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Originally Posted by burnitdown
Even if he claims he was dazed, he's still responsible for his actions.
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Not really, though. I got a concussion during a soccer game and my response was to tackle someone and start (trying) to throw punches. I had no idea what I was doing. I could barely see, my vision was tunnelled and blurry. I could also barely hear anything. That kind of response was completely out of character for me having done nothing like it ever before or since. So I can understand the argument that IF Wideman was concussed and skating back to the bench he may have seen a figure in his way at the last moment and just kept going without too much of an attempt to avoid them or see if they were okay.
All we can really do as fans is watch the video and make a judgement despite not knowing what was going on in Wideman's head. Hell, he may not even know what was going on in his head at that time.