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"Yeah, so, that was uh--yeah, the coach was bearing down on me from the bench there, I guess that got caught on camera, but he was sorta just asking me if I'd get out there and put the boots to someone, kick the shit out of em. Now, uh, I don't know if youse boys have ever seen me before, but I'm fuckin' like not even six feet tall, just barely two hundred pounds, I am not exactly a fighter's fighter. And at that point, I was like--well, fuck, the last time I fought I think I was playing in the NAHL. Like, I was a kid and that was just sort of the peak point of boil over in a game against a team I don't even remember--and I was a fuckin' little guy then so I got my ass beat there too. So I'm, like, 'ah fuck,' you know, I'm like 'ah fuck, I'm gonna go out there and absolutely get my shit beat in by the biggest dude you've ever seen,' I'm in my head about it. Coach is bearing down on me, he's like 'Flower, give me one fuckin' reason you shouldn't get out there and prove that we're not gonna take this shit lying down,' and I just sorta looked at him and I said, 'Coach, I've got my hands taped.'

So he sent out fuckin' Gilmore instead. [Laughs.]"

- Benson Fiorentini, The Golden Fleece Podcast on The Argo, a Seattle Argonauts SB Nation Community