Dear Vincent Paul Young, Jr.,
Let me talk to you for a minute. Look, you are a very talented football player and you have the potential to be a great quarterback in the NFL. You have a strong arm, quick feet, a ton of athletic ability and the movement to make you and your team a success. So what are you doing??? What’s going on with you? Sit down and talk to Dr. Mama Diva for a spell. Let’s chat.
What about the NFL scares you? There has to be something to make you do the things you do. You are playing with one of most historical franchises in the NFL. You are playing for a sure-fire Hall of Fame Coach, who is the longest tenured coach in the League. You have an owner who supports you, a team who is ready for you to lead them and fans who got excited every time you stepped on the field. You were that player that Titans fans (like me) were salivating over having.
What are you afraid of?
Is it playing the game? Noooooooo can’t be. You’ve proven that you can do that many times over. Is it the limelight? I don’t think so. At the University of Texas, you were a superstar. Is it that you’re not the BMOC? Well you need to just get over that! Maybe you’re starting to doubt your worth to your team. Well that shouldn’t be a problem, look at your record in the NFL. Look how great the team did at the end of last season when you came back? Is it the coaching staff? I don’t see how. Tennessee has one of the best and most consistent coaching staffs in the league. They have been bending over backwards to help you be the best you can be. (At least that’s how it looked to me)
OK let me just say this and get it out of the way. I’m tired of pussyfooting around.
GET OVER IT!!!!
You’re almost 28 years old. You’re a PROFESSIONAL football player in the NFL. You have a team, an organization and a fan base depending on you doing your job. Your job? Getting your ass on the field during games, practice, workouts, OTA’s or whatever team activity is happening, official and unofficial. Your responsibility? To study film, the playbook, meet with the coaches and anything you have to do to get prepared for the game. Your reward? The satisfaction of knowing that you’ve done the best you can do to get the best outcome possible AND YOUR PAYCHECK!!
I understand that the pressure may be too much sometimes, but you know what you have to do. Put on your big boy pants and deal with it! Real Men don’t run away from their problems; real men don’t pout when they don’t get their way; real men don’t throw their uniforms into the stands. Real men don’t send a text message apology. A real man would go to that person and apologize face to face. I am not even going to start on you showing up at a game and leaving before it was over. Boy, I could smack you upside your head!
You’ve shown flashes of greatness and flashes of maturity. You handled defeat graciously when Reggie Bush’s name was announced at the Heisman trophy presentation…show that maturity level now! Despite what you may think, we do not want Kerry Collins as our starting QB. You may be a special talent, but you are not irreplaceable! Cam Newton looks just as good coming out of Auburn as you did out of Texas – maybe better. Bud Adams may like you, but he is not going to put his franchise on hold for you! If you won’t act right, he’ll find someone who will!
Now get your mind right, get your s**t together, check your attitude, suck it up and do what you were drafted to do, do what you’re getting paid to do, do what you know how to do!
Do not make me have to drive the 4 hours to Nashville or the 14 hours to Houston to have this talk again. Dr. Mama Diva does not like to repeat herself but I will if I have to and that’s not good for anyone!
One more thing, on your team bio, you listed sleep as one of your hobbies. Seriously Vince?? Not a good look. Grow up, get your mind right and stop acting like a spoiled child!
Sincerely,
Dr. Mama Diva
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