re: The trouble with Johnny

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When he breaks a golf club on the football field... or for that matter gets in a shoving match with his center in the NC game... I'll worry about his temper more. I think a hot head is part of the competitiveness and there's no way to separate the two.

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There is a direct correlation with the two but the acting out part is a maladaptive, learned response which throughout his lifetime has become an habitual response. It can be changed but it takes work. In reading the article, I understand how others in his family and elsewhere are unwittingly rewarding him for it.

Maybe it's just a gut feeling but I think he can learn a helluva lot about how to deal with his problems from Coach Sumlin and his staff if he will allow it to happen.

I'm ready for some football too!