Jakob has become pathetic. He can’t race so he just runs his mouth. Notice how Kerr chose to be the bigger man when he said “no comment” when asked to respond to Jakob’s statement that he could beat Kerr blindfolded. Instead of commenting, Kerr let his running do the talking and added another gold medal to his collection.
Are you stupid? Do you not understand this is the work of journalists that want conflict and rivalry to have anything to write about? Kerr was bringing up JI in a podcast, after that its the press running away with it, cheering and celebrating.
“The biggest issue is giving people like Kerr attention,” he says. “That’s what he is seeking. He is missing something in himself that he is searching for in others. I’m not the sort of guy to approve those sorts of things. “I am strict and notorious when it comes to my own mindset. If other athletes are not the same, I cannot respect them the way I respect myself. That’s what I see in call rooms. Of course people are not going to beat me because they don’t have half the mentality I have.”
Kerr lives rent free in Ingebrigtsen's head.
Both live in each other's head, and are clearly willing to pay large amounts of rent in order to do so.
Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish middle-distance and long-distance runner. He was called the "Flying Finn" or the "Phantom Finn", as he dominated distance running in the 1920s. Nurmi set 22 official world records at distances between 1,500 metres and 20 kilometres, and won nine gold and three silver medals in his 12 events in the Summer Olympic Games. At his peak, Nurmi was undefeated for 121 races at distances from 800 m upwards. Throughout his 14-year career, he remained unbeaten in cross country events and the 10,000 meters.
OK, in what world is Ingebrigtsen going to build up a resume that even gets him into a conversation about being the GOAT, let alone puts the conversation to bed?
You’re pointing out the most decorated runner. Do you also think bill russell is the greatest basketball player of all time?
Nurmi is an all timer but the fact that Jakob can probably tempo his 10k world records has to at least count for something, otherwise let’s just call the sport dead and peaked in the 20s.
Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish middle-distance and long-distance runner. He was called the "Flying Finn" or the "Phantom Finn", as he dominated distance running in the 1920s. Nurmi set 22 official world records at distances between 1,500 metres and 20 kilometres, and won nine gold and three silver medals in his 12 events in the Summer Olympic Games. At his peak, Nurmi was undefeated for 121 races at distances from 800 m upwards. Throughout his 14-year career, he remained unbeaten in cross country events and the 10,000 meters.
OK, in what world is Ingebrigtsen going to build up a resume that even gets him into a conversation about being the GOAT, let alone puts the conversation to bed?
You’re pointing out the most decorated runner. Do you also think bill russell is the greatest basketball player of all time?
Nurmi is an all timer but the fact that Jakob can probably tempo his 10k world records has to at least count for something, otherwise let’s just call the sport dead and peaked in the 20s.
I;m not claiming that Nurmi is the GOAT, but he is far better than Jakob, and is just one of many runners.
Jakob introduced the idea that number of medals is the metric. So, fine, let's go with that. He'll never be in the neighborhood with Nurmi.
The bigger man? That's hilarious considering Kerr can't stop talking about Jakob. Jakob is only responding to questions about things that Kerr brings up.
Jakob confesses to doping. He is just not smart enough to recognize his confession. He also says Kerr is missing something. Jakob is clearly threatened by Kerr.
The bigger man? That's hilarious considering Kerr can't stop talking about Jakob. Jakob is only responding to questions about things that Kerr brings up.
Are you dense? At the press conference for the world championships in Glasgow, Kerr got asked a question about Jakob’s statement about him, and Kerr said “no comment.” That means he stopped talking about Jakob. Now we see that Jakob is the one who can’t stop talking.
Jakob has become pathetic. He can’t race so he just runs his mouth. Notice how Kerr chose to be the bigger man when he said “no comment” when asked to respond to Jakob’s statement that he could beat Kerr blindfolded. Instead of commenting, Kerr let his running do the talking and added another gold medal to his collection.
Kerr should’ve been the bigger man in the summer instead of trash talking Jakob after beating him once and dodging him the rest of the season.
Josh had some interesting points on the "Sunday Plodcast" last month that we became aware of this week.The main tactical point Josh wanted to make and he said he hoped Jakob was interesting was that he is vulnerable in tactic...
Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish middle-distance and long-distance runner. He was called the "Flying Finn" or the "Phantom Finn", as he dominated distance running in the 1920s. Nurmi set 22 official world records at distances between 1,500 metres and 20 kilometres, and won nine gold and three silver medals in his 12 events in the Summer Olympic Games. At his peak, Nurmi was undefeated for 121 races at distances from 800 m upwards. Throughout his 14-year career, he remained unbeaten in cross country events and the 10,000 meters.
OK, in what world is Ingebrigtsen going to build up a resume that even gets him into a conversation about being the GOAT, let alone puts the conversation to bed?
You’re pointing out the most decorated runner. Do you also think bill russell is the greatest basketball player of all time?
Nurmi is an all timer but the fact that Jakob can probably tempo his 10k world records has to at least count for something, otherwise let’s just call the sport dead and peaked in the 20s.
Nurmi was indeed an all-time great and his sheer number of highest-level wins will never be topped. But, and with a nod to recency bias, he was the best of a much smaller group of runners. World population was far lower 100 years ago, fewer countries actually competed in championship running, and even those countries that did pulled from a smaller percent of their population.
Not really. Jakob started it with the inane "just the next guy" comment
Yes. Jakob should have been a better sport about losing. Maybe as Jakob gets more experience losing championship races this year and next year, he’ll get better at being a gracious loser.
You’re pointing out the most decorated runner. Do you also think bill russell is the greatest basketball player of all time?
Nurmi is an all timer but the fact that Jakob can probably tempo his 10k world records has to at least count for something, otherwise let’s just call the sport dead and peaked in the 20s.
Nurmi was indeed an all-time great and his sheer number of highest-level wins will never be topped. But, and with a nod to recency bias, he was the best of a much smaller group of runners. World population was far lower 100 years ago, fewer countries actually competed in championship running, and even those countries that did pulled from a smaller percent of their population.
I'm not a fan of comparing across generations, especially across about 100 years. That will certainly favor the recent athletes if time is the metric. If we want to compare the all-timers, and Jakob is saying we should (thus the AT in GOAT), then we need a common non-time metric.
Jakob introduced medals as the metric.
I have no idea why he would do that. It gives him no hope of being considered the GOAT, and certainly no hope of putting argument to bed.