But, it doesn't really sound like it.  And, my understanding is that it wasn't "a bunch of outsiders."  This was a group of men that knew Fisher fairly well.

I should preface this with the fact that I am one of the hugest VY fans you will ever meet.  Friends would admit that my allegiance is borderline obsessive.  So, I didn't post this to try and stir shit up.  I am also skeptical of every rumor I hear.  The gentleman who told me this is someone who certainly would not lie about this, as he is a big VY/Texas fan.

Refer to Occam's razor: "All things being equal, the simplest solution tends to be the right one."

Consider two possibities:

1.  Jeff Fisher told a golfing buddy this information, which was then passed along to my family friend (let's call him Dave).
2.  Jeff Fisher did not tell his golfing buddy.  Golfing buddy decides to lie to Dave, a 65 year old man with whom his is close friends with, about something trivial with which he serves nothing to gain.

Let's also consider a couple of other things.  If you look at this objectively, doesn't it at least make a little bit of sense.  Two instances come to mind:

1.  Missing the team plane last year.
   
2.  Being benched for the preseason game for not sleeping in the team hotel.

I don't want to confuse this with Vince being a bad teammate.  By all accounts, the entire team loves him and I saw first hand at Texas how his motivation can take a team to another level.  But, the context clues seem to reinforce the validity that Vince may not deal well with rules and authority.  In fact, I've read that it wasn't until Mack loosened up between VY's Sophomore and Junior year that they formed a strong relationship and Vince began to excel.