Classic case of projection - "I was insecure when I was doing X, therefore he must also be insecure to be doing X!". Just another case of an athlete being a bit dim, it's the unfortunate side effect of training instead of getting an education.
Kerr probably felt disrespected or possibly even bullied by JI’s behavior in the semi. And, it would be true that insecure people do often act out disrespectfully towards others.
But, it is quite possible to be insecure and achieve great heights. Winners often have internal demons to deal with. So, maybe Kerr is right. Who knows? It’s just talk.
Pretty sure OP is the same guy who is obsessed with Kerr as he went into the same "3:27" rant that the other registered account does every single time. We get it. You don't like Kerr. But the 'performing' of overt displays of confidence being linked with insecurity is a completely normal take. Countless UFC fighters display this behaviour all the time, and it's fairly easy to see through. If you didn't think showboating in the semis was at least a mindgame from Jakob, then I don't know what to say. And if you agree it was a mindgame, does someone who is 100% confident need to play a mindgame on their rivals? Regarding Kerr- please get a new hobby/obsession.
Student of josh making something up about someone when they don’t know what else to say. I’ve never posted from a registered account
People play mind games when they’re confident all the time. Juan Soto to every pitcher he faces, Bill Belichick up 30 points against the Jets. Countless other examples probably, those came to me in 5 seconds. And that’s if he was doing it to play mind games, which I don’t think is definitely true, but it could be
Did Josh Kerr explain why, immediate after the race, he went over to the stands and went bonkers raging at them, like he was angry at somebody up there, and proved them wrong? I remember Seb Coe doing something like that, to the British press, after winning in LA. But it was not so animated (and/or even justified?) with seemingly rage, as in Kerr’s case. Maybe the sunglasses made it appear more menacing?
Josh Kerr got interviewed by Citius Mag and had what seems to be a genuinely awful take, that Jakob gesturing to the crowd came from a place of insecurity. He believes Jakob did this either because he thought he was slipping from the center of attention, that he was running panicked, or that he wasn't comfortable in his running. He mentions himself doing it in the past, as well as Jakob doing it last year.
Frankly, this seems ridiculous. Maybe cockiness. Maybe. But insecurity? That makes no sense to me. He was the favorite and coming off a great season, so there's no way its because he "wasn't getting attention," a downright weird thing to posit. I think most were in agreement that he pretty easily went by everyone in the last 250 and looked good doing so, no signs of panic at all. So the only possible way he's right is if it is because Jakob felt bad and surprised himself with what he could do. This is possible as Jakob himself said he wasn't 100%, but it still makes no sense for Kerr to come to this conclusion based on last year where Jakob did it in the 5000 semis and then won pretty easily, clearly at 100%. Maybe that year he did it to regain some momentum after losing, but this year he had been undefeated and had just closed in a 52.6. Even if he was sick, I don't see how hyping up the crowd is going to make him feel any better about himself. It just doesn't make much sense.
Was Luis Grijalva insecure last year when he did the exact same thing as Jakob? Was Nordas insecure this year when he pumped his fist at the line in both the heats and the semis? Was everyone who has ever slowed up, pointed, waved to the crowd, or done a personal celebration insecure? It happens all the time, but when Jakob does it, its insecurity, disrespect, or some other pejorative thing that really isn't attributed to others who do similar things.
I guess we could defer to the expert on insecurity himself, Josh Kerr, who has time and time again has come out of a race and rambled about how he's actually 2 or 3 seconds faster, a 3:27 guy, currently a club with just 6(?) members.
It’s a great, even excellent take. Especially how he used this assumed insecurity to his advantage. I found that particularly interesting, and very smart.
And he’s taking about Jakob, no one else, so who cares what others do or don’t do. Kerr was spot on to me.
Kerr is making the same mistake that so many modern athletes and coaches make. They believe themselves to be quasi intellectuals. Thinking they can analyze behavior and intention because they half listen to podcast or skim wellness books, stoicism twitter. Run, talk about your training, your team, your goals and stay away from interpreting the actions of your competitors in a public setting.
Kerr probably felt disrespected or possibly even bullied by JI’s behavior in the semi. And, it would be true that insecure people do often act out disrespectfully towards others.
But, it is quite possible to be insecure and achieve great heights. Winners often have internal demons to deal with. So, maybe Kerr is right. Who knows? It’s just talk.
My instant impression during the semi was that Kerr was amused by Ingebrigtsen, and was happy that Ingebrigtsen was burning extra effort at the finish.
It is strange for him to say this because Jakob is clearly the better and more consistent runner this year , it’s just that on this day Kerr was the better man.
Well, that was the point, was it not? To peak for this particular race? I vaguely recall one of Kerr’s post-race interviews after a less-than-stellar Diamond Leaugue Oslo race; meanwhile, Jakob, was tearing it up setting world records this summer.
What “records”?? The two-mile was a “world best” because it’s a fake event. Cherry-picking.
