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re: Question for people who watched the book of manning.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 11:07 am to Sherwood Brotron
Posted on 9/25/13 at 11:07 am to Sherwood Brotron
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What "problem" does he have?
I want to preface what I'm about to say by pointing out that I don't think this necessarily qualifies as a "problem" that JFF has, and I only have secondhand information on isolated incidents to go on, so I don't want to come across as though I'm judging Manziel at all.
With all of that out of the way, some people could jump to the conclusion that Manziel wasn't disciplined much as a kid. I think that's a snap judgment, because who really knows? But I think people could get that impression from Thompson's article. Manziel apparently told his aunt to shut the hell up during a family dinner, and no one even corrected him. Supposedly, his dad kind of dreads playing golf with him because Manziel tends to fling his golf clubs around and lose his temper. For most people, it's kind of strange that Paul Manziel punched JFF's friend in the groin and then high-fived JFF. I know there are all kinds of ways for fathers to interact with their sons, but some people could see that as Paul being more of a friend to JFF than a father. Like I said, this is a snap judgment based on very little real information, but I think that has at least something to do with the way people react to JFF.
Sorry for the length of this post.
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Posted on 9/25/13 at 11:30 am to dtmb
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I want to preface what I'm about to say by pointing out that I don't think this necessarily qualifies as a "problem" that JFF has, and I only have secondhand information on isolated incidents to go on, so I don't want to come across as though I'm judging Manziel at all.
With all of that out of the way, some people could jump to the conclusion that Manziel wasn't disciplined much as a kid. I think that's a snap judgment, because who really knows? But I think people could get that impression from Thompson's article. Manziel apparently told his aunt to shut the hell up during a family dinner, and no one even corrected him. Supposedly, his dad kind of dreads playing golf with him because Manziel tends to fling his golf clubs around and lose his temper. For most people, it's kind of strange that Paul Manziel punched JFF's friend in the groin and then high-fived JFF. I know there are all kinds of ways for fathers to interact with their sons, but some people could see that as Paul being more of a friend to JFF than a father. Like I said, this is a snap judgment based on very little real information, but I think that has at least something to do with the way people react to JFF.
Sorry for the length of this post.
I agree with you, that article definitely threw me off and I ended up coming to a similar conclusion, that he just comes from a crazy family who probably could have disciplined him more. I think his dad may be a bit crazy even. That being said, I thought I heard Thompson apologized to the Manziel family for how they were unfairly portrayed after the piece was published, I could be wrong.
But if the article has much merit at all, how can people hate a kid for acting like pretty much any kid would act if they grew up in a similar fashion? There are plenty of "under priveleged" athletes who act like completely self-righteous, spoiled divas. I get the feeling the University and coaches have taken a bit of a "parental" role over the past year to help give Johnny better guidance. But to act like he's got this huge problem is just silly. He comes off as cocky and seems to have a shoot-from-the-hip mentality, but by all accounts from people who have met him, his teamates, celebs, and kids he has formed relationships with...he is a cool, nice, genuine dude. Maybe he just cant stand his family? Maybe his dad is an a-hole.
This post was edited on 9/25/13 at 11:33 am
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