Matthew Centrowitz triggered by Oregon Runner's "your move" comment

Dairyland wrote:

Basketball players constantly clap back at hecklers on the court.

LeBron just last week told off some lady for making fun of him. This is no different

Lol it is very different. Centro flipping the bird at someone heckling at him on a run would be completely understandable. He went full research mode breakdown over some scrub saying “your move”, and no NBA player would respond like that to an unknown without being crucified for the limp-wristed cry it is.

Why should a gold medalist have given this mention the time of day?

If you are Centro... you reply with ? or you don't reply at all. It's just a bad look and shows some weakness in his personality.

Dairyland wrote:

Basketball players constantly clap back at hecklers on the court.

LeBron just last week told off some lady for making fun of him. This is no different

LeBron said "GTFO, Karen" and laughed it off. He didn't Google the woman, compile her accomplishments, and then crap on them

Stoppit Smith wrote:

What is it about Matt Centrowitz's arrogance that bothers you all so much?

He won a real Gold Medal in the Olympic Games

Daley Thompson was confident.

Dan O'Brien was confident.

Carl Lewis was confident.

Usain Bolt was confident.

Sally Pearson was confident.

Jenny Simpson was confident.

Lolo Jones was confident.

Gail Devers was confident.

Florence Griffith Joyner didn't feel she could lose.

CJ Hunter was confident.

Tim Montgomery was very confident.

So....really..what is the beef with Centro?

theres nothing wrong with confidence and literally every successful person exudes it, but looking at that list and trying to find someone that would pop off in the comment section of an instagram post and im laughing as much as usain bolt would if someone tried to attack him. centro handled it terribly. and what does it really say about him that he still doesnt feel validated after a gold medal?

te5n1k wrote:

Daley Thompson was confident.

ok, this made me laugh.

This is an awful analogy. Other runners in a 1500m race don’t also play defense. They went out and jogged the first 800m’s of the 2016, 1500m final. He won the gold fair and square but yes it diminishes the accomplishment. I prefer Olympic finals to determine the best runner in that event and I don’t think that race did that at all.

It is 2021, and y'all are still hating on this man for winning the pinnacle race in 3:50. Who the f*ck cares about the time? If Nick Willis, who got bronze, won that race, y'all would be praising him for his tactical skills, but the hate on Centro is something I'll never understand in this country. Is he "cocky" and loud online? Sure. But I'd rather have that then some of these other boring pro runners. The one thing I'll always respect about Centro is what you see is what you get. No fronts.

The guy is massively talented, and you use the time of one race to speak for his entire career. Are we okay with the 3:44 World Indoor Title? Was that fast enough? Was his tactical NCAA 1500 win in 2011 less impressive than Geordie Beamish's tactical indoor mile win in 2019? Not every championship final is going to be the 2016 NCAA Final where Clayton Murphy, Izaic Yorks, and Henry Wynne ran hard from the gun. It's not a prerequisite.

As far as his comments to the Oregon guys: do I agree with what he said? No. I probably would've just ignored it, but it's one thing to get hate from some anonymous keyboard coward. It's another to get it from your alumni, which (he is right) is a 4:14 guy who banks on his Youtube buddies' clout. I don't agree with what he said, but I do not fault him for responding. This next gen feels themselves pretty hard (not like Centro can't be cocky, but he back it tf up), and I am interested to see how it all works out, but I'll just never understand the constant Centro hate.

I think Centro should have responded with something like "You're a slow-ass, 4:14 running, walk-on b*tch."

And then followed it up with something like "Nah, I'm just kidding - We're good. But seriously, time to stop pacing your teammates and throw down a sub 4 of your own, huh? Sincerely, the reigning 1500m Olympic Champ"

Good for Centro

He’ll be an a**h**e like his dad in no time

Good question.

The answer is that people treat him like a paper champion.

They constantly attack his tactics and would rather throw his 3:50:11 in his face for a pedestrian 1500 than address that he won Olympic Gold.

They constantly address that he beat Makhloufi and not the big names on the stage.

They question his heart in the face of faster competition and treat his gold like almost a false gold because the race pace was initially so slow.

Most college kids would revere those before them that succeeded, but the treatment of Centro borders on outright slamming....from his own Alma Mater!

In the interest of entertainment, many of you have forgotten how much effort Centro has put into the sport and with effort comes passion...and sometimes attitude.

Frankly, I would like to see the Oregon coach flatly declare that engaging with Centro on social media is not allowable.

These kids really do not have the right to do what they are doing directly to Centro and they certainly have not earned the luxury.

Sometimes college kids do have to shut up.

Maybe more Jim Everetts for the Jim Romes of the world.

See...this. Why do you feel entitled to speak like this about Centro and especially bringing in the elder Centrowitz? Seriously?

High Fidelity. wrote:

Good for Centro

He’ll be an a**h**e like his dad in no time

Yeah I don't get a lot of this criticism over Centro. Which of the world's best 1500m runners weren't in the race? There were even two former champions, including Kiprop who is nearly the world record holder.

If anything, the fact that he beat a handful of guys who are faster than he is (better runners in a very objective sense) only makes the victory MORE impressive, rather than less.

Stoppit Smith wrote:

See...this.

Why do you feel entitled to speak like this about Centro and especially bringing in the elder Centrowitz?

Seriously?

High Fidelity. wrote:

Good for Centro

He’ll be an a**h**e like his dad in no time

“Like father like son”— Jr has that tattooed on his chest

Stoppit Smith wrote:

Sometimes college kids do have to shut up.

Censorship is real, folks

runderun wrote:

Dairyland wrote:

Basketball players constantly clap back at hecklers on the court.

LeBron just last week told off some lady for making fun of him. This is no different

LeBron said "GTFO, Karen" and laughed it off. He didn't Google the woman, compile her accomplishments, and then crap on them

And it was a paid-for NBA social media marketing stunt, so there's that...

Sure it is. These are athletes who are competing for a public college paid for via scholarships afforded to them through public dollars. The least they could do is behave. Had Zion Williamson thrown shade at LeBron James, the whole league would have been going after him. Had Kyler Murray been telling Tom Brady that his records were in jeopardy, the NFL would have taught him a lesson. The problem is that running really has no way of shutting people up. If people messed with Alonzo Mourning, he would later slap a hard foul on them that he made sure counted. If you messed with Nolan Ryan, he threw at you. If you messed with Lyle Alzado, he'd make sure you were limping off the field. Mess with Tie Domi, Marty McSorley or Dale Hunter? Good luck. This is why college students can come at Centro...there's no equalizer. Even if Centro were to beat them, they would just accuse him of juicing and discredit his ability.

High Fidelity. wrote:

Stoppit Smith wrote:

Sometimes college kids do have to shut up.

Censorship is real, folks

Dirtrunner wrote:

Cole Hocker recently posted on Instagram about the mile from Friday and in the comments, his teammate Carter Christman commented "your move" with Centro tagged.

Please help me understand: what does YOUR MOVE mean here?

I don't get what Christman meant and why that bothered Centro.

Go say that Tom Brady’s records are in jeopardy by tagging him on a Kyler Murray Instagram post. See what happens.

Not the same in kind...I'm not a teammate of Kyler.