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It is not going to end well for Johnny Manziel

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Dick Whitman, Feb 4, 2016.

  1. Spartan Squad

    Spartan Squad Well-Known Member

    I never liked Manziel's schtick and didn't think he was going to do in the pros what he did at A&M. I did hope I was wrong and that he was going to grow up. It's really sad that he didn't prove his detractors wrong. The kid is about to be out of the league with no marketable skills and that is really sad.
     
  2. Craig Sagers Tailor

    Craig Sagers Tailor Active Member

    It wouldn't surprise me if some, not all, of Manziel's behavior is attributed to him wanting to him getting out of Cleveland, this latest incident notwithstanding. I know that sounds dumb, but this guy justifies it because he does not live in reality and he's never had to. I think he is delusional enough to think Dallas will pick him up and that the Browns mismanaged him and the team is to blame for his lack of success. Not him of course. I'm not discounting his own stupidity. I think he has serious issues AND he was doing dumb things (going to Austin after telling coaches he would keep a low profile, going to Austin on bye week and lying about it, blonde wig in Vegas) purposefully because he figures 'well, I'm gonna be outta here in a month anyway.' The fact that he considers his behavior an exit strategy shows he has no grasp of reality.

    If he stayed out of trouble, he could at least be on someone's roster for a while. But I think he would rather be out of the NFL then do that. It's all or nothing.
     
  3. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    He's not good enough to be worth the headache. Best advice for him is to brush up on his Canadian.
     
  4. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    LOL ... You don't seem to know Texas very well.
     
  5. Stoney

    Stoney Well-Known Member

    Oh, what horseshit. The guy was already known as a reckless, impulsive, misbehavin, hard-partying spoiled rich kid before he ever showed up in Cleveland. Cleveland's got nothing to do with this. The only thing new that Cleveland revealed is that he doesn't have NFL skills in addition to the other pre-existing question marks.
     
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  6. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    You know, I would say he's got some self-destructive pathologies working there. He can't bear the thought of failing on the merits, so he sabotages himself such that he never gets actually judged on the merits.

    Then I remember that he was also doing the sabotaging back when he was succeeding -- wildly -- in college. So there went that theory ...
     
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  7. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    The girl didn't press charges. Besides, Rick Perry isn't the governor anymore.
     
  8. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    I distinctly remember Perry getting indicted by some DA from somewhere. Guess they must have flown one in from NoCal.
     
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  9. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    #deviltakes
     
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  10. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    Troll
     
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  11. justgladtobehere

    justgladtobehere Well-Known Member

    The investigation was probably torpedoed before the DA knew about it. The Fort Worth police report practically has the 'rolls eyes' emoji whenever writing up the girlfriend's statements. The reports keeps stating that she was vague when describing events. She came across as either uncooperative or a bad witness.
     
  12. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    You underestimate Jerry Jones.
     
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