Guys I Can't Stand

This week has been an especially good sports week for me. There have been a lot of news of the past couple of days about guys that I just cannot bear. Let's take a peek at this week's misgivings.

Joakim Noah:

A bad Memorial Day Weekend for Mr. Noah. I am certainly not going to condemn a grown man for having a beer, but come on Yannick!!! It is not a big deal he was drinking a beer on the street, it is a big deal in the eye of American law that he was in possession of a little Wacky Tobaccy. I just cannot stand these two. It was bad enough that all of America had to endure 2 years worth of NCAA tournaments staring at two over emotional guys with really bad hair. Hopefully Joakim will take his 6.6 points and 5.5 rebounds to France to stay with his father permanently. I and the rest of the people outside of Chicago and Gainesville, Florida will be excited to see him go.

Vince Young:

An especially disliked figure in my world. Vince was quoted this week that he was ready to tell his football career goodbye. First questions I have is someone please tell me why high profile longhorn football players have such a hard time just playing football after they leave Austin? (Rickkkkkyyyyy) The cited article is especially offensive to insult our intelligence by saying it was so hard for Vince to have an undefeated National Championship season, or to be in Reggie (overrated) Bush's shadow, or to take criticism about a reported 6 on the Wonderlic Exam, or to only be drafted 3rd overall, or to be 1 of 32 starting quarterbacks in the NFL. The disclaimer here is that the above story does not talk about the family problems he might have been going through. That is and should be off limits.

The easy thing to say here is what is so hard? You are a professional football player that has won on every level. The real question to ask here why would you open yourself up to this type of criticism that will allow your team and your fans to have an ounce of doubt about you as a leader? Just think about the next time he floats a ball 6 yards of the head of an open receiver. Will you continue to think he just is not great at throwing the ball or will you think he just doesn't have the desire enough to try and correct it?

Roy Williams

Tonight's Sportscenter asked the question of "Who is the biggest distraction in Big D?" Good question. At press time, we had no answer to this Sportsnation questions, but here is my vote. It is not Pacman, that is just an interesting side story right now. it is not T.O.'s contract. He learned about behaving badly in a contract year. It is not even Romo and his on again off again love affair with Jess. It is Roy Williams. Roy Williams used to be a wildman stud flying through the air hitting people and making plays. He is now a player who is lost and "Wishes opponents wouldn't throw his way." Huh? How can you say that? Roy, prepare to be thrown at by every team on almost every play next season. Roy Williams gets paid a lot of money to play a position that is not always of high value for a football team. Let's face it, good safeties are nice but they can be a dime a dozen. Looking back, it is hard to say if Roy was really great or if the Cowboys were so bad for a few years that we all were a little tainted starring through our Cowboy tinted glasses. Either way today he is just not as good as he used to be. This is the player the Cowboys need to worry about right now. He is showing that he is not committed to Dallas anymore. His lack of skill and lack of commitment will cost the Cowboys in crucial situations this next year. The Pacman Jones trade may not have been the most popular move ever, but Jerry can begin to get some forgiveness by running Roy and his large contract out of town.