VY still got it.

[Red Five 40,859]

How badly do you have to fuck up to get fired from Texas if you’re Vince Young? That’s like Cheers evicting Norm.

[Tommy Shelby 188]

1 minute ago, Red Five said:

How badly do you have to fuck up to get fired from Texas if you’re Vince Young? That’s like Cheers evicting Norm.

From a part time job no less

[ruitxn 296]

Hate it but he will always be a hero of mine

[Constant 6,732]

 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,907]

Unfortunately I can see Vince ending up like J R Richard

[usmc0331horn 953]

Get help Vince. How do you fuck that job up? So sad.

[NowThis 931]

doesn't he get royalties from the steakhouse?

[TwiceHorn 31,486]

Well given that he is probably an alcoholic, this is more or less par for the course. 

I hope that these consequences will hit home and he gets the help that he needs. 

[Harrison Stafford 3,335]

Who's up for an intervention?

 

 

[BillyGoatHill 4,312]

Sad situation. I doubt it, but maybe this will make him get his shit together.

Edited March 9, 2019 by BillyGoatHill

[MAUFRAIS 6,629]

To an Athlete Dying Young

BY A. E. HOUSMAN

The time you won your town the race
We chaired you through the market-place;
Man and boy stood cheering by,
And home we brought you shoulder-high.

Today, the road all runners come,
Shoulder-high we bring you home,
And set you at your threshold down,
Townsman of a stiller town.

Smart lad, to slip betimes away
From fields where glory does not stay,
And early though the laurel grows
It withers quicker than the rose.

Eyes the shady night has shut
Cannot see the record cut,
And silence sounds no worse than cheers
After earth has stopped the ears.

Now you will not swell the rout
Of lads that wore their honours out,
Runners whom renown outran
And the name died before the man.

So set, before its echoes fade,
The fleet foot on the sill of shade,
And hold to the low lintel up
The still-defended challenge-cup.

And round that early-laurelled head
Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead,
And find unwithered on its curls
The garland briefer than a girl’s.

[Telegraph_it 3,357]

28 minutes ago, NowThis said:

doesn't he get royalties from the steakhouse?

I seem to remember reading something that he took a bad deal on that or a friend/biz partner screwed him. I could be wrong though. 

[4th&Five 41,557]

56 minutes ago, bluto said:

that mean the lhn gig is done for too? (or was it already?)

dude is gonna be legit hard up for cash, Mack needs to just give him an allowance/hire him in chapel hill

The last thing he needs is more enabling. 

I think he just licensed his name for the steakhouse. 

[George 492]

Yeah something tells me he’s not getting anymore freebies...hope he gets it figured out before it’s too late. 

[Blotto 23,521]

I guess VY wasn't paying attention to Mack's locker room speech after the Rose Bowl. A 5 cent head coupled with chronic immaturity is a bad combo. 

[Horn_Spanker 524]

WTF?  As if they can't afford it.

[TwiceHorn 31,486]

2 minutes ago, Horn_Spanker said:

WTF?  As if they can't afford it.

I would guess that a substantial factor in the decision to terminate him, in addition to the abundance of cause, was the decision to let him feel some consequences/stop enabling him.

[Machinator 32,099]

It's a bad look for a reputable institution to keep a guy who quite possibly has substance abuse issues employed just because he won a lot of football games.

[4th&Five 41,557]

No shit. Plus the only attention he’s bringing to the school these days is negative. 

If they want to help him out they can pay the rehab bill. 

[Wally Pryor 5,261]

2 hours ago, Chad said:

This is very sad and discouraging to hear.

It's pathetic.

[Nivek 16,933]

Well that sucks.

[NowThis 931]

He'll be back 

[UTEX_ME 4,762]

 

[Gambrinus 51]

3 hours ago, Red Five said:

How badly do you have to fuck up to get fired from Texas if you’re Vince Young? That’s like Cheers evicting Norm.

Hopefully, he'll read this and get some clarity. And then some help.

[Goo Punch 4,275]

my mom was an AD at SAS for many years, and I've been working with the athletics department on and off for 15 years and we've hired a bunch of former Horns football players over the years, and only one- one single guy- actually took his job seriously and didn't act like he was bigger than the entire school- Ramonce Taylor. He was coach here for (I think) three seasons and he was a great coach who the kids loved. 9/10 of the other former Horns we've hired routinely show up late/miss work/peter out/etc. It's chronic, and it's frankly pathetic how consistently it's happened. 

[cactusflinthead 27,598]

8 minutes ago, UTEX_ME said:

 

I don't think it's registering on him. 

[formermav43 4,606]

1 hour ago, Horn_Spanker said:

WTF?  As if they can't afford it.

Not this.

[Beau Vine 54,231]

On 2/1/2019 at 5:22 PM, runthebone said:

My friend who is a Michigan said:  He's like a giraffe.  You don't realize how fast he's going until you try to catch him.

