And how old are you op? Calling a 19-20 year old kid an idiot... The opportunity of a lifetime - play on scholarship at the University of Miami. Did it not work out for whatever reason? Yes.
Did you play at Miami? Get offered? or even excel at the HS level? Warm a bench? Waterboy? Did you ever play football?
Did you not fold under pressure at an even much lesser scale at that age? I bet you did. Because I did.
When I played football, I was never a good practice player. The totality of it all — good film study + execution in practice = success on the field — it never registered with me, for whatever reason.
During games is when I came alive. Although I didn't play in some juggernaut division in Florida or Texas, I started strong safety on varsity my freshman year,, and by my senior year, I broke my high school's record for interceptions, interceptions for td's, wide receiving yards, and punt returns for td's. I was used all over the field.
I kick myself everyday now, because of hindsight. I was naturally talented enough to perform the way I did without ever putting much effort into getting better at practice. Practice was a chore. I never wanted to be last, but never pushed myself to be first. My only concern was the spotlight on Friday night's. Where results get rewarded. Unlike practice.
Had I been mature enough to fully immerse myself in the game of football, I know I could have done better than a Div 3 scholarship. I didn't love football the way I do now. I didn't value opportunity the way I do now. I was at a time in life where, one week I had to raise my hand and ask permission from the teacher to use the restroom, and the next week I'm supposed to make decisions that affect your entire life. I was naive, and ignorant because I never had the right person in my ear to make it all make sense, and probably wouldn't have listened if I did.
Mullins probably had a distorted opinion of himself. He probably felt better than the guys that played in front of him. Because he doesn't understand the totality of it all.
Results aren't exactly everything. If he had 3 more catches than Langham in practice, he's telling himself he produced more. Even though Langham blocks better, runs better routes, and was thrown to only once.
****, I've got an employee that sees no importance in getting to work on time. "I get more done than so and so." "But people can stand around for longer than the amount of time I'm late?". He can't seem to understand that performance is only one factor on the grading scale. People rather justify their wrongdoing, instead of corecting it.
