06-03-2009, 06:23 PM
<!--quoteo(post=41858:date=Jun 3 2009, 04:56 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Jun 3 2009, 04:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=41855:date=Jun 3 2009, 04:49 PM:name=bz)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bz @ Jun 3 2009, 04:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=41853:date=Jun 3 2009, 04:45 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jun 3 2009, 04:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->There's a difference between "clutch" (or what is perceived as "clutch") and "not pissing down your leg."
I'm not arguing that there aren't players who choke under pressure. But not choking ≠ clutch.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
What is the difference? How is there no relation?
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MLB players are probably the top 1%, most elite baseball players on the planet. They got there by performing at a higher level than 99% of every other baseball player on the planet. The vast majority of them got to this level because they don't piss down their leg in a pressure situation.
I'm not saying that there aren't any professional baseball players that choke. There are. We've all seen it.
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That way of thinking is too assumptive circular and denies instance specificity and the general relativeness of each new level of play.
Once you are in the majors it is an entirely new set of standards and circumstances and an entirely new situation than your previous level of play. Everything resets. You're previous relative ability to not piss down your leg in a pressure situation that go you to this new level is no longer relevant. Now, you must perform well under these new circumstances and not piss down your leg against a new group of peers.
I'm not arguing that there aren't players who choke under pressure. But not choking ≠ clutch.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
What is the difference? How is there no relation?
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MLB players are probably the top 1%, most elite baseball players on the planet. They got there by performing at a higher level than 99% of every other baseball player on the planet. The vast majority of them got to this level because they don't piss down their leg in a pressure situation.
I'm not saying that there aren't any professional baseball players that choke. There are. We've all seen it.
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That way of thinking is too assumptive circular and denies instance specificity and the general relativeness of each new level of play.
Once you are in the majors it is an entirely new set of standards and circumstances and an entirely new situation than your previous level of play. Everything resets. You're previous relative ability to not piss down your leg in a pressure situation that go you to this new level is no longer relevant. Now, you must perform well under these new circumstances and not piss down your leg against a new group of peers.
If Angelo had picked McClellin, I would have been expecting to hear by training camp that kid has stage 4 cancer, is actually 5'2" 142 lbs, is a chick who played in a 7 - 0 defensive scheme who only rotated in on downs which were 3 and 34 yds + so is not expecting to play a down in the NFL until the sex change is complete and she puts on another 100 lbs. + but this is Emery's first pick so he'll get a pass with a bit of questioning. - 1060Ivy