I don't know how you can watch this interview and remain a fan of Galen Rupp

sanchobaile wrote:

... attempting to not let him get away with ducking.

I hope the pun was intended.

rojo wrote:

qw wrote:

What didn't you like? He replied to all the questions including the stupid ones. What's wrong with you LRCers?

I agree. I thought Rupp handled it just fine. Jonathan did his job of asking the questions and Rupp did his of parrying them away.

Actually, he didn't parry any questions.

He answered them all, you just wanted a different answer.

Elvin wrote:

"I'm just focussed on my race" is exactly the response I want to hear from someone who is paid to race.

Yeah, he's paid to race clean, idiot

Ivanka wrote:

sanchobaile wrote:

This would never slide with an elected official, ...

REALLY??????

What rock do you live under?

Have you not been paying attention that the leading two Democratic candidates include a frequent pathological liar in Biden and another liar in Warren who used fake American Indian ancestry to get scholarships? ?

Fixed your above.

wejo wrote:

I can see how people don't like it but I thought it was fine.

1) Galen has never been a great interview. Personally I haven't tried to ask him questions for a couple years as I didn't like Alberto acting like I was the bad guy.

2) A lot of people aren't going to like it when he falls back on talking points instead of just answering the questions.

"I just want to talk about the race. I've released a statement" is going to piss some people off.

Even "I haven't had any sport related contact with Alberto" instead of "this is really tough. This guy is like a father figure to me" is going to piss people off.

PR wise it might be the way to do it, but from a human perspective some aren't going to like it.

If you were to compare this to the typical Belichick interview you would see a lot of commonality - let's keep the questions on topic, focused on the competition, not commenting on that extraneous stuff, etc...

Yeah, not everyone loves Bill or the Patriots either (including me), but they seem to get the job done. Focus is an important part of that.

Do I want to see him answer the hard questions straight up? Yes. A day or two before the race? Would have been nice, but kinda wishful thinking.

I hope someone was as thoroughly amused by Plumber's Crack guy who crashed Jordan's interview as I was.

I dunno why people need to try to come up with some sort of defense for him. AlSal was just checking out how to get around doping regulations to not use it on his star pupil? Yeah, okay. & now he's in Chicago and he gets asked a tough questions & he goes straight into the talking point. He was clearly coached. This isn't an interview. Any question he doesn't like has a well-crafted response to it. He re-used a couple multiple times in a less than 10 minute span.

Iqsjsbs wrote:

Elvin wrote:

"I'm just focussed on my race" is exactly the response I want to hear from someone who is paid to race.

Yeah, he's paid to race clean, idiot

And a four year investigation into his training group turned up no evidence that he is doing anything but.

Rupp has always appeared deceptive. That's why he has so few fans despite being the greatest American distance runner ever. Most want to see him go down with Salazar. Maybe if he would have given even a couple genuine interviews over the years this wouldn't be fact.

Lmao. An elected official? He's a professional distance runner who said he only wanted to answer questions about the race. He even put up with Gault's continued harrassing questions. Galen is paid to race, he is at the race, he wants to talk about the race. You need to have your brain checked.

He seems crushed; I'm not really following what the issues were to his answers to the questions or what you were expecting. What do you want him to say, "great question, I actually just got off the phone with Alberto before this interview "? Were you expecting him to give a deep, genuine answer about what he really thinks about Steve Magness shooting up "El Carnintine"?

"no sports or pro contact"

what do you want him to say? obviously he's had some type of conversation with alberto, the guys been coaching him for over 15 years at this point. he's saying he hasn't talked to saladbar about running which he can't do because of the ban. if he's cheated he's not about to admit it now, and if he hasn't, saying that isn't going to change anyone's mind.

of course he's not going to answer all the questions about it, whether or not he's a doper he's obviously not happy about the situation and talking about it is a lose-lose situation for him

Elvin wrote:

Iqsjsbs wrote:

Yeah, he's paid to race clean, idiot

And a four year investigation into his training group turned up no evidence that he is doing anything but.

Not true. True is that there was evidence, but AAA deemed it to be insufficient for a conviction.

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rojo wrote:

qw wrote:

What didn't you like? He replied to all the questions including the stupid ones. What's wrong with you LRCers?

I agree. I thought Rupp handled it just fine. Jonathan did his job of asking the questions and Rupp did his of parrying them away.

Mahavishnu1500 wrote:

Rupp has always appeared deceptive. That's why he has so few fans despite being the greatest American distance runner ever. Most want to see him go down with Salazar. Maybe if he would have given even a couple genuine interviews over the years this wouldn't be fact.

+1 ---never really was a fan of his-doesn't come across as genuine whatsoever...

qw wrote:

What didn't you like? He replied to all the questions including the stupid ones. What's wrong with you LRCers?

older runner wrote:

you people are kind of sick on this site. you are celebrating the death of distance running in usa.

They are suffering from constant delusions and inability to think clearly, very likely because health care for the mentally ill is way too expensive in this country.

sanchobaile wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muNsPw9oLII

Fans deserve better than these indignant, avoidant responses. He needs some help with crisis communications. This would never slide with an elected official, and while being a professional runner isn't the same as that, you do owe something to your fans if you want them to root for you through this scandal.

Bravo to Jonathan Gault and the other reporters for asking the questions and at least attempting to not let him get away with ducking.

Galen made a statement in writing and I believe he said that multiple times he isn’t beholden to you or anyone else. This is why you people are horrible - why do you think Galen Rupp has never had a Instagram page, a Twitter account, or Facebook page, because since he was a kid you have been jealous of success - if it was his altitude tent the coach, the access, you laughed at the cooling vest or mask for allergies, celebrating his losses. Questioning his wins. always posting the worst picture you can find (Remember when he broke the 10K American record and put up a picture of Chis Solinski saying his record was broken) spewing vile hatred at him and his family, accusing him of cheating, now you want him to talk to you.

Pretty sure what he wanted to say as FU

sanchobaile wrote:

Fans deserve better than these indignant, avoidant responses. He needs some help with crisis communications. This would never slide with an elected official, and while being a professional runner isn't the same as that, you do owe something to your fans if you want them to root for you through this scandal.

Bravo to Jonathan Gault and the other reporters for asking the questions and at least attempting to not let him get away with ducking.

he doesn't owe you s#it

and he doesn't care if you are a fan or not...he is who he is and he'll do as he likes....pound sand if you don't like it

I hope you are freakin kidding. He answered the questions no different than how anybody in his shoes would have answered. What the F** are you trying to prove?