Quote:Confidence loss is caused by repeated failures such as what we saw last night. Where he plays has nothing to do with it.

 

 

Quote:Not so fast. Kickers usually don't lose their jobs after only one bad game. It can happen, but I would not make any assumptions at this point.

 

I hope if the Steelers do cut Scobee, it will not take long for him to get another job.

 

I'm sorry, but you're wrong and wrong again.

 

Confidence isn't a certainty to be connected to location, however, you're ignorant if you think that there is no chance of any connection as you've gone on further to imply. If you were moved to conduct your job/responsibilities in a location you, for whatever reasons, were unhappy being, are you saying 100% certain that there would be absolutely zero impact on your production? You may like to think so, as most of us probably would think the same of ourselves, but it's not a certainty. And for some people, different motivations, different personalities, so on, their job performance very well may decline. A person's environment can have plenty of impact on their emotions, life, performance, etc. This may not always be obvious to the individual, just as the situation to outside perspectives may not appear to be the negative that it is to said individual.

 

Add that to the fact that Scobee is kicking in what is typically thought to be a more difficult than average stadium, whether wind was significant that night or not. Possible mental impact. 


Now, rightfully so, many will argue "hey, this guy is paid large sums of money to simply kick a ball." Yeah, you're right. But tell me you know exactly what is going on in this guy's head and what he is feeling or couldn't possibly be feeling. Say he shouldn't be affected by simply not "wanting" to play in Pittsburgh as opposed to Jacksonville, and I'll agree with that general statement. But claim there's no way he's affected in any way mentally, or better yet (as you've near about implied) that there's no way any mental or emotional negativeness could impact his kicking and... Yeah, you're wrong. It's POSSIBLE. And I simply hope you never are in any situation that your job performance may possibly be impacted negatively by your life.


Additionally, you reference not being cut after one bad performance. Well, that was his second in four weeks. He's 6 of 10 after missing 2 in the first week, and another 2 last night. That's a bad game in half of those he's played, and barely making more than half his attempts.



Just the same... None of the above may be the case. He may be quite happy regardless of where he's playing, confidence of no issue, and just has hit a very poorly timed, rather significant slump. 

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