Tuesday, April 26, 2011










It doesn't appear there will be any announcement show on ESPNews this year for the team championships. The ITA release says it will be on at 5:00 for the women and 5:30 for the men.



Young Comment said...

Behind every succesful player there is a parent or mentor team that has instilled work ethic, humbleness and appreciation in the individual. That has clearly not been the case with Young. His parents have continued to the opposite. And why? Simple, a combination of ego/control (we can do it better) and financial reward (where is Young's money going?). So the question begs itself - are they they going to change? No, is the obvious answer.

So, why does Patrick insist in saying "we will continue to support him". This is certainly the All American and humane attitude, but, how many times does he have to get kicked below the belt before he learns. Any other Federation would have walked away from Young long ago. Patrick keeps saying that Young could be top 20 or 30 material but his team very well knows that Young is not, physically and certainly not mentally.

So why is Patrick and the USTA keep hanging on to Young? The answer may be that no one wants to make the hard core decision to walk away from the most "promising" minority player in the US. Well, if that is the agenda, the most "promising" minority players are the Gabby Andrews, Marcos Girons, etc. No one would blame Patrick if he cleans the slate and looks at the young ones. No one.

Unbelieveable said...

Why is Patrick McEnroe holding a press conference to defend action with Donald Young. Is his job on the line? Interesting that he mentions other players in the press conference as well. Ryan Harrison chose to go on his on according to McEnroe and the sarcasm of a comment like "more power to him" reeks of insincerity. Why did he choose to go on his on? There surely is a reason. Why do people end up unhappy with the U.S.T.A. The U.S.T.A. needs to understand that they are there to help AMERICAN tennis players. Not just the ones who choose to work with the coaches that they hired. Tons of coaches out there who know as much or more than the ones on their staff. If you want to do whats right pay for the coaches expenses that the players are comfortable with. After all, those are the coaches who developed the players to the point that the U.S.T.A. became interested in them and wanted to start taking credit for their success.
It never ceases to amaze me how as soon as a player looks like they have a chance to make it, everyone has the answers to what they need to do. The smart players stick with what got them there and more importantly who got them there.
This press conference was ridiculous and unnecessary. If you wanted to discuss Donald Young fine. Leave other players out of it. Grow up.

Man in theMoon said...

I haven't read or posted on this site in a very long time - and I can't believe Donald Young is still being talked about.

It seems that I am in very good company, now with Peter Bodo, Diane Pucin,Greg Couch and about 100 other experts.

The big difference - I said all this stuff 5 years ago, when everyone said he was the next great American hope -- nice to be on the $$$.