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Related: About this forumJohnny Manziel Responds To Criticism By Partying With Justin Bieber
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If you're a defiant 21 year old who doesn't really like rules, parameters, and being told what to do.... oh, and you have ungodly amounts of access, cash, and free time, what's the biggest figurative middle finger that you can flip at all of your authority figures?
Well....
Eye on Football (@EyeOnNFL) July 1, 2014
If staying off the grid in Cleveland was the equivalent of a truce, then partying at Bieber's house with Floyd Mayweather (a party where the cops were called in twice) is essentially a declaration of war.
In other (possibly related) news, the Browns have reportedly begun contract extension talks with incumbent starting quarterback Brian Hoyer.....
The entire story is at http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2014/07/johnny_manziel_responds_to_criticism_by_partying_with_justin_bieber.php?page=2 .
[font color=green]Prediction: This over-entitled turd is going to get puliverized if he ever gets on the football field.[/font]
Auggie
(31,133 posts)I like it!
PeteSelman
(1,508 posts)And this is some kind of scandal or whatever?
TBF
(32,004 posts)he's an idiot.
a kennedy
(29,617 posts)El Supremo
(20,365 posts)rocktivity
(44,572 posts)Last edited Mon Sep 21, 2020, 10:03 PM - Edit history (11)
This over-entitled turd is going to get pulverized if he ever gets on the football field.And quite possibly by his OWN teammates!
Anyone remember Joe Namath? His teammates and front office may not have liked his showboating and partying, but they tolerated it because he didn't start ACTING like Joe Namath until he BECAME Joe Namath, see? Aside from having above average skills, Broadway Joe never forgot that he could only be as successful as his teammates, and to show enough respect to his coaches and team management.
Manziel's problem, as you so beautifully put it, is "over-entitlement." Unlike Tebow, most of his teammates, or Bieber or Mayweather for that matter, Manziel's access to fame, fortune and power ISN'T effectively over if he fails as a pro athlete. He won't end up having to do infomercials or playing overseas to stay afloat financially or socially -- so he DOESN'T waste time kowtowing to team management, showing even the most basic deference to his direct superiors, or caring about his teammates.
Manziel's got bimbos and celebrities climbing over him now because he's a already a wealthy playboy, not because of his potential as a quarterback. But how much winning does Manziel think he can do without winning the respect of his teammates? He doesn't have enough sense to PRETEND that becoming the Cleveland Browns quarterback is his top priority right now?
rocktivity
hughee99
(16,113 posts)Joe Namath's personality was much bigger than his game was.
As for Manziel, he might as well live it up now. The clock on his career started counting down the day the Browns took him.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)how lucky he is to be partying with a guy like Justin Beaver, who is not only rich, but also famous for having YouTube's most disliked video.
Yavin4
(35,421 posts)I just wanna hug them.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Despite the music he is a trouble maker. Why brag to the cops how much weed you smoked all day during a DUI stop.
He may influence Manziel to get in trouble.
If he doesn't do it on the field for the Browns, Manziel's media attention and party lifestyle would get old for fans and come into question