Vince Young Needs to Grow up

 Vince Young is known as one of the most electrifying teams to have played and graduated from Texas football, leading the Longhorns to only their 6^th undefeated season and 4^th college football championship. While playing against the USC Trojans in the BCS championship game, Young naturally lifted his team on his shoulders and carried them past the Trojans, winning their first BCS title under the BCS era. He was highly anticipated to play in the NFL, to the extent that he was drafted as the 3^rd overall pick to the Tennessee Titans under Head Coach Jeff Fisher in 2005. Vince Young’s career did not last though.

After receiving opportunities to start for the Titans and demonstrate his ability to lead the team to victory, Vince demonstrated his leadership skills after suffering a harsh loss by yelling at Coach Fisher and stating, “I’m not running out on teammates, I’m running out on you.”

After that comment, he was quickly dismissed from the Titans. Young then tried to find a place with the Philadelphia Eagles, to play there a season. The following year he didn’t even make the roster of the Buffalo Bills.

In Young’s young and short career, he blamed his faults on his coaches, his agents, his teammates, never taking the blame himself. He now is trying out for pro football teams again claiming he has matured and grown up and he demonstrated his level of maturity just recently when he said, “I was getting taken advantage of. Basically I'm the victim of the situation.”

When is he going to learn that maturity is demonstrated by a person’s ability to take responsibility for the situation he finds himself in, instead of claiming he was the victim of said situation. How much success can a quarterback, the natural leader of football teams have when he cannot lead?

Why is Vince Young attempting to compete in the NFL again? According to folks from the Nashville area, the witnessed Young spend around $5,000 in one sitting at the Cheesecake Factory many times during his rookie season. They also witnessed him run up a tab of around $6,000 at T.G.I Fridays. Does Vince Young really have a true desire to lead teammates and a football team to success or is this just his sad attempt to refill his empty bank account?