Titus Young sabotaging Lions offense?

[Golden Taters]

He was running a 4.45 playing in one of the top leagues in southern California during high school and wound up at Boise St.. Usually means the kid wasn't smart enough to get into USC or UCLA and that's saying something.. Especially in terms of what USC is willing to do to "accommodate" talent.

Don't think grades were the issue, he held an offer from Washington.

[Houston]

How do they know he purposely lined up in the wrong spot? And what were his intentions behind doing so?

I'm still waiting for more sources.

[Glenbino]

Don't think grades were the issue, he held an offer from Washington.

That doesn't mean he would have qualified when the time came.

And I don't know what the real issue was but not a lot of kids come out of the LA City Leagues, especially at a big school like University, running in the 4.4s and don't wind up at one of the locals or another top-tier program.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Look where Schwartz came from, that Jeff Fisher/Gregg Williams coaching tree isn't exactly known for being great molders of men or for running classy organizations.

These coaches have always employed dumbfuck/classless/retarded/dirty players like Young, Suh, Cortland Finnegan, Albert Haynesworth, Vilma, Jo Lon Dunbar, Anthony Hargrove, etc etc, and it's now widely known that Williams was running his bounty systems under Fisher years before he did so in New Orleans.

People will do as their leaders do. Schwartz has no control, so players like Young & Suh do what they want.

[Cornelius]

Look where Schwartz came from, that Jeff Fisher/Gregg Williams coaching tree isn't exactly known for being great molders of men or for running classy organizations.

These coaches have always employed dumbfuck/classless/retarded/dirty players like Young, Suh, Cortland Finnegan, Albert Haynesworth, Vilma, Jo Lon Dunbar, Anthony Hargrove, etc etc, and it's now widely known that Williams was running his bounty systems under Fisher years before he did so in New Orleans.

People will do as their leaders do. Schwartz has no control, so players like Young & Suh do what they want.

I'm not so sure Suh is "doing what he wants". I'm quite certain knowing that Schwartz was the man behind Haynesworth, with the infamous head stomping incident, that Suh has been cast in that same mold. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't remember the dude being dirty at Nebraska. As for Young, his is simply a case of many others in the league, 10 cent head, million dollar talent.

[Warner2BruceTD]

I'm not so sure Suh is "doing what he wants". I'm quite certain knowing that Schwartz was the man behind Haynesworth, with the infamous head stomping incident, that Suh has been cast in that same mold. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't remember the dude being dirty at Nebraska. As for Young, his is simply a case of many others in the league, 10 cent head, million dollar talent.

Good point with the Suh/Haynesworth comparison.

[Len B]

I'm actually with G-Men on this. You are giving the Lions Offensive coaches too much credit.

I'm pretty sure they realized he was doing it on purpose since they are 'moving on'. If he flat out didn't know the plays, he'd get benched and they'd work with him to figure them out. Sabotage is the only reason they'd 'cut ties' with him.

[G-men]

I'm pretty sure they realized he was doing it on purpose since they are 'moving on'. If he flat out didn't know the plays, he'd get benched and they'd work with him to figure them out. Sabotage is the only reason they'd 'cut ties' with him.

OK, but until I hear some sort of reasoning as to why he would want to sabotage the team, I'll give him a pass on this one.

[Len B]

OK, but until I hear some sort of reasoning as to why he would want to sabotage the team, I'll give him a pass on this one.

Just two weeks ago:

Titus Young, the Lions’ troubled young wide receiver, is being sent home for the week.

Lions coach Jim Schwartz said today that Young was told to go home when he showed up at the facility today, and he will be inactive for the Thanksgiving game against the Texans. Schwartz said he doesn’t expect Young to participate in practice this week.

Schwartz also said Young has been putting himself above the team, and Schwartz wants Young to know that’s not going to be tolerated.

Young is still only 23 years old, but he has a history of behavior problems dating back to a 2008 suspension while a sophomore at Boise State.

The dude is a clown, stop making excuses for him.

[Cornelius]

I'm pretty sure they realized he was doing it on purpose since they are 'moving on'. If he flat out didn't know the plays, he'd get benched and they'd work with him to figure them out. Sabotage is the only reason they'd 'cut ties' with him.

I know. I was just making fun of the Lions being equivalent to an 8th grade coaching staff.