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[QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 2011310, member: 622"]
Molitor:  Wrong for comments and for striking Mixon.  Should be charged accordingly.  Let a judge/jury decide how significant her attack was and her punishment.  (her actions are a separate issue from Mixon's).

Mixon: Wrong for retaliation.  Used excessive force and was not in real danger (no real shot at claiming feared for life/self defense).  Seriously offended his mother, family, Stoops, Teammates, OU, Norman,OK; though it seems only his mother and family are the ones that realized they should be offended by his behavior!

Stoops: Wrong for not dismissing Mixon from the team/school and letting him rehabilitate himself at a JUCO while addressing legal issues.  (He could always bring him back after JUCO if he was rehabilitated)

AD & OU: Wrong for not stepping in where Stoops failed.  Wrong for not presenting their point of view and dismissing both for instigation and assault.  Wrong for sending message that "if you are really good in football, we will waive 'improprieties'".

Mixon's Attorneys: Wrong for failing to get the kid in front of the issue and make amends early on.  If it meant a little jail time, more community service, loss of the OU scholarship, so be it, it would have been better than waiting 2.5 years to make things right.  Waiting until now for the mea culpa seems far less genuine (I believe Mixon is very upset he failed his mother and family, and somewhat sorry for retaliating and injuring Molitor) and more geared to getting a better draft selection than truly making amends.

Basically, everything that could be handled wrong was handled wrong.  I hope the kid truly is rehabilitated.
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