mr clutch. it's easy in a controlled environment to see who is clutch, who thrives under pressure, who is able to deliver when needed most. but i find in life that it's much harder to see who is "clutch" or not. on an individual basis, it's maybe easy, depending on how you define "clutch." a close friend who is always there when you need them is clutch. but i'm not really talking about being there for someone. the clutch i'm referring to is more of like in life, coming through and making the life winning basket.



one problem, life is never as neat as a game. you can't watch the tape and say "okay, last two minutes, it's crunch time." in life, we never know when crunch time will be. is it when your car is speeding recklessly towards the other lane? is it when your steak is three seconds to overdone? is it when someone steps up and coerces the bouncer to let your underaged friend in? is it saving your friend from a drunken make out session with a busted chick? are all these moments clutch? taking all these types of moments into account, are some people never clutch at all? do they shy away from the pressure of possibly failing in front of a grand audience? at the worst moments possible? these types of players certainly exist on the court, they must exist in life right?



so i ask myself, who is the mr/ms clutches in my life. who do i trust in moments when something just has to happen. if we have to make the plane by seven, i know they'll be ready (actually, this is more a timeliness issue as opposed to clutch). hum, i must think about more clutch situations in life. i wonder if i would surprise myself with my answers. are the people that i already deem "reliable," clutch as well? or are reliability and clutchness not associated with each other?



and i must know, who among you is unclutch, so that way i can game plan to not have to fall back upon you as a last line of defense. basically, does clutch come down to how much you trust a person? or is that unrelated because clutch is just a measure of a person's ability to step it up in key moments?