(11-02-2020, 11:22 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(11-02-2020, 11:15 AM)rpr52121 Wrote: There was a report that the Saint's CB stole Mims' mouth guard on the prior drive and  wouldn't give it back. So the first motion Mims made was to take the CB's mouth guard and when he couldn't, he just got so fed up at being picked on that he just lost it. Not saying any of that condones what happened. But it wasn't just an "out of the blue" I wanna fight you thing.

Why didn't he just go to the sidelines and get another mouth guard? I wouldn't want it after an opponent had it. God knows what he did to it and with Covid 19 going around, I would just throw it away anyway. Hitting someone in the hardened helmet with your bare hands is gonna hurt Wims a lot more than it hurt his opponent. Whether or not he just "lost it," it was a dumb response. Wait until the game is over, his helmet is off and then "clock him!"

I have no idea.

We always hear about players using their emotions fuel them and to drive them as well as not liking the opposing team and using every slight. I've never been any sort of athlete. So, I have no idea how hard it is to control that and not let it get the better of you. Especially when you are in your early 20's.

Again, I'm not saying any of this condones his actions, but this type of thing seems to happen regularly throughout sports.

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