Your friend's a giraffe catcher?

[Murfdogg21 4,412]

2 hours ago, Telegraph_it said:

I seem to remember reading something that he took a bad deal on that or a friend/biz partner screwed him. I could be wrong though. 

I seem to remember they paid him a fee upfront to use his name, but he has no ownership or receives no royalties. Hope that money was tucked under a mattress. 

[mulletpelini 5,211]

I remember one of the first years that EA NCAA had online play and Vince was on the game roster.  Hated playing that fucker.

[HornsOverIthaca 2,333]

38 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Your friend's a giraffe catcher?

He was probably lion about it.

[Bigbend1812 12,915]

1 hour ago, Murfdogg21 said:

I seem to remember they paid him a fee upfront to use his name, but he has no ownership or receives no royalties. Hope that money was tucked under a mattress. 

Who the fuck agrees to this?

[Armybrat 40,850]

4 minutes ago, Bigbend1812 said:

Who the fuck agrees to this?

Vince?

[Surly Bevo 24,932]

Who the fuck agrees to this?

A guy who scored 6 on the Wonderlic which usually indicates issues with basic literacy

[Bigbend1812 12,915]

2 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

 

A guy who scored 6 on the Wonderlic which usually indicates issues with basic literacy

 

Ha.  Was just about to post this.   Goddamn this makes me sad.  And mad. 

[TornACL 7,698]

4 hours ago, Harrison Stafford said:

Who's up for an intervention?

 

 

Yeah but the problem is we've seen how elusive he is when he's surrounded. 

[6th Street 6,411]

He should take a job at the 2nd floor Jester cafeteria.

[Surly Bevo 24,932]

Yeah but the problem is we've seen how elusive he is when he's surrounded. 

 

Eh just cross Nick Reid off the invite list and things will be aight.

[Jkwellborn 6,702]

Who the fuck agrees to this?

A guy with a dipshit for an agent that’s hell bent on screwing his client.

[mininghorn88 2,293]

Thread title does not align.

[ImissWallyPryor 9,046]

2 hours ago, Murfdogg21 said:

I seem to remember they paid him a fee upfront to use his name, but he has no ownership or receives no royalties. Hope that money was tucked under a mattress. 

I’ll take that bet if you’re offering. 

Edited March 10, 2019 by ImissWallyPryor

[ChiTownDoc 21,154]

28 minutes ago, Jkwellborn said:

A guy with a dipshit for an agent that’s hell bent on screwing his client.

A lot of contracts like that have some sort of out for ‘behavior unbecoming’ etc.  If you think your client is going to fuck up and it’s a decent chunk of change, just take it up front.  Vince would be a difficult client.  Let’s just say that.  

[SHOOTER12 8,810]

42 minutes ago, Bigbend1812 said:

Ha.  Was just about to post this.   Goddamn this makes me sad.  And mad. 

Sad and mad also, at a time when kids need role models so badly...he could have been a far bigger hero than he's ever been.

[Deej 76,797]

2 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

Your friend's a giraffe catcher?

No, he's a Michigan.

[Jkwellborn 6,702]

A lot of contracts like that have some sort of out for ‘behavior unbecoming’ etc.  If you think your client is going to fuck up and it’s a decent chunk of change, just take it up front.  Vince would be a difficult client.  Let’s just say that.  

Read up on his agent when he was coming out of Texas.

[ChiTownDoc 21,154]

3 minutes ago, Jkwellborn said:

Read up on his agent when he was coming out of Texas.

Oh, I don't mean in any particular instance.  I just mean that type of contract.  I'm not shocked he had a snake for an agent but that one particular act could actually be smart depending on circumstances. 

The reality is he seems to have almost zero good people on the inner circle and it's a damn shame. 

[NowThis 931]

he never recovered from the death of Steve McNair.  Also, being in the same stadium as Bob Stoops. Historians will eternally debate which was the greater negative. 

[Jkwellborn 6,702]

Oh, I don't mean in any particular instance.  I just mean that type of contract.  I'm not shocked he had a snake for an agent but that one particular act could actually be smart depending on circumstances. 
The reality is he seems to have almost zero good people on the inner circle and it's a damn shame. 

I gotcha.

[maninblack 7,974]

He's not Johnny Manziel dumpster fire fucked up but he needs to get his shit together. Considering his status with the University I don't like the optics of this but I have to imagine because of that status it was discussed all the way up to CDC and making it public was either required or thought to be necessary somehow. 

I hope he matures and comes back into the fold down the line.

[GreenspointTexas 9,602]

Reminds me of the moment in Friday Night Lights (after Boobie re-tears his ACL coming back early after injury) when Coach Gaines looks at him, quickly turns and says while walking down the sideline nonchalantly, “Well, he’s done.”