04-29-2017, 01:38 PM
(04-29-2017, 10:51 AM)Beaker Wrote: I am happy we didnt take Cook. I saw too many times when he was taken down with first contact. Yes, he hits HRs when given holes, but Mixon runs with speed, elusiveness AND power also. That was the element missing from Cook to me.
As for Mixon's incident...a couple of things:
1. It's reaaly hard for 18 yo's (especially from troubled backgrounds) not to think they are kings by the way we treat athletes. Add to that the fact he was drunk and you have a recipe for disaster just waiting to happen. Whether that's getting into a fight, smoking weed, DUI, or hitting a girl. Just think of how many athletes have some character knock on them coming out of college. Its partially the product of the messages they get from society.
2. Without victim blaming, I am really over women screaming for equal rights....but buffet style...only picking which ones apply to them. Equal pay...yup, we'll take that. Paying for dinner on dates....nope, you guys can keep that one, etc. She assaulted him first. She pushed, then slapped him. That's assault too. If a guy had done that to him, he would not have been near as demonized. It would have been considered a fight. She shouldn't act like a man, then not expect to get hit back like a man. Granted, he is just as guilty because he committed assault too. But just because she was a woman doesn't make her assault less.
3. Mixon truly seems to regret his actions. He has stayed clean since, and he has taken responsibility. The woman and he have settled in court, and they reportedly met alone afterwords, talked it out and put it behind them so they could each move on. That says alot about the character of both...that they would both have the courage to face each other and talk.
4. I do not have near the problem with the Mixon pick that I do with retaining Adam Jones. Mixon has shown an effort to reform so far....Jones is a repeat offender. You forgive someone who repents...not someone who repeats.
1. Sure give him a pass for being 18 and drunk.... she was also young and drunk, but let's ignore that. However, I do agree with this point, it is even more noticeable now that we have a star athlete get drafted after this incident.
2. You are victim blaming. Period. I agree about the issues of "equal rights" being stupid and unsustainable, if you treat women as equal that has to apply all across, if not, then you have to protect them. However, HE started this, he made sexual comments toward her, he got turned down and started to harass her. He blocked her exit at the cafe booth and you think she just started hitting him for no reason. That doesn't compute.
3. I agree with this. They both have agreed to try to move on. We should too. I refuse to support him, but I will not call for his head either.
4. Fans that don't like the pick are one thing. The issue are the fans that are rationalizing the pick and giving this person a pass by victim blaming, all because of his talent. If he were mediocre then these same fans would be angry and upset that he did what he did. Saying that "She struck first, she called him a slur, she started it" all while ignoring that he and his buddies approached her and made advances to her, his buddies walked away, but he didn't. Then people bring up the alcohol for him while ignoring the alcohol for her.
Bottom Line: For me, I am boycotting the team as long as he is a player for us. I won't attend games, buy merchandise or care what our record is. We win the SB with him, I will add an * to it. That is just me and I don't expect anyone else to follow. I will still come to the boards though.
