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What if Trevor Lawrence…
Jul 28, 2021, 1:18 PM
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had waited until he arrived at the stadium for the ohio state game last season and then announced that he was feeling a lot of anxiety and fear of getting injured by those defensive ends and linebackers who were intent on breaking him in two, so he wasn’t going to play. Those are legit concerns, to say the least. Would he have been a hero for doing that?
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Re: What if Trevor Lawrence…
Jul 28, 2021, 1:22 PM
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Stunning and Brave.
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"The Face of Mental Health", perhaps?
Jul 28, 2021, 1:23 PM
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smh
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Every juan that doesn’t want to play
Jul 28, 2021, 1:25 PM
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Should use the ol “I pulled a hammy” trick
No one questions a pulled hammy
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Let's add some details to your hypothetical...
Jul 28, 2021, 1:30 PM
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Trevor shows up to the stadium for warm-ups, and can't complete a pass. The first pass of the game, a pass to a receiver 30 yards downfield goes 10 yards. On the second play, he throws a pick 6 and we're already in a hole.
He simply can't perform. In that situation, is Trevor Lawrence helping our team?
If he felt convinced that the backup would perform better and give us a better chance to win, wouldn't you prefer that he let the backup play? Or would you prefer that he dig his heels in and continue to play, despite an uncharacteristically poor performance, and put his coach in a tough position of either sticking with him and definitely losing, or benching him for the backup and possibly win?
And no, Trevor would not be lauded as a hero. Despite the feminist agenda, there is still a double standard in sports when it comes to how we expect our athletes to behave.
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110%er [7107]
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Not hearing any "mental health" issues there CBB...
Jul 28, 2021, 1:38 PM
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Sounds more like a legit injury that's preventing him from performing. And no fair-minded person would castigate an athlete who is injured and cannot perform. In the real world that sort of totally-debilitating injury status is almost ALWAYS be known before gameday... and would likely be known days or weeks prior.
Oh, and one thing I forgot to mention in my hypothetical - TL16, former national champion and consensus #1 NFL draft pick, had a goat sewn onto his uniform before his gameday CFP opt-out.
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Sure it's mental health.
Jul 28, 2021, 1:57 PM
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In my example, Trevor isn't injured. He's overwhelmed by the moment, so stressed that his body can't perform normally.
I'm guessing you would show more grace to Trevor in a similar situation, since he's a male college football star for your favorite team, than you are to the greatest female gymnast ever.
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And you would be wrong, Coach Brownell
Jul 28, 2021, 3:33 PM
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I would doubly disappointed in Trevor because I've seen enough of his character and testimony to consider such behavior from to be inconceivable. I'm not saying it couldn't happen. I never in a million years would have thought DW4 would end up in the place where he is today. But it seems very much out of character.
I sympathize with SB, and if she can't perform anymore that's fine, she doesn't have to. The same thing happens to pro golfers all the time. They get a chronic case of the yips and they can't compete at the PGA level any more. I don't see a lot of heroism in it. Just a sad end to an illustrious career.
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Re: Let's add some details to your hypothetical...
Jul 28, 2021, 3:44 PM
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That reminds me of what happened when Alabama pulled its single-season TD leader in the national title game & replaced him with a true freshman who won the national title. Mental fatigue is often noticeable in sports; sometimes it works the opposite, too (ex., a player performs at an elite level after a close family member dies suddenly).
Comparing risks of a QB in football with gymnastics feels like comparing apples & velociraptors, though.
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Re: What if Trevor Lawrence…
Jul 28, 2021, 1:42 PM
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I'm all the sudden craving a sammich.
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Re: What if Trevor Lawrence…
Jul 28, 2021, 1:46 PM
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SIMPLE NO LONGER THE GOAT!
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Re: What if Trevor Lawrence…
Jul 28, 2021, 1:48 PM
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Think of the endorsement opportunity: "Nicorette - it's easy to quit"
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the liberal whackos would have thrown him a parade.....***
Jul 28, 2021, 1:52 PM
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If he was black, he would have gotten a pass in this current
Jul 28, 2021, 2:27 PM
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climate
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Hey Judge Did Someone...
Jul 28, 2021, 2:39 PM
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beat yah' in the head with yer' gavel ?
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He Would Be an Icon of Bravery, Courage and Candor
Jul 28, 2021, 3:38 PM
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I only hope when I am presented with a challenge like this I am smart enough to realize REAL courage is doing the hard things when you don't want to do them and delivering on your commitments. I feel bad for Simone, but she's hugely compensated for her fame and needs to deliver.
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I probably would have moved on with my life after
Jul 28, 2021, 3:46 PM
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an hour or two.
In that way, I'm not the type of loser that's typically seen on this board.
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buncha trumping on here.***
Jul 28, 2021, 3:48 PM
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SOMEONE PLEASE REINFORCE MY WEIRD
Jul 28, 2021, 3:49 PM
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POLITICAL OPINIONS THAT NO ONE CARES ABOUT
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Seemed OK at Press Conference
Jul 29, 2021, 3:56 AM
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She seemed calm at the presser. She was well spoken and showed no signs of anxiety. She could have helped the team if she had continued.
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