It’s a new season in college football as SEC Media Days in underway in Hoover, AL.
Today Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin took the podium to give the state of the union for the Aggies. Of course he very famous former QB came up during the Q&A, but I’m not sure Sumlin was thinking it would be the first thing that got asked about:
First question to Kevin Sumlin is basically "What's it like not coaching Johnny Manziel?"
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) July 15, 2014
Sumlin’s response to @BobHoltADG: “Let me get this straight. You want me to talk about NOT coaching Johnny Manziel?"
— George Schroeder (@GeorgeSchroeder) July 15, 2014
Then it didn’t stop and Sumlin was asked about Manziel partying before his NFL time with the Browns really starts:
Sumlin tired of Johnny questions: “Is this the SEC media days? That’s a great question … about the Cleveland Browns."
— George Schroeder (@GeorgeSchroeder) July 15, 2014
Sumlin is in a tough spot here. Does he want to answer questions about Johnny right now especially since he isn’t on his team anymore? No. But does he and the A&M program owe a lot of its success to the Heisman winner? Yes.
So naturally he will be asked about him. I would advise the rest of the media to go easy on the Johnny questions to Kevin for the time being.