You messed up and paid the price. Sounds like you kinda lost yourself when you got kicked off the team. It's time to get over it and move on dude.
You messed up and paid the price. Sounds like you kinda lost yourself when you got kicked off the team. It's time to get over it and move on dude.
Yes!
BTW you were kicked off because you were slow, not because you had a party.
When you're a slow kid trying to make the team, you have different expectations than the star. Just the way the world works. The coach might have thought "If this slow kid doesn't have any more dedication than this...I'm done wasting my time with him"
People naturally want to help someone who either has potential, or a great work ethic and desire. If you have neither no one can help you.
Randy Oldman wrote:
Drugs are bad, mmmk?
The "did I do something wrong?" checklist:
Was anyone hurt directly by your actions?: [-]
Was there a possibility of anyone being directly hurt by your actions?: [-]
Final tally: 0/2. Nothing wrong.
All I know is that you deserve to be kicked off this board for your inane, juvenile rants.
stir the pot wrote:
All I know is that you deserve to be kicked off this board for your inane, juvenile rants.
Me?
[quote]it matters not... wrote:
yes, you deserved it. You broke the law and put many lives in danger just "to be cool".
What by having a party
If you can't do stupid things when you are young when can you
Did you deserve to be kicked off your track team? No. Nobody died or anything. It sounds like a somewhat typical high school party (one of the "better" ones). The stuff you described went on quite a lot at my high school, though I was never involved. We had rules that were laid out at the beginning of each sport season that basically said if you were caught drinking, you'd be suspended from your sport. I don't think anyone was ever kicked off their team for the whole season for a first offense though. I would be very upset if I were you (back then), and I think you should have tried to talk to your coach and the administration to get yourself back on the team. I would think in 99% of places in the country, if a student apologized, admitted they were wrong, showed strong interest in rejoining their team, and was willing to be punished somehow for their actions, they'd be allowed to practice and compete again.
All that being said, blaming a crappy 4+ years of college on this is pretty pathetic (no offense). If you drank a ton in college, underperformed, and were unhappy, that's on you, straight up. Shit happens in life. A lot of it isn't fair. Life goes on though, and people move on. I strongly recommend you take responsibility for your actions and do not blame it on other things, especially when it happened years ago. Saying you were drinking heavily and underperforming in college your junior and senior years due to something that happened in high school is ludicrous.
Sorry if I've been too harsh, but that's my opinion. Hopefully you have kind of moved on by now.
It sounds unfair unless your coach specified a "no drinking" rule up front. If he didn't, he arbitrarily threw you off the team. But life (and coaches) aren't necessarily fair.
That said, I don't think being thrown off the team had anything to do with your current situation.
Behold! wrote:
Yes!
BTW you were kicked off because you were slow, not because you had a party.
When you're a slow kid trying to make the team, you have different expectations than the star. Just the way the world works. The coach might have thought "If this slow kid doesn't have any more dedication than this...I'm done wasting my time with him"
People naturally want to help someone who either has potential, or a great work ethic and desire. If you have neither no one can help you.
Well fyi, it was track so there was no cuts, so I was not trying to make the team because I was already on it. As for your last paragraph, I have/had both potential/talent and great work ethic and desire.
Things didn't go wrong when you got kicked off the team; they went wrong when your roommate ate your freshly baked muffins and you didn't kick his teeth out.
Davey Gravy wrote:
Things didn't go wrong when you got kicked off the team; they went wrong when your roommate ate your freshly baked muffins and you didn't kick his teeth out.
Dude! You rememeber that! I posted about that like a year ago. That's awesome!
Hingle McCringleberry wrote:
As for your last paragraph, I have/had both potential/talent and great work ethic and desire.
When people with potential/talent work very hard, they become good at the skill in question. If you don't run fast, you are necessarily lacking work ethic, talent, or both.
And the other poster is spot on. A non-contributer can probably skate by if he at least isn't a burden, but if someone can't score points and they prove to be a detriment or threat to the team, what is the point of keeping that individual on the roster?
Hingle McCringleberry wrote:
Davey Gravy wrote:Things didn't go wrong when you got kicked off the team; they went wrong when your roommate ate your freshly baked muffins and you didn't kick his teeth out.
Dude! You rememeber that! I posted about that like a year ago. That's awesome!
Really ? You're proud of that thread ? That's the day we all learned how spineless and weak you were. And look at you now, one year later, you don't even have an apartment with a crappy roommate anymore. You are back living in your high school bedroom with your parents. Way to move backwards in life !
Deadman Running wrote:
Hingle McCringleberry wrote:Dude! You rememeber that! I posted about that like a year ago. That's awesome!
Really ? You're proud of that thread ? That's the day we all learned how spineless and weak you were. And look at you now, one year later, you don't even have an apartment with a crappy roommate anymore. You are back living in your high school bedroom with your parents. Way to move backwards in life !
And what qualifies you to be so judgmental?
T-Rex wrote:
Deadman Running wrote:Really ? You're proud of that thread ? That's the day we all learned how spineless and weak you were. And look at you now, one year later, you don't even have an apartment with a crappy roommate anymore. You are back living in your high school bedroom with your parents. Way to move backwards in life !
And what qualifies you to be so judgmental?
He ran 14:30, makes $350k, and has an IQ of 145. Are you new here?
Obviously you never read that pathetic thread. It was embarrassing.
Your sarcasm is appreciated, but actually you were pretty close on 2 out of 3. !4:38 (but I was 1500m guy) $150K, and 152.
Deadman Running wrote:
Your sarcasm is appreciated, but actually you were pretty close on 2 out of 3. !4:38 (but I was 1500m guy) $150K, and 152.
Ha. I knew this was coming.
Deadman Running wrote:
Your sarcasm is appreciated, but actually you were pretty close on 2 out of 3. !4:38 (but I was 1500m guy) $150K, and 152.
With all due respect (so, none), based on your posts, you do not strike me as someone with an IQ of 152.
Yeah well, its simply the truth. You think 14:38 is good ? I was Pac-10 guy and never qualified for the conference championship in track. Did run regionals in XC though. Pretty much a mid-pack guy. $150K is not believable ? Its good but not stellar. 152 IQ ? How do you think I got into one of the top 5 schools in the nation with a 4:18 PR in HS ? I was a preferred walk-on, but my grades made the difference - no scholarship.