EPIC Marco Langon interview after he goes for broke in NCAA men's 5000

Good Irish usage prononuces is fook, as in "whale oil beef fooked."

Nice 5000/3000 double All-American for the young lad.

A great experience to be with the leaders in both races. He knows first hand what's needed to win.

* fookin auto correct

Irish usage pronounces it "fook".

I guess track athletes don't get the PR spiel like football or basketball, and I'm sure Villanova cringes at endless f-bombs. I used to remind athletes early in the season it matters how they conduct themselves in public wearing the school uniform - they represent themselves, their coach, and the school. Langon has great energy and enthusiasm but his interview in the Villanova uniform is now permanent and on the internet for evermore.

It was fine, he never used it disrespectfully. We need more athletes with the passion and fire of Marco.

How do you know that? What has he had to earn?

I thought it was very telling that it was Rocky Hansen (not marco langon) whose coach thought he had the right mentality and the right personality to get the most out of himself as a runner.

Like, regardless of whether Rocky Hansen’s potential turns out to be world class, and regardless of whether Rocky Hansen turns out to be injury-resistant enough to get an NCAA title or turn pro, his coach thought that his mentality and his approach to running were the best he’s seen from any runner.

Marco Langon, by contrast, seems too much of a hothead to get the full potential out of himself. Didn’t he reference Ricky Bobby? “If you ain’t first, you’re last.” Great. Every coach’s dream.

It may be considered colorful or spunky by some (e.g. by rojo), but “I’m not afraid to blow up out there” sounds like macho self-aggrandizing nonsense to me.

....the people who "need to provide for their family " are working jobs that they may not like , not running track at villanova for track level NIL

"Love me or hate me, just don't forget me"

Also, this interview is not a big deal. It has 5k views. It's niche. We just happen to be in that niche.

Bro’s a damn alpha! Balled up in both races and ran with his heart on his sleeve. Y’all who are hatin’ know his name not his story. Love the f bombs, love the attitude, most of all love the performance. Langon stock goin’ way 🆙

Easy way to describe those interview, it is pure NJ. Marco was a NJ star in HS. This interview is the definition of NJ

As someone who lives in an Irish neighborhood, this guy is right. "Fook" isn't a bad word to the Irish. "Coont" is even more innocuous. In the Summer when Irish students "J-1ers" come over, girls have to remind each other "you cahnt say 'coont' in America." "Whut?" "Why?" "It's a bad werd." "Coont? For fookssakes, I hear it all the time" "That's because we're in an Irish neighborhood. When you go to the city, don't say 'coont'".
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What’s a father

runner can surely have their own personality and some may use vulgar language, but looking at Rocky Hansen vs Langons interviews I think exemplifies it best. According to the interviewer, its his highest finish ever, and he seems completely ungrateful. Also, what brands want to work with that? That interview made me feel bad for him, but did not make me like him more. He came off as arrogant, ungrateful, and not well spoken. Whata brands want to work with someone perceived as that? I admit this isn' t the only reason but, part of why he was able to walk back to the team area, while the more popular Gary Martin, Parker Wolfe, Ethan Strand, Rocky Hansen, Brian Musua, Drew Bosley had a sea of autographs and pictures to take

What’s wrong with dropping f bombs? Can we stop pretending to be offended? If you wanna swear then swear, if you don’t then don’t it doesn’t really matter either way.

sometimes I really like rojo’s bluntness:

”what tough times or difficult situations are you going through?”

i really liked that question.

if you’re approaching the interview like you’re just having a conversation on a long run, there can be some gems there, and this was one.

rojo probably likes authenticity in others because it’s one of his values and it’s one of his own best qualities.

Because there’s a difference between him accidentally saying f-ck once and saying it 40 times?

It requires huge amounts of different types of motivation to run/train/live/race in a way that results in success in running at the highest levels.

None of us really know what it is like to be Marco Langon, what he has gone through, how he thinks or what he believes.

If he believes he needs to succeed or run better to provide for his family, and that provides him with one type of extra motivation to run/train/live/race fast, then good for him.

If he partially runs with a quasi-chip on his shoulder because of where he is at and has been in the rest of his life, more power to him because it seems to be working fairly well based on his race results.

I disagree with the opinion that this strategy, if it is indeed his strategy, will hurt him more than it helps. His results are good so far. Many other athletes have achieved great success using similar motivational strategies. The only way it could hurt him if the pressure he puts on himself to succeed is his only motivation to run, which is unlikely.

This is right on the money.