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which riz it
What in the name of all that is holy....was WEBB thinking??? 3/24/2012 5:29PM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
naughtybynature
RE: What in the name of all that is holy....was WEBB thinking??? 3/24/2012 7:08PM - in reply to which riz it Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Good idea, poor execution. But we'd take a WC or Olympic final out of Webb at this point, wouldn't we?
oh please
RE: What in the name of all that is holy....was WEBB thinking??? 3/24/2012 7:29PM - in reply to naughtybynature Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Wow, never seen that before. Definitely a head scratcher.
Leeeeeave It Yeah
RE: What in the name of all that is holy....was WEBB thinking??? 3/24/2012 7:44PM - in reply to which riz it Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Ah yes the age old tactic of throwing in a 12.3 100m in the middle of a 1500.

I forgot how much of a BOSS Rui Silva was. One of my favourite runners ever.
ukathleticscoach
RE: What in the name of all that is holy....was WEBB thinking??? 3/24/2012 7:52PM - in reply to which riz it Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I wonder if Ventolin has seen this!
Whaaaa?
RE: What in the name of all that is holy....was WEBB thinking??? 3/24/2012 8:11PM - in reply to ukathleticscoach Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Wow, does he have trouble counting?
Randy Oldman
RE: What in the name of all that is holy....was WEBB thinking??? 3/24/2012 8:25PM - in reply to which riz it Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Thinking he'd heard the bell.
Special speed
RE: What in the name of all that is holy....was WEBB thinking??? 3/24/2012 8:46PM - in reply to Randy Oldman Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
If he had a sustained drive from there on in, would have been hella impressive. Instead, it makes him appear as a fool.
Azaleas
RE: What in the name of all that is holy....was WEBB thinking??? 3/24/2012 8:51PM - in reply to Special speed Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Raczko must've been pissed as all hell watching Webb make that move. I like to imagine it was planned though, just because that would be hilarious.
kadfs;ja
RE: What in the name of all that is holy....was WEBB thinking??? 3/24/2012 10:18PM - in reply to Azaleas Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
That field was so doped. That's why Webb didnt' make it. Ramzi are you f'ing kidding me?! He should receive a lifetime ban.
which riz it
RE: What in the name of all that is holy....was WEBB thinking??? 3/24/2012 10:48PM - in reply to Azaleas Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
think webb was trying to do what he did a year before in the olympic trials but there is a lot of difference between a doped up Ramzi and Michael Stember....
Hooch and Blow
RE: What in the name of all that is holy....was WEBB thinking??? 3/24/2012 11:00PM - in reply to Special speed Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
He would have blown up the final lap if he had tried to sustain that.


The only way to do that in a 15 is to do it on the curve with less than 600 to go. Alan went about 150 too early and he did it on a straight.
D3 Jamz
RE: What in the name of all that is holy....was WEBB thinking??? 3/24/2012 11:09PM - in reply to Hooch and Blow Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
He also slowed down after he did it, which makes it completely pointless.
quick uptake
RE: What in the name of all that is holy....was WEBB thinking??? 3/24/2012 11:09PM - in reply to which riz it Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
And it only took you SEVEN YEARS to realize that this might have been a bad choice?
stating the obvious maybe
RE: What in the name of all that is holy....was WEBB thinking??? 3/24/2012 11:16PM - in reply to which riz it Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I like how after a 12.3 second 100m the one commentator says "I'm not sure he can sustain that." It might be pointing out the obvious to say that Webb might not close in 1:38.4 for the last 800m.
someone had to do it
RE: What in the name of all that is holy....was WEBB thinking??? 3/24/2012 11:19PM - in reply to stating the obvious maybe Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
He wanted to make it a pure guts race for 100 meters.
The Ballad of Lil Webber
RE: What in the name of all that is holy....was WEBB thinking??? 3/24/2012 11:26PM - in reply to which riz it Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
That's the tragedy of Webb. Even if he managed to get into world class shape again, he'd race like a mongoloid.
Perplexed
RE: What in the name of all that is holy....was WEBB thinking??? 3/24/2012 11:30PM - in reply to The Ballad of Lil Webber Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

The Ballad of Lil Webber wrote:

That's the tragedy of Webb. Even if he managed to get into world class shape again, he'd race like a mongoloid.


What other races did he make mistakes in?
D3 Jamz
RE: What in the name of all that is holy....was WEBB thinking??? 3/24/2012 11:31PM - in reply to someone had to do it Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

someone had to do it wrote:

He wanted to make it a pure guts race for 100 meters.

He watched Without Limits the night before and took the lessons of Pre way too literally :(
I love the Webbster
RE: What in the name of all that is holy....was WEBB thinking??? 3/25/2012 2:48AM - in reply to Perplexed Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

Perplexed wrote:
What other races did he make mistakes in?

Pretty sure he choked in the '04 1500m Olympic first Prelim. Missed the cut by .11 and finished 9th in his heat. In '07 WC 1500m, he was either first or second for the almost the entire race and got destroyed in the final 100m. This is the same season he beasted Baala in Paris in the final 50m to run a 3:30.

I love Webb but he chokes when it comes to big pressure races, specifically WC/Olympics. His most defining race, in my opinion, the 3:46, happened in a rinky dink venue, with no names and running the race by himself.
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