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[QUOTE="Libero2, post: 3619514, member: 2812"]
This is so incredibly true. I posted this earlier (possibly a different thread) but the history of sports is littered with some of the greatest figures in sports at the highest levels making mind numbing gaffes.

Brady failed to remember it was 4th down a few weeks ago. Webber called a Timeout when he didn't have one. Todd Gurley ran into the endzone when scoring was the only way his team might lose the game. Pete Carroll threw a pass instead of handing off to Lynch on the final play of a super bowl.

We fall in love with athletes who display the "clutch gene" which is essentially defined by staying calm and cool under pressure, able to remain focused and not let the pressure of a play or a situation affect their decision making, mechanics and play style. Well the reason those players are so revered is partly because they are (generally) absurdly talented, but also because most of the rest of the world CANNOT perform at that level under those circumstances. But even those guys/girls who are the best of the best and as clutch as you can get, will get sped up, panic just a touch and make a mistake from time to time (See Brady's forgetting of the down a few weeks ago). No one would ever suggest Brady doesn't know situational football, or that the Buccaneers and Patriots didn't teach him to count. Sometimes you just  things up. The lesser player you are, and the first few times you are in a critical situation, the more likely it is for just that to happen.
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