone, prompting someone at his home to call Fisher. He called police to help find the quarterback and had a meeting late Monday night with Young and police crisis negotiators at the team’s headquarters. Young later drove home. Felicia Young said his son needs some space. “It is hard, all he is going through right now. He’s hurting inside and out,” she told the newspaper. “But he will be fine if people are prayerful and help my baby boy out. He is a young man. He just needs a lot of love and support.” Its the NFL (not for long)... one minute you're the golden boy, the next you're the turd in the punch bowl... Vince's "pro bowl" season is looking like a complete fluke caused by a great defense, solid running game, and a total lack of competent and healthy QBs in the AFC that year. If he wants to be praised all the time, he should just go back to Austin where I'm sure they'll wipe his butt for him if he wanted.
