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<blockquote data-quote="jacketjp" data-source="post: 759901" data-attributes="member: 949"><p>No, not really. He started 2/2. He got benched without missing a kick. Then he missed a single XP. Got benched for 5 more games. Got brought back out and went 4 for 5, missing one FG. You guys are making it sound like he was completely inept. Even with his supposed practice struggles, he was still 45/46 on XPs and 9/10 of FGs on his career. That's absurdly good. We benched him for a guy that was 25/28 on XPs and 6/10 on FGs at that point and went on to go 17/18 on XPs and 3/7 on FGs. And you're arguing that was obviously a good decision because... Practice! </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't agree that vindicates anything because that happened after he had been told he had to win back his starting spot after having a perfect season and after he had been benched without missing a kick. I think a lot of players would leave a team given those circumstance.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's just not how mental and/or mechanics issues with muscle memory based activities work, man. You can be great in practice and games one year and then you can suddenly develop a hitch in your golf swing or bat swing or jump shot in practice or in a game. And sometimes, changing your mental focus by going from a practice situation to a game situation, or vice versa, can help reset. In basketball, it's called shooting out of a slump. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I've never argued that he <em>would </em>have magically put things together in a game. I've stated, repeatedly, that because he was kicking poorly in warmups does not conclusively determine that he would have kicked poorly in a game. And I have stated, repeatedly, that given his stellar track record in games, <u>it is my opinion </u>that he should have been given the opportunity on the field to demonstrate whether or not he could pull it together considering our lack of other clearly better options. That last part is obviously an opinion, but it's pretty comical how vociferously that opinion is being argued.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jacketjp, post: 759901, member: 949"] No, not really. He started 2/2. He got benched without missing a kick. Then he missed a single XP. Got benched for 5 more games. Got brought back out and went 4 for 5, missing one FG. You guys are making it sound like he was completely inept. Even with his supposed practice struggles, he was still 45/46 on XPs and 9/10 of FGs on his career. That's absurdly good. We benched him for a guy that was 25/28 on XPs and 6/10 on FGs at that point and went on to go 17/18 on XPs and 3/7 on FGs. And you're arguing that was obviously a good decision because... Practice! I don't agree that vindicates anything because that happened after he had been told he had to win back his starting spot after having a perfect season and after he had been benched without missing a kick. I think a lot of players would leave a team given those circumstance. That's just not how mental and/or mechanics issues with muscle memory based activities work, man. You can be great in practice and games one year and then you can suddenly develop a hitch in your golf swing or bat swing or jump shot in practice or in a game. And sometimes, changing your mental focus by going from a practice situation to a game situation, or vice versa, can help reset. In basketball, it's called shooting out of a slump. I've never argued that he [I]would [/I]have magically put things together in a game. I've stated, repeatedly, that because he was kicking poorly in warmups does not conclusively determine that he would have kicked poorly in a game. And I have stated, repeatedly, that given his stellar track record in games, [U]it is my opinion [/U]that he should have been given the opportunity on the field to demonstrate whether or not he could pull it together considering our lack of other clearly better options. That last part is obviously an opinion, but it's pretty comical how vociferously that opinion is being argued. [/QUOTE]
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