http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/01/19/perception-vs-reality/ Personal Finance, Writing, and Blogging Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:20:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/01/19/perception-vs-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-246 rhbee Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:47:32 +0000 http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/01/19/perception-vs-reality/#comment-246 A very example of this occurred in last Thursday's Laker game. Since the Laker's starting center has been injured the backup player, Kwame Brown, was asked to take his place. However, by the middle of the first quarter the fans had started to boo Brown whenever he touched the ball. A common enough practice by opposing fans when the team is on the road. But this was a home game. And Brown was just returning to play from an injury himself. By the third quarter, Brown was missing dunks, travelling with the ball, and by the fourth quarter his coach had pulled him from the game. As I watched the game, I could see that Brown was initially surprised by the fans but gradually I could see that what he really wanted to do was just get it over with. What most people don't get about a game that requires you to run and catch at full speed is that it absolutely requires that you be in condition to do both. Long layoffs don't change your skills but they do affect your ability to use them. This mis-understanding plus Brown's previous problems (from last year by the way not this one) may have been behind the boos but it certainly turned into a case of perception affecting the reality. A very example of this occurred in last Thursday’s Laker game. Since the Laker’s starting center has been injured the backup player, Kwame Brown, was asked to take his place. However, by the middle of the first quarter the fans had started to boo Brown whenever he touched the ball. A common enough practice by opposing fans when the team is on the road. But this was a home game. And Brown was just returning to play from an injury himself. By the third quarter, Brown was missing dunks, travelling with the ball, and by the fourth quarter his coach had pulled him from the game. As I watched the game, I could see that Brown was initially surprised by the fans but gradually I could see that what he really wanted to do was just get it over with. What most people don’t get about a game that requires you to run and catch at full speed is that it absolutely requires that you be in condition to do both. Long layoffs don’t change your skills but they do affect your ability to use them. This mis-understanding plus Brown’s previous problems (from last year by the way not this one) may have been behind the boos but it certainly turned into a case of perception affecting the reality.

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