You guys can jump on me all you want, but this troubles me immensely. Yes, everyone should have control of their own destiny, and the young man should be able to make his own decisions. But, and in this case, Vizza was a QUITTER!
He knew what the situation was before he jumped on board. The team...the coaches...the school...put a lot of faith and confidence in him when they signed him. Did he honestly think that it was going to be a cake walk in college? That the wins were just going to be rolling up for a rebuilding team? Come on...pretty naive! Did he HONESTLY think it was going to be as easy as HS??? Those are two different animals...Div IA vs. HS ball. I mean come one...comparing frickin' HS football to the highest level of college football!!!
If he wanted to play football and not have to work as hard, then maybe he should have tried DII or DIII. Seriously...pretty pathetic...
The fact is HE COMMITTED TO PLAYING FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS!!! HE IS A DANG QUITTER. PERIOD.
I have been teaching my kids that when you start something (project, sports, etc.) you stick with it. Once you commit to it you stick with it. You can certainly ask for help along the way (there is no shame in that), but DO NOT just up and leave!
Who knows where we would be if he would have hung in there. Maybe it would have not gotten any better...but quitting was NOT the answer. Actually, I am kind of surprised because I thought he was a real warrior. I really liked Vizza...thought he was exactly what we needed. But, I also think that he was concerned about RD...knew that he could not compete with RD so, and again, he QUIT!
You know what...let's just move on....Vizza is ancient history now...