Why did Suh flip out? His shoes were untied.

[TheCount]

Sounds like a bad joke, but here's the story:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/sh...tying-Ndamukong-Suh-8217-s-sh?urn=nfl-wp13954

The center, or one of his guards, he's had like one or two starts in his career and he's got to play against Suh. So he's pretty puckered, right? So, he talking to James, the offensive line coach, going, "What do I do? What do I do?"

James is just in his mind going, "This guy is going to get killed. I got to take his mind off it, give him something else to do." So he says, "Ok, every time you're in a pile, I want you to focus on something. I want you to untie his shoes."

He goes, "What?"

"Anytime you can, just reach in, he's got floppy shoe laces, he doesn't spat or anything, just untie his shoes. It will irritate him."

He untied his shoes three times in the game. :laugh2: That's why he stomped him. That's why he banged his head on the ground and he stomped him. When (Suh) went to the sideline it looked like he was telling the coach, "I didn't do anything" and he put his foot up like, "I didn't stomp him. I didn't do anything." He was actually going, "The damn guy keeps untying my shoes."

I SOOOO hope this is true. That's so hilarious. Imagine how annoying that would be? Everytime you come out of a pile, you can feel SOMEONE digging around your foot trying to untie your shoe. Here you are, an absolute beast of a man and one of the most feared guys in the league... and some scrub keeps messing with your shoe laces. :laugh2:

And for those, like me, who had no idea what "spat" was, it's the wrap a lot of guys use over their shoes. Usually as a way to wrap up their ankle, but apparently it also serves the purpose of keeping shoelace thieves at bay.

 

[Walker]

If he were a cowboy I am sure they would come up with some shoelace rule.:laugh2:

 

[casmith07]

The first time my shoes came untied I would spat my shoes.

I opted for super short laces. I would break my game cleats in at practice/walkthroughs, and then after camp before the first game tie them nice and tight, then cut off the excess and burn the edges. They were a ***** to tie and untie, but my laces didn't get caught on anything.