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Originally Posted by DazzlinDino
Thought BT's comments about Janko going down and not sulking were interesting. The fact that he went down after a strong preseason and never skipped a beat. I hope Bennett heard some of this because he is capable of playing a lot better than has been.... That's not saying that Bennett is not trying or that his confidence isn't shaken, but Bennett doesn't seem nearly as hungry dominant as he was a couple of years ago. Hopefully some decent line-mates will get him back to his old self.
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It's a perfect storm for Bennett right now. He's a guy who believes that he should be a difference-maker (which is good), but gets in his own head very easily when he doesn't dominate night in and night out (which is bad). This gets in the way of him getting off the snide. So he'll try to be aggressive to try to get involved in the play, but this leads to him taking bad penalties, so then he starts thinking about not taking bad penalties.
Anybody who has done an activity where you need to be "in the zone" can tell you that when you're so far up your own ass, you don't even know what the area code for the zone is, and your performance is going to be awful.
Dude needs a couple of bounces. He also needs to learn how to expect a lot from himself, but
also to take it easy on himself when he's not getting on the scoresheet provided he is otherwise playing well.