Noah Lyles = clownshow

a track fans fan wrote:

Noah Lyles is a supremely talented athlete, and he will do well for many many years. Does anyone else hate his foolish antics? I'm just wondering why some adult in his life doesn't sits his butt down and explains that acting like a fool won't get him fame, running fast will. I am all for athletes having personality and having fun but Lyles seems to be acting out trying to be more foolish than Usain Bolt. Bolt had fun, Lyles is a clown. Anyone else feel this way? Before the USATF 200 he was just an a-hole, and then after he wants everyone to "look at me". He seems ready to act like the diva wide receivers in the NFL.

Track and field is dying and you want it to be a race between librarians.

Go away you loser. Its not a chess tournament. Which is why you are posting what you're posting and not retired on the beach with a medal.

Enjoy him while you can. Top talents don't last as long as we hope.

Usain Bolt is a supremely talented athlete, and he will do well for many many years. Does anyone else hate his foolish antics? I'm just wondering why some adult in his life doesn't sits his butt down and explains that acting like a fool won't get him fame, running fast will. I am all for athletes having personality and having fun but Bolt seems to be acting out trying to be more foolish than Michael Johnson. Johnson had fun, Bolt is a clown. Anyone else feel this way? Before the 200 he was just an a-hole, and then after he wants everyone to "look at me". He seems ready to act like the diva wide receivers in the NFL.

Dose of Truth wrote:

Squeaky shoes wrote:

He's a 21yo kid, doing what he loves, making $250k a year to do it. Cut him some slack, dude.

I am an NCAA coach and if one of my 17 year old freshmen athletes acted like him, I'd suspend him for a meet. If it continued, I would kick him off.

He is not a child, he is an adult. His salary actually disproves your argument. He is a professional track athlete. Time to start acting like a professional.

1. Probably not an NCAA coach as most freshmen are 18 not 17. A coach would be aware of this. Some old man posing as one would not.

2. None of your “freshmen” run 19.5. None of your freshmen will go on to run a 19.0x 200m by the end of their career.

VroomVroom wrote:

Yeah those kids are called dweebs and they've never had a gf. Once they discover girls their interest in DBZ should decrease.

Can't stand Lyles antics either. It's not "Bolt like". Everyone compares it to him and it's not even close. He's over the top like NFL celebrations that they now allow. Celebrate all you want but he looks foolish.

But it's accomplishing his goal I guess. More attention.

I'll watch him run but it definitely isn't for his "personality" or his celebrating.

Agreed. How dare he have fun.

“ d-bag preening ego WR wannabes of past yore”

Fukkin’ A! Lol you win?

You aren't one to talk, you import athletes from other schools to win high school sports. You have no idea what class is.

Dose of Truth wrote:

Squeaky shoes wrote:

He's a 21yo kid, doing what he loves, making $250k a year to do it. Cut him some slack, dude.

I am an NCAA coach and if one of my 17 year old freshmen athletes acted like him, I'd suspend him for a meet. If it continued, I would kick him off.

He is not a child, he is an adult. His salary actually disproves your argument. He is a professional track athlete. Time to start acting like a professional.

You sound like a terrible coach. You mind dropping the name of your programs that none of us end up there? Thanks.

Yes, this is exactly what I've been thinking. It's so annoying that I actually avoid watching the events he is in.... So much for making a sport more popular.... Personality can be a great thing, but other times it can just fall off a cliff.

Glad you were able to anonymously take a shot at someone that you've always wanted to cowardly attack.

Dose of Truth wrote:

Squeaky shoes wrote:

He's a 21yo kid, doing what he loves, making $250k a year to do it. Cut him some slack, dude.

I am an NCAA coach and if one of my 17 year old freshmen athletes acted like him, I'd suspend him for a meet. If it continued, I would kick him off.

He is not a child, he is an adult. His salary actually disproves your argument. He is a professional track athlete. Time to start acting like a professional.

Unless that 17 year old freshman ran as fast as Noah Lyles, in which case he would still be on the team and you would be kicked off.

jfc

this site is a bunch of angry old white men

Let's ask and answer some reasonable questions:

1. Do his actions harm others or have the intent to harm others?

2. Do his actions hurt the sport?

3. Do his actions draw attention to the sport and possibly new fans?

There are some other reasonable questions, but my answers are NO, NO, and YES. He seems to genuinely love running and competing. He is not afraid to repeatedly race the best competition. The same cannot be said of previous 100m/200m champions.

By contrast, Gatlin comes off as a complete jerk. He badmouths other athletes, gets angry at the press, and pounds his chest with an "I'm the greatest" kind of attitude every time he wins with his drug cheating body. THAT is bad for the sport.

I feel like he is slightly on "the spectrum", just an honest opinion.

I literally was going to say something along these lines. Maybe not Autistic, but the dude is a dweeb. Nothing wrong with that, but like obviously he’s a nerd he loves Dragon Ball. I don’t think that he’s a natural charmer like Bolt was. Has a nice smile and seems nice but he’s not like funny or natural like Bolt. It’s almost awkward or forced.

If dancing gets you paid and your family fed, you dance.

Agreed! wrote:

I literally was going to say something along these lines. Maybe not Autistic, but the dude is a dweeb. Nothing wrong with that, but like obviously he’s a nerd he loves Dragon Ball. I don’t think that he’s a natural charmer like Bolt was. Has a nice smile and seems nice but he’s not like funny or natural like Bolt. It’s almost awkward or forced.

You had me at "but like obviously." I'm amazed. You're like literally a nerd.

give us a break wrote:

You aren't one to talk, you import athletes from other schools to win high school sports. You have no idea what class is.

If I could post the eye-rolling emoji here, I would. It is LAUGHABLE that anyone thinks I go around recruiting runners to my school. Assuming you are a high school coach (given your bitterness towards me, I'd say that's very likely) maybe if your program was decent, kids had fun, and you treated people well (maybe had some class yourself!) they'd want to come to your school too. Keep hiding behind that anonymity, buddy!

AskSomeReasonableQuestions wrote:

Let's ask and answer some reasonable questions:

1. Do his actions harm others or have the intent to harm others?

2. Do his actions hurt the sport?

3. Do his actions draw attention to the sport and possibly new fans?

There are some other reasonable questions, but my answers are NO, NO, and YES. He seems to genuinely love running and competing. He is not afraid to repeatedly race the best competition. The same cannot be said of previous 100m/200m champions.

By contrast, Gatlin comes off as a complete jerk. He badmouths other athletes, gets angry at the press, and pounds his chest with an "I'm the greatest" kind of attitude every time he wins with his drug cheating body. THAT is bad for the sport.

His actions harm others - it is disrespectful to your competitors. And as another poster was smart to post, the people he's dancing on are his relay team members. Not exactly helping the team chemistry and can cost the USA a gold medal.

His actions hurt the sport - it is quite apparent about half of the posters in this topic don't like his antics and won't watch the sprints.

His dancing actions are not causing new fans - because if you've seen him dance after a race you obviously have already been watching track already.

Avon Barkslug wrote:

jfc

this site is a bunch of angry old white men

You are the only one bringing up race here, dude. If Shelby Houlihan started dancing after her wins, I wouldn't like that either. I already don't like Devon Allen's earrings, and Engel's mullet and mustache.