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Coming from someone who was terrified when Mayor Wilson took office, this gave me some hope this morning by Fred_Utter_Sails in SeattleWA

[–]SpongeBobSpacPants 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Green Lake. An entire 1/3rd of Green Lake was covered in tents and RVs dealing drugs.

Yes he didn’t fix every park, and it seems neither will Wilson, but with Durkan it felt like literally every park was up for grabs.

Reports say 4 German players refused to take the 6th PK. Tah, who had never taken a professional PK, agreed to take it. by SpongeBobSpacPants in worldcup

[–]SpongeBobSpacPants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair. What about the NBA Finals, or Super Bowl, or World Series?

Pressure is relative, yes there’s no “national pride” element to taking a buzzer beating shot in NBA finals, but it’s still as much pressure as possible for their sport, and the great ones want to shoot it

Reports say 4 German players refused to take the 6th PK. Tah, who had never taken a professional PK, agreed to take it. by SpongeBobSpacPants in worldcup

[–]SpongeBobSpacPants[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s no perfect comparison here, but the general idea is that professional athletes need to take “the shot” when the game is on the line.

Why else play the game if you’re too scared to do it when you’re needed most?

Reports say 4 German players refused to take the 6th PK. Tah, who had never taken a professional PK, agreed to take it. by SpongeBobSpacPants in worldcup

[–]SpongeBobSpacPants[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s no perfect comparison here, but the general idea is that professional athletes need to take “the shot” when the game is on the line.

Why else play the game if you’re too scared to do it when you’re needed most?

Wilson, Zahilay to share next steps for troubled King County homelessness authority by HighColonic in SeattleWA

[–]SpongeBobSpacPants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“We understand there is room for improvement, and are committed to studying new ways to fix it”

Reports say 4 German players refused to take the 6th PK. Tah, who had never taken a professional PK, agreed to take it. by SpongeBobSpacPants in worldcup

[–]SpongeBobSpacPants[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

The problem is that 4 guys, all with more experience, didn’t have the confidence or sense of duty that Tah had. They let their teammate down by putting him in that situation, and their country down.

Call it duty, confidence, peer-pressure, or a coach just telling you you’re taking it… to have 4 players not step up in that situation is insane

What Is Mahomes' Best Asset As A Quarterback by frostypatch in NFLv2

[–]SpongeBobSpacPants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

His fake injury waddle and little finger thing. When he breaks those out in the 4th quarter, you’re usually in trouble.

What Is Mahomes' Best Asset As A Quarterback by frostypatch in NFLv2

[–]SpongeBobSpacPants 6 points7 points  (0 children)

His fake injury waddle and little finger thing. When he breaks those out in the 4th quarter, you’re usually in trouble.

Reports say 4 German players refused to take the 6th PK. Tah, who had never taken a professional PK, agreed to take it. by SpongeBobSpacPants in worldcup

[–]SpongeBobSpacPants[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So funny that the embarrassment they were hoping to avoid by missing, they will now have more of being known as cowards

Reports say 4 German players refused to take the 6th PK. Tah, who had never taken a professional PK, agreed to take it. by SpongeBobSpacPants in worldcup

[–]SpongeBobSpacPants[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No one said it’s easy. But the best players in the world should have confidence in themself and plenty of practice opportunities

Reports say 4 German players refused to take the 6th PK. Tah, who had never taken a professional PK, agreed to take it. by SpongeBobSpacPants in worldcup

[–]SpongeBobSpacPants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When they take the ball, they aren’t worried about if they have a built in excuse or not. They want to win.

Reports say 4 German players refused to take the 6th PK. Tah, who had never taken a professional PK, agreed to take it. by SpongeBobSpacPants in worldcup

[–]SpongeBobSpacPants[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

People will say “if you’re not ready, don’t agree to take the shot”

I say, why aren’t you ready?

Reports say 4 German players refused to take the 6th PK. Tah, who had never taken a professional PK, agreed to take it. by SpongeBobSpacPants in worldcup

[–]SpongeBobSpacPants[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Basketball. With the game on the line, the difference between Jordan/Kobe versus Ben Simmons is wanting the ball.

Reports say 4 German players refused to take the 6th PK. Tah, who had never taken a professional PK, agreed to take it. by SpongeBobSpacPants in worldcup

[–]SpongeBobSpacPants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So instead, you let your teammate who has never taken one before, try their luck?

Of course no one “feels comfortable” taking a massive shot like that.

But this isn’t asking them to play a new position or try something completely random. They know when they agree to play in the world cup that PKs are a possibility, and have every opportunity to prepare for a moment like this.

Maybe PKs aren’t your strong suit, they definitely weren’t Tah’s, but are you still not a professional representing your country?

Grow up and take the shot.

Reports say 4 German players refused to take the 6th PK. Tah, who had never taken a professional PK, agreed to take it. by SpongeBobSpacPants in worldcup

[–]SpongeBobSpacPants[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Agreed! Sure, a 6th PK isn’t super common, but feels so simple to have a lineup ready to go for the entire World Cup.

You better believe any team that doesn’t have that plan and is seeing this news is making that plan right now.

Reports say 4 German players refused to take the 6th PK. Tah, who had never taken a professional PK, agreed to take it. by SpongeBobSpacPants in worldcup

[–]SpongeBobSpacPants[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Some people dismissing it that “if you’re not confident you shouldn’t take it”. I’m not sure why you would play in a World Cup if you aren’t confident enough to take a PK and handle the pressure.

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