[sportscurmudgeon]

Longtimefan:

Amen and AMEN!! to that.

Young athletes today seem not to have the ability to learn from recent history and seem - therefore - destined to repeat it.

Self control/Self discipline went out of fashion when it became critically important to try to have every kid in elementary school to have a high self-esteem. Think about that for a minute ... That is about as absurd as trying to have every kid in every elementary school to be "above average"...