It's kind of weird because I've heard very little from the other guys about Jakob, but Jakob pops up every week with a new interview talking about Josh or Jake.
I guess he has more free time with his injury...
I’m pretty sure it’s the other way around, Jake and (more often) Josh always have something to say about Jakob in almost every interview now. Jakob to my knowledge has only talked about them twice, maybe three times.
I feel like I'm living on another planet as you guys. Every week there's another Norwegian interview where Jakob talks about other guys not having "balls" or whatever. This is another one.
Josh is obviously going to talk about his competition in the aftermath of his WC gold. What has he said recently? Jakob's been very vocal recently.
You missed this gem from the same article: “Either they have a lot of free time, or they miss me very much.”
Whoever wins in Paris, someone is going home devastated.
No kidding. Easily the best quote, in fact the early leader toward the 2024, "Just the Next Guy" award.
The guys who run this website seem to have difficulty with the weighting system. "I'm the pacer," wasn't in the same galaxy as "next guy" yet it was placed atop here in the year end article. In this case "blindfolded" may have earned the Norwegian headline but that's run of the mill stuff. Any glub can think of that.
Only the "free time" quote is Jakob caliber, to the point you can envision him saying it, accompanied by a self-delighted smirk.
Who is old enough to remember the famous Howard Cosell interview with Ali and Frazier? It got so heated that Frazier went for Ali and they knocked over Cosell and his toupe fell off. We need Rojo in the middle staging a similar event just before Paris. So good for the sport!
Hazy memory: no, Cosell was not knocked over, but still.
Jakob is Ali and Kerr is Frazier. Agree??
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Who is old enough to remember the famous Howard Cosell interview with Ali and Frazier? It got so heated that Frazier went for Ali and they knocked over Cosell and his toupe fell off. We need Rojo in the middle staging a similar event just before Paris. So good for the sport!
This video includes Ali calling Frazier ignorant, the ensuing brawl, and Ali discussing the brawl with Howard Cosell. It took place on January 23, 1974. Ali ...
I am a bit ambivalent here as there comes a point where he could almost appear to be a caricature of himself, this brash cocky (his fanboys may say “matter of fact” instead) kid who can usually back it up. It won’t be so endearing when he cannot back it up, and I wonder if he is partially speaking “tongue in cheek” at times just because he wants to entertain or increase interest. I credit him for making himself easy for me to root against in races.
I’m not ambivalent: I can’t stand the arrogant little prick. I would love to see him start to struggle so that he may learn some humility—although I suspect that may simply be beyond him, and we’d only see bitter nastiness and continued self-delusion instead.
Also, if you read/listen to the interviews with Jakob. The norwegian journalists are asking him to reply to the stuff that Kerr has been saying - which is new stuff all the time. With that backstory, I feel that Jakob’s remark about how Kerr seems to ”have too much spare time or miss me very much” as spot on.
I really think Kerr should either hand Jakob a blindfold before the Paris 1500m final or else wear one himself (with a couple of tiny peepholes) instead of his shades.
I am a bit ambivalent here as there comes a point where he could almost appear to be a caricature of himself, this brash cocky (his fanboys may say “matter of fact” instead) kid who can usually back it up. It won’t be so endearing when he cannot back it up, and I wonder if he is partially speaking “tongue in cheek” at times just because he wants to entertain or increase interest. I credit him for making himself easy for me to root against in races.
I’m not ambivalent: I can’t stand the arrogant little prick. I would love to see him start to struggle so that he may learn some humility—although I suspect that may simply be beyond him, and we’d only see bitter nastiness and continued self-delusion instead.
I’m opposite side of the fence to you two. I’d like to root for Kerr but just can’t because he seems too desperate to be the anti hero. The glaring difference between the two is that Kerr wants to put the trash talk out there. He even said he hopes Jakob is listening. Jakob now is just forced to respond to all this, so why not be dismissive? He never called Kerr out directly before this.
He's definitely not on Muhammad Ali's level, but who is?
I thought "he was just the next guy" was pretty good. Came across as extra salty since it was so soon after his WC loss, but definitely cut Kerr deep.
I think that one would have landed better if Jakob had won, but in that instance, Kerr wasn't the next guy, he was the first guy. His latest quip, about being able to win blindfolded is a bit elementary school level. He could have made some jibe about Kerr only leading for 400m of the whole race. At least they're engaging in a rivalry. This is much better than Jakob's previous MO of trying to imply that none of his competitors event exist. That was just boring
You missed this gem from the same article: “Either they have a lot of free time, or they miss me very much.”
Whoever wins in Paris, someone is going home devastated.
No kidding. Easily the best quote, in fact the early leader toward the 2024, "Just the Next Guy" award.
The guys who run this website seem to have difficulty with the weighting system. "I'm the pacer," wasn't in the same galaxy as "next guy" yet it was placed atop here in the year end article. In this case "blindfolded" may have earned the Norwegian headline but that's run of the mill stuff. Any glub can think of that.
Only the "free time" quote is Jakob caliber, to the point you can envision him saying it, accompanied by a self-delighted smirk.
Again, that's not landing as the only person giving interviews on a seemingly daily basis is Jakob. I know he's injured and probably bored. The guy needs to buy a Switch or something to occupy him
I think that one would have landed better if Jakob had won, but in that instance, Kerr wasn't the next guy, he was the first guy. His latest quip, about being able to win blindfolded is a bit elementary school level. He could have made some jibe about Kerr only leading for 400m of the whole race. At least they're engaging in a rivalry. This is much better than Jakob's previous MO of trying to imply that none of his competitors event exist. That was just boring
Maybe it didn’t land with you but it seems to have landed, parked, and has been living rent free inside kerr’s head for a while now. If not he wouldn’t be going out of his way to directly trash talk Jakob by name ever since.
I think that one would have landed better if Jakob had won, but in that instance, Kerr wasn't the next guy, he was the first guy. His latest quip, about being able to win blindfolded is a bit elementary school level. He could have made some jibe about Kerr only leading for 400m of the whole race. At least they're engaging in a rivalry. This is much better than Jakob's previous MO of trying to imply that none of his competitors event exist. That was just boring
Maybe it didn’t land with you but it seems to have landed, parked, and has been living rent free inside kerr’s head for a while now. If not he wouldn’t be going out of his way to directly trash talk Jakob by name ever since.
Correction - meant your other post about the next guy comment
People on this board are easily impressed. The trash talking from both sides is pretty lame. I've heard better and more creative burns delivered by local middle school kids. This board is going to catch fire if Kerr breaks out a "poopy head" comment and Jakob replies with "you're a big doo doo face!".
He's definitely not on Muhammad Ali's level, but who is?
I thought "he was just the next guy" was pretty good. Came across as extra salty since it was so soon after his WC loss, but definitely cut Kerr deep.
I think that one would have landed better if Jakob had won, but in that instance, Kerr wasn't the next guy, he was the first guy. His latest quip, about being able to win blindfolded is a bit elementary school level. He could have made some jibe about Kerr only leading for 400m of the whole race. At least they're engaging in a rivalry. This is much better than Jakob's previous MO of trying to imply that none of his competitors event exist. That was just boring
The “next guy” thing was never meant as a jab but set Kerr off anyway. Same thing happened after Hoare made a comment about “outclassing” him at Millrose. The blindfold thing is absurd and should tell you how seriously Jakob is taking any of this. Kerr decided to attack Jakob’s character in podcasts and interviews and all he’s gotten in return is jokes about table manners and being able to run 8:00 blindfolded lol
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