I thought it was amusing that Nike's new commercial starring Sha'carri was prominent on NBC tonight and finished with the slogan, "Winning isn't for everyone."
It seemed more like a just world when Bol is heroic as big underdog and Sha'carri runs away from scrutiny after being trounced as favorite
waited an hour to piss into a bottle? how did the winner attend the press conference then?
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She did win by quite a bit.
French administration has been weird. Usually the drug testers hang out at the press conference and just keep their charges in close view. There was also the weird rule change about getting into the warm-up area from prelim day and yesterday. Sha'Carri and SAF were turned away by security and had to find another way to get in. Heard it was not that far but it's still an unneeded disruption.
All of the Sha'Carri apologists need to understand that handing the press with grace and dignity would prove all her haters wrong. It was an OPPORTUNITY that she squandered again. I'm done with her. I try to find the good in her. I thought the way she handled the World Championships was great. I thought her immediate reaction on the track after this race was good, but then she doesn't want to face questions. Maybe the worst part of this, that I have seen no one talking about, is that Melissa Jefferson also missed the interview. I'm sure she was influenced by Sha'Carri. So, now she is bringing others down with her. Sad. We should be happy for two medals, instead we're talking about this.
We're talking about this because people like you keep dwelling on it. You say your some with her then write another paragraph about your disappointment?
Move on and grow up. Y'all acting like she's forcing this dialogue when you're the ones actively fueling it. Stop thinking / posting about her and suddenly it won't be an issue.
I know you like to pretend LR are the only journalists in the world, but there are many respectable outlets who would like to ask pertinent questions. This is the marquise sprinting event and it only happens every 4 years. Showing up to a post-race presser to answer some questions is not a big ask, it's the professional and adult thing to do. Unfortunately some "fans" have rock bottom expectations on the professionalism of certain athletes. I think that mentality is a disservice to those athletes in the long run. Have adult expectations of adults.
Same goes for all athletes. When Jakob and Josh eventually have their 1500 duel, one man will no doubt be incredibly disappointed afterwards, especially considering how they themselves have built this up with their war of words. I very much look forward to the post-race press conference regardless of the outcome, it would be a very bad look if the loser dodges.
How are you to determine that showing up to the presser isn't a big ask? Do you have any familiarity with performing at the Olympic level?
If you're a Sha'carri fan it's certainly fair to be disappointed in not seeing her and hearing her thoughts post race. But if you think the majority of posters on this thread fall under the category of 'fans' then I don't know what to tell you.
That's why I ask, why are you all so invested? Sure athletes could handle these situations and perhaps it elevates some peoples perception of the professionalism of the sport.
However, creating a thread purely to dump on an athlete is absolutely useless and harmful. So stop pretending like you care about how these athletes 'mentality' will hurt them in the long run. You don't care about them, you care about concern trolling. Grow up.
You have a fair point. Rojo promotes this juvenile "goes home devastated" and "first name Muthafukkin last name" juvenile outbursts, but cannot for the life of him do anything to promote whats good about the sport. I dont get it.
A few months ago, Rory McIlroy skipped out on the press after missing some short putts and losing the U.S. open. I understand there are those that are looking for a story and want to catch an athlete say something controversial when he/she is in an emotionally vulnerable state. But I don't see any reason why an athlete should be compelled to talk after an event, unless their governing body requires it. Of course, the athlete can always pull a Bill Belichick and say the same thing over and over again.
Also Rae's take isn't exactly ccurate journalism. He will take whatever people give him at face value. See the Quincy Wilson situation here he tried to report Quincy was injured
How are you to determine that showing up to the presser isn't a big ask? Do you have any familiarity with performing at the Olympic level?
If you're a Sha'carri fan it's certainly fair to be disappointed in not seeing her and hearing her thoughts post race. But if you think the majority of posters on this thread fall under the category of 'fans' then I don't know what to tell you.
That's why I ask, why are you all so invested? Sure athletes could handle these situations and perhaps it elevates some peoples perception of the professionalism of the sport.
However, creating a thread purely to dump on an athlete is absolutely useless and harmful. So stop pretending like you care about how these athletes 'mentality' will hurt them in the long run. You don't care about them, you care about concern trolling. Grow up.
You have a fair point. Rojo promotes this juvenile "goes home devastated" and "first name Muthafukkin last name" juvenile outbursts, but cannot for the life of him do anything to promote whats good about the sport. I dont get it.
Whoa. It's the Godzilla vs King Kong fight of complete LRC a55holes. Can they both lose?
Sigh, the culture of victimhood just perpetuated by fake, white-guilt altruists like you isn't it.
But sure, let's just make every excuse we can in the world for her behaviour - that will help her long term in her lifes journey. God forbid she just ever sat down like an actualized, rational human whose entire identity wasn't derived from sprinting 100m and just answered some questions (some which might be painful/difficult) with grace. Not like she's making millions of dollars per year to do this or anything where I'm pretty sure the non-track alternative path in life isn't anything as privileged as this.
Grow up.
So what you think answering a few vapid questions from numnuts wejo is gonna help her grow personally?? Really??
Let her employers talk to her if they think she isn't delivering on her end of the deal. She's not making millions to go to a single press conference, just like I'm not making my salary based off of 1 email I missed.
Y'all are pretending like her choosing not to go to the presser is some ultimate failure but will ignore that she got a silver medal in the Olympics. It's mind boggling.
SCR is quite happy, as all athletes are, to profit from the sport and rightly so. She works incredibly hard and should get rewarded - frankly more than she, and any other T&F athlete, does.
However, as with all jobs, there are bits that you don't like doing but have to do. She should have shown up at the press conference. I get that she's disappointed, I get that she'll be asked questions she probably doesn't want to answer (she got chippy when the BBC reporter asked her a question that alluded to her journey since the Tokyo Olympics) but that is part of her job. Will we as fans learn anything from these interviews? In my opinion, no. I find most of these interviews vapid and superficial. But it's part of her job. Adults do their job. Children find excuses to only do the things they like doing. Her not rocking up to the press conference looks petulant.
On the flip side, in her defence, she was gracious and generous in defeat to Alfred. Credit to her.
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