Josh Kerr got interviewed by Citius Mag and had what seems to be a genuinely awful take, that Jakob gesturing to the crowd came from a place of insecurity. He believes Jakob did this either because he thought he was slipping from the center of attention, that he was running panicked, or that he wasn't comfortable in his running. He mentions himself doing it in the past, as well as Jakob doing it last year.
Frankly, this seems ridiculous. Maybe cockiness. Maybe. But insecurity? That makes no sense to me. He was the favorite and coming off a great season, so there's no way its because he "wasn't getting attention," a downright weird thing to posit. I think most were in agreement that he pretty easily went by everyone in the last 250 and looked good doing so, no signs of panic at all. So the only possible way he's right is if it is because Jakob felt bad and surprised himself with what he could do. This is possible as Jakob himself said he wasn't 100%, but it still makes no sense for Kerr to come to this conclusion based on last year where Jakob did it in the 5000 semis and then won pretty easily, clearly at 100%. Maybe that year he did it to regain some momentum after losing, but this year he had been undefeated and had just closed in a 52.6. Even if he was sick, I don't see how hyping up the crowd is going to make him feel any better about himself. It just doesn't make much sense.
Was Luis Grijalva insecure last year when he did the exact same thing as Jakob? Was Nordas insecure this year when he pumped his fist at the line in both the heats and the semis? Was everyone who has ever slowed up, pointed, waved to the crowd, or done a personal celebration insecure? It happens all the time, but when Jakob does it, its insecurity, disrespect, or some other pejorative thing that really isn't attributed to others who do similar things.
I guess we could defer to the expert on insecurity himself, Josh Kerr, who has time and time again has come out of a race and rambled about how he's actually 2 or 3 seconds faster, a 3:27 guy, currently a club with just 6(?) members.
Kerr did not close the final in 52.6. Jakob hit the bell in 2:35.89, with Kerr right next to him in 2:36.0. That means Kerr's last 400m was 53.3. The official splits supplied by WA have been wrong on a few occasions. In the Race Analysis PDF it has Kerr's 1100m split as 2:36.61, some 0.7secs behind Kerr, which is clearly wrong as they was less than a metre between them! In fact all the athletes' splits (apart from Ingebrigtsen's) are wrong for 1100m.
It has Laros as being in 11th place at the bell (when he was actually 3rd, a metre behind Kerr) in 2:38.29, and as being in 5th place at 1200m in 2:49.90. So accordingly he ran that 100m on the curve in 11.61secs!!!!!
Josh Kerr got interviewed by Citius Mag and had what seems to be a genuinely awful take, that Jakob gesturing to the crowd came from a place of insecurity. He believes Jakob did this either because he thought he was slipping from the center of attention, that he was running panicked, or that he wasn't comfortable in his running. He mentions himself doing it in the past, as well as Jakob doing it last year.
Frankly, this seems ridiculous. Maybe cockiness. Maybe. But insecurity? That makes no sense to me. He was the favorite and coming off a great season, so there's no way its because he "wasn't getting attention," a downright weird thing to posit. I think most were in agreement that he pretty easily went by everyone in the last 250 and looked good doing so, no signs of panic at all. So the only possible way he's right is if it is because Jakob felt bad and surprised himself with what he could do. This is possible as Jakob himself said he wasn't 100%, but it still makes no sense for Kerr to come to this conclusion based on last year where Jakob did it in the 5000 semis and then won pretty easily, clearly at 100%. Maybe that year he did it to regain some momentum after losing, but this year he had been undefeated and had just closed in a 52.6. Even if he was sick, I don't see how hyping up the crowd is going to make him feel any better about himself. It just doesn't make much sense.
Was Luis Grijalva insecure last year when he did the exact same thing as Jakob? Was Nordas insecure this year when he pumped his fist at the line in both the heats and the semis? Was everyone who has ever slowed up, pointed, waved to the crowd, or done a personal celebration insecure? It happens all the time, but when Jakob does it, its insecurity, disrespect, or some other pejorative thing that really isn't attributed to others who do similar things.
I guess we could defer to the expert on insecurity himself, Josh Kerr, who has time and time again has come out of a race and rambled about how he's actually 2 or 3 seconds faster, a 3:27 guy, currently a club with just 6(?) members.
Kerr did not close the final in 52.6. Jakob hit the bell in 2:35.89, with Kerr right next to him in 2:36.0. That means Kerr's last 400m was 53.3. The official splits supplied by WA have been wrong on a few occasions. In the Race Analysis PDF it has Kerr's 1100m split as 2:36.61, some 0.7secs behind Jakob, which is clearly wrong as they was less than a metre between them! In fact all the athletes' splits (apart from Ingebrigtsen's) are wrong for 1100m.
It has Laros as being in 11th place at the bell (when he was actually 3rd, a metre behind Kerr) in 2:38.29, and as being in 5th place at 1200m in 2:49.90. So accordingly he ran that 100m on the curve in 11.61secs!!!!!
Edit. - should have read, '0.7secs behind Jakob' (not 'Josh')
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