Post by sdm3 on Sept 14, 2020 12:21:53 GMT
If Trubisky throws for 5000 yards this season you may have a point. Other than that I don’t really agree with the premise of this thread.
Whether or not a player has to deal with noise, he still knows that a lot of people are watching (especially if they play in a huge market like Boston, Chicago, New York etc). And why is noise only an impediment when it’s hostile? Players tune this stuff out; some better than others. When a player has an awesome performance in front of a packed home crowd, we don’t chalk it up to all the people cheering him on. Even if we say that raucous fans in Philly shouting “you suck!” makes it harder for players to play, where do we draw the line in terms of the number of fans that need to be present before it’s officially more difficult to play well? I’ve never heard “sure, he threw a no hitter, but there weren’t a lot of fans at the stadium in Cincy on a Wednesday afternoon so it was easier.”
Whether or not a player has to deal with noise, he still knows that a lot of people are watching (especially if they play in a huge market like Boston, Chicago, New York etc). And why is noise only an impediment when it’s hostile? Players tune this stuff out; some better than others. When a player has an awesome performance in front of a packed home crowd, we don’t chalk it up to all the people cheering him on. Even if we say that raucous fans in Philly shouting “you suck!” makes it harder for players to play, where do we draw the line in terms of the number of fans that need to be present before it’s officially more difficult to play well? I’ve never heard “sure, he threw a no hitter, but there weren’t a lot of fans at the stadium in Cincy on a Wednesday afternoon so it was easier.”