The head coach of the Oakville Hawks lacrosse team was pulling out of the arena parking lot one night when a pair of gloves came flying out the driver’s side window of the van in front of him.



Rob MacDougall stopped his truck and peered down at what appeared to be crisp, new gloves. Suddenly the van flipped around, scooped up the gear and drove off.



The next night at practice, MacDougall approached the driver: Barb Tavares, the mother of the youngest player on the team, John.



“Apparently,” MacDougall said, “she bought him a brand-new pair of gloves, and all he did was bitch and complain about how shitty the gloves were. So she threw them out the window and started to drive home. Then Johnny freaked out, and they had to go pull a U-ie to go pick them up.



“She’s a tough cookie with Johnny,” he said. “Johnny didn’t mess with her too much.”



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