It's pretty obvious..... he was going too fast in Too Tall of grass with a low-grade mower deck with a middle-gauge wheel that was pushing the grass down and might have had the wrong blades on. He should sell his Hustler and get a mythical lawn tractor with high-speed blades and wide open discharge chute made by a manufacturer who has no regard for Consumer safety.
(OK.. I admit to being a major contributor of the Flim Flam).
Yes... time to hear if there was a REAL solution!