Noah Lyles is so unlikable now

Noah is great for the sport. Do you realize the only thing espn covered from the meat was shikari and Noah and Kenny

Cuz bolt is likeable and was doing it for fun. Lyles is not and he was doing it to be a jerk

Noah is the kind of guy who will go through life telling himself people hate him because he’s successful. But that’s not why people hate him. They hate him because he tries so hard to be what he’s not. He’s never not acting (badly), he’s never not making a fool of himself.

There are plenty of people out there with no charisma. Noah Lyles, though, is anti-charisma. Truly, there needs to be a new word in the English language for this level of embarrassing, cringe-inducing, gleefully unlikeable behavior.

I used to root for this guy, and I just cannot anymore.

Go Kenny, go Tebogo, go everyone other than this chump.

What you are saying SOUNDS GOOD. It SOUNDS like the right and proper thing. Hell, maybe it is. But is is not honest. Sure the big 4 sports in North America aren't ONLY popular because of fiery competition that sometimes boils over into testiness and disrespect, but if you think those qualities have NOTHING to do with it, then we simply have to agree to disagree. That incident is TRENDING right now. How often does Track make an ESPN headline?

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Lyles staredown, Bednarek shove cap tense 200m

The U.S. track championships turned physical Sunday, with Noah Lyles and Kenny Bednarek getting involved in a shoving and shouting match as they crossed the finish line of a hotly contested 200-meter final.

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Great explanation. I used to like him because he was competitive but still a nerdy guy now he wants to act tough and act like everyone is against him??

So, YOU are going to be WATCHING to see him lose. And that is FANTASTIC!

How many people want to see Danny Hurley of UCONN lose now?

Or Bobby Knight?

It gets FAR WORSE than Noah Lyles but that is sports. Everyone can't be a nice, clean, neat classy robot. That's not real sports.

I’m not asking for everyone to be nice. Just real. Lyles is the poseurist poseur who ever posed.

I’m sure Noah cares about a small group of middling distance nerds on a niche website. meanwhile Noah is liked by a larger group of casual track fans and he’s trying to grow the sport.

Kenny wearing headbands isn’t doing that

On THIS we agree. I do agree we want realness, nothing manufactured. And I also agree, in MANY instances, Noah Lyles can come off as fake.

But in THIS situation, in THIS race. To me, that was REAL pure emotion from both. Perhaps there is a back story as others have alluded but that stare down was real, in the heat of the moment and it was epic and Kenny how he felt afterwards was real too! The way you hate Noah right now, I felt that through the screen from Kenny and that is GREAT. That's what the sport needs. We need folks to wear their emotions on their sleeve sometimes! If everyone acted like SML, that wouldn't be a positive thing.

That guy has always been a complete ass clown.

Take anything with a grain of salt that Erin Brown posts.

I agree

I’m absolutely devastated he won today

Now? Has been from day one. Winning covers up for a lot but just wait until he stops winning. Corny.

As many others have said I used to really like him. But at a certain point, and I don’t know how else to say it, he just started trying too hard. Trying too hard to be the guy. Trying too hard to increase his brand. Trying too hard to get name recognition.
I just want to see him be himself instead of “asserting dominance” as the NBC broadcast called it, or getting into twitter spats with NFL and NBA players who will (unfortunately) always be more famous than any track athlete. The cockiness all just comes off like a bad act.

When he was deep into his Yugioh or whatever anime phase he had going on a few years ago it was peak nerdiness having him do anime power-summoning poses at the start line but also cool and quirky that he had personality & character.

Now he comes across as arrogant and boisterous calling out his “haters” and actively harassing people he beats. In fairness it’s probably hard not to have an ego as a world class sprinter with a gold medal to your name, especially in the ultra-competitive US sprinter scene. It’s just annoying to watch someone feel like they have to loudly tell you how great they are and see winning go straight to their head. It echoes the classic rule of “cool people don’t have to tell you they’re cool”.

For what it’s worth Isaiah Jewett is the official champ of anime fandom in pro running. Interview below, clip at 6:17

Fat girls and ugly chicks do more in the bedroom.

But seriously, there’s no reason why Noah should be able to get tail. He’s not an athlete in a major sport in the U.S. and is an anime-obsessed dork.

Like I've said before, TF needs some WWE influence. Not fake stuff, but some tension and human behavior. Not just skinny fast polite nerds. BTW, it was Lyles that was shoved. Just because he stared at his opponent? Go Noah!