05-01-2024, 10:20 AM
(04-30-2024, 09:52 PM)Nepa Wrote: Just watched the video of what Burton did. Reading about it from some posters, I got the impression it was much of nothing. But looking at it? Yeah, it was pretty horrific. He went out of his way to hit her. She is a girl running onto the field and he went out of his way to strike her. And Nick Saban's comments about his needing to keep his emotions in check makes it seem like there may be more history to his emotional immaturity than just this incident.
We'll see what happens from here on out. Did he learn from the scrutiny and it's falling draft status? Was this some youthful error in judgment and emotion that he will grow out of? Of will he be like the the 35-year-old that still has road rage incidents? Or like Burfict who lost 5 million dollars in salary and fines and still couldn't control himself?
Love his talent. But I am admittedly seething to see him strike that girl. That, in my mind, is indefensible. Will he learn and be a success story? Lord, I hope so. Tennessee fans seem to indicate he never apologized to the girl, just "forgave himself." I hope that isn't true, and, if so, at some point he does apologize to her.
I am a Tennessee fan and everyone was pretty livid at the total lack of response from both Burton and Saban. However, whatever he did it wasn't nearly as bad as Mixon so if he can come in and be ok so can Burton. We have a mature locker room with strong leadership and I think they can continue to help him mature.
