re: Surtain v Marshall 1v1

Can't really shift the narrative. These kids have that mindset from jump. It comes from schools, family, friends and culture as a whole. Just look at the early entrant list and you'll see why it can't be changed. Probably 65-75% of the kids that left school early shouldn't have.
Also a good example of the mindset is in basketball. A much easier sport to make the jump, physically at a minimum. Yet those kids really believe they are ready to jump immediately to the league and physically, mentally and skillfully compete with guys established in the league. Most of them either fail completely or strongly damage their development. Basically wasting the natural ability they have because they fracture their psyche early on in their careers. They are so uses to dominating that they are overwhelmed and sometimes never recover from it.