Give the kid a break. He's just run his ass off for half an hour only to come up short of the title. Gonna cost him thousands if he doesn't go to Worlds. Lost his national title after holding it for 8 years. I'd be pissed off too. Give him a few minutes to get himself together before you badger him for interviews. Bunch of vultures.
With how he gets treated here, who can blame him?
Maybe l-carnitine works after all, given the scandal he is obviously off it.
hot pants 108 wrote:
With how he gets treated here, who can blame him?
+1
Gotta bee wrote:
hot pants 108 wrote:With how he gets treated here, who can blame him?
+1
+1. I generally dislike it when an athlete shows poor sportsmanship and blows off the media after a loss but in this case I can totally understand.
A$$
Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:
Maybe l-carnitine works after all, given the scandal he is obviously off it.
I really didn't see him winning with such a short build up after Boston but I hope he would. Can you blame him for not talking to the press? He got beat by a hand full of foreign athletes at the US national meet. I'd be a tad bit sour too.
Matty Doperwitz wrote:
You say fierce, I say great pharmaceuticals.
Man up and speak to the press Rupp. You need them to keep the sport healthy.
The only reason he did lose is that the guys that did beat him have access to better pharmaceuticals.
It is unfortunate that "competitive" is being used instead of just being an "ass". I doubt he is really more competitive that the other guys, just more talented with a better coach and chemist. LeBron doesn't shake hands and says he is just too competitive. When you say that you are basically saying anyone who talks to the media and shows sportsmanship isn't competitive enough.
adhahadhadasr4q5135 wrote:
Give the kid a break. He's just run his ass off for half an hour only to come up short of the title. Gonna cost him thousands if he doesn't go to Worlds. Lost his national title after holding it for 8 years. I'd be pissed off too. Give him a few minutes to get himself together before you badger him for interviews. Bunch of vultures.
KID? Are you serious?
How did Symmonds act after not advancing?
This is just another example of Rupp being Rupp and is exactly why he gets the treatment on these boards.
Win or lose, he's a b!tch.
I think you mean he got beat by all legal citizens due to not running fast enough. Smh...our country wouldnt be as GREAT without all the "foreigners" past and present.
DointheRupp04 wrote:
What a little b*tch. Seriously. He's been the same pretentious kid since high school. It's a shame he couldn't have been the new face of our sport. Ppl don't care for him and this is a great example of why.
Pretentious? You think he's pretending to be classier and more cultured than he actually is? Not sure I understand this criticism.
NOP supertramp wrote:
KID? Are you serious?
How did Symmonds act after not advancing?
This is just another example of Rupp being Rupp and is exactly why he gets the treatment on these boards.
Win or lose, he's a b!tch.
Completely different stories behind each of them.
Symmonds pretty much anticipated that outcome and wanted to get in one more race on the big stage.
Rupp went into it with a continuing career, wanting to win, and going to another major world championship.
I'd be flaming pissed too if I was an 8 time USA champ that didn't make it to another world championships.
He's an experienced Olympian. and he's not a kid anymore. I thought he could have shown some poise.
I feel terrible for him that he lost and his streak is broken and didn't make the team He must have been rocked to the core. He has a remarkable resume.
I just wished he showed fortitude more for his sake than for his fans.
If he needed a few moments to gather himself, ok, that's fine. He could have said so. Or his agent could have sent word out that he'd out shortly.
I think an idea of athletics is learning about yourself and improve upon it, especially under pressure.
Reminds me of when he was walking to the starting line in Hopkinton and refused to engage with the fans. You would think he's been doing this long enough to show a little more maturity but I guess that's just Rupp.
Never said they didn't legally become citizens but how do you feel with athletes becoming citizen via joining the army yet never seeing an actual day of deployment? Do it like Lagat did it.
bMUACK wrote:
Do it like Lagat did it.
You mean hide your American citizenship so you can compete one last time for Kenya?
Dude, he was just trying to avoid sabotage.
John Clendon wrote:
NOP supertramp wrote:KID? Are you serious?
How did Symmonds act after not advancing?
This is just another example of Rupp being Rupp and is exactly why he gets the treatment on these boards.
Win or lose, he's a b!tch.
Completely different stories behind each of them.
Symmonds pretty much anticipated that outcome and wanted to get in one more race on the big stage.
Rupp went into it with a continuing career, wanting to win, and going to another major world championship.
I'd be flaming pissed too if I was an 8 time USA champ that didn't make it to another world championships.
That just makes you a b!tch like Rupp.
Why doesn't he realize that he is now a marathoner and accept the results like an adult? Did he think the others would just line up behind him and give him the win out of respect to his 'greatness'? Is he so arrogant that he didn't think there were any 10K specialists that could compete with him?
There were a lot of athletes that didn't get what they wanted on day 1. Suck it up.
brogan1 wrote:
Gotta bee wrote:+1
+1. I generally dislike it when an athlete shows poor sportsmanship and blows off the media after a loss but in this case I can totally understand.
+1. I have a hard time imagining myself acting any differently under the same circumstances.
And he did "gather himself" and then do an interview with the Oregonian, so I give him credit there.