Re: BU 2017 Season Thread III: Terriers falling (into the off season)
How do you "mentally prepare" someone to respond to adversity? You LEARN that through experience. See, you can scout talent but you can't scout intangibles. So you never really know what you get until they get out there on the ice in a pressure situation at this level. Totally different than lower levels. When you take away time and space (and with it time to react), some people panic and this neutralizes their purported "talent" advantage. Now perhaps in a couple of years some of these guys won't respond the way they are now. Which is why it is so frustrating that they want to leave right away. One would think that staying another year or two would INCREASE their chances of success at the next level. Again (as I posted on another thread), what's the rush???? They'll get their money. And if they are that desperate, what's going to happen when they actually have to do a "regular" job for a living (if they suffer a career-ending injury or something)? Now you're talking about REAL adversity.
Originally posted by brassbonanza
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