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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift
Here's a guy from FOX Sports:
https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a...ference-081414
Again, it's not "clutch" in the sense of "some guys have more mental toughness" so much as it is "certain skillsets do a better job in 'clutch' situations for a variety of reasons". I don't think anyone with a passing interest in statistics argues for the former. Still, it *certainly* exists in other sports - basketball and football (particularly QBs running the two minute drill) immediately come to mind - and I feel like it isn't something we should just exclude because the Skip Baylesses of the world use the term to describe a phenomenon that only "exists" to make them feel better about their own hot takes. |
Cool, I definitely will read that. In terms of two-minute drills, are there instances of quarterbacks who are constantly average in other situations but excel in the two-minutes? Or is it more defined as top tier players that consistently seem to choke? (i.e. is clutch there more framed as abnormal success or a normal level of success when compared to high rates of failure?)