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Old 03-13-2018, 11:47 AM   #96
Jiri Hrdina
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root View Post
Fans are far too quick to assume players' heads aren't in the game when they make a mistake.

The game is played quickly, on instinct. If you're thinking, you're going to make mistakes. That's the problem with this team.

And yes of course, on an individual level, if a player isn't focused, they'll make mistakes too. But that is individual. When it's endemic, it's not from a lack of focus, it's structural.
The concept that players will perform best when executing more naturally on muscle memory is valid. But commitment and execution of a game plan is also important.

For me I don't view those things as being mutually exclusive. The idea that if you are thinking you are going to make mistakes I don't fully buy into. I will though agree that the team looks often like they are "gripping it".
So perhaps it is the nuance between thinking and over thinking.
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