Matthew Centrowitz triggered by Oregon Runner's "your move" comment

Bystander101 wrote:

pofd wow wrote:

A well thought out and intelligent post on letsrun, that’s wild.

Haha- thank you. I try.

That being said-David Melly from Tracksmith looks SO petty with his Instagram story + tweet saying, "Gold medals can't buy you class." I wish he would also stop.

Yeah, Melly isn't even on that walk-on's level and just comes off as the peanut gallery mouth-breather gossiping hen. Yes, I see the irony in what I just did here.

gothamgreens wrote:

centro was stuck up back in HS just like his dad was at power memorial. lauren was the only one that acted like a real person. centro walked 2 3/4 laps in the olympics and then sprinted. after that he's done nothing and most likely he is done.

I believe it's fine and fair to critique someones charter, or their social media posting, or their recent performances, but I will never understand the people who try to in some ways discredit Centro's Olympic Gold by speaking about the dynamics of the race and the slow time. It's the absolute highest level of competition, against a quality field, and he outclassed them all. As conceited as he is, there's no way you can diminish an Olympic Gold medal because of the race dynamics.

[steps off soapbox]

zxcvzxcv wrote:

These kids think they're the best ever? Well, they did just both smash the NCAA record by about 1.5 seconds. That makes them pretty good. The third place Oregon guy only ran 3:53(!!) and then ran 1:45.5 Oregon record the next day. The national titles are surely on their way. This Oregon team also ran a huge college record of 9:19 with Hocker at 2:49 and Teare at 3:54. They can have their fun. No Olympians just yet, but surely on the way.

They most likely will win indoors but outdoors there is a man from Notre Dame that is waiting for them.

overdude wrote:

gothamgreens wrote:

centro was stuck up back in HS just like his dad was at power memorial. lauren was the only one that acted like a real person. centro walked 2 3/4 laps in the olympics and then sprinted. after that he's done nothing and most likely he is done.

I believe it's fine and fair to critique someones charter, or their social media posting, or their recent performances, but I will never understand the people who try to in some ways discredit Centro's Olympic Gold by speaking about the dynamics of the race and the slow time. It's the absolute highest level of competition, against a quality field, and he outclassed them all. As conceited as he is, there's no way you can diminish an Olympic Gold medal because of the race dynamics.

[steps off soapbox]

I agree.

Makhloufi, Willis, Souleiman, Iguider, Kiprop, Musagala, Kwemoi all could've changed the race dynamics if they wanted to. Not Centro's fault for taking the best path to victory under the circumstances.

High Fidelity. wrote:

westsouthrunner wrote:

Not petty to me. They are constantly tagging him and making comments like this. He is allowed to respond however he wants. If he never ran another step you could argue he is the most accomplished to ever come from UO. Imagine if this was the other way around and He would tag them constantly say your move to their 3:59-4:0x milers

Punching up has always been different than punching down

Exactly. Great athletes all deal with being constantly tagged on social media. The ones that aren’t losers pay no attention unless it comes from someone worthy of a response. Such is not the case here - Centro flexing on some nobodies is embarrassing.

te5n1k wrote:

its not a good look for centro imo. trash talking is good for the sport, but you can tell centro takes it way too personally and isnt having fun with it like most people are (also he is punching way down on this one). he clearly has insecurities that run deep and we will see in the coming months if those stem from the fact that he is not fit and worried about his performance in tokyo.

Honestly, Centro got triggered when Cooper called him immature on the Sit and Kick Podcast. Then he went and showed just how mature he is by becoming unhinged by light instagram banter. I hope really hope Centro is good, but he should be a lot less insecure as the reigning Olympic Champ in my judgement.

To the "Your move" comment, Centro should have responded with a picture of his gold medal and the same text, "Your move"

Again see my username

Imagine NOT wanting the YouTube stars to succeed. They provide an in-depth upclose look at their journey towards the Olympics and the highest stage of the sport

most of the channels don’t even have that many subs anyway man you’re getting mad at people doing this for exposure and for the sport in general

Here’s Texas A&Ms 800 groups’ YouTube - do you not think it’s a good thing for TRACK that these guys n gals are posting and sharing? Now we get to meet these people, see the work they put in, and appreciate.

https://youtube.com/channel/UCL8kG9RPXzk5534HfU_47Iw

Same thing with the Athlete Special or even Wesfly. All of these people are good for the sport because social media is the future. No two ways around it. AND they’re backing it up with decent times

Oh Please wrote:

To the "Your move" comment, Centro should have responded with a picture of his gold medal and the same text, "Your move"

He should not have responded at all, because he has a gold medal.

Maybe he shouldn't respond but it's kind of insane to me that anyone in college without a NCAA title or anything really aside from fast times would come at an Olympic Gold Medalist, World Indoor Champ, 2x WC medalist, however-many-time US champ, etc. Seems insane.

Those American Thighs wrote:

Bystander101 wrote:

Haha- thank you. I try.

That being said-David Melly from Tracksmith looks SO petty with his Instagram story + tweet saying, "Gold medals can't buy you class." I wish he would also stop.

Yeah, Melly isn't even on that walk-on's level and just comes off as the peanut gallery mouth-breather gossiping hen. Yes, I see the irony in what I just did here.

Haha so well put.

This is the last thing I’m going to say on this post—

People may have various opinions on Centro, but if he retired tomorrow, he’d still have HS & NCAA titles, US Championships, 3 World Medals (2 outdoor, 1 gold from indoor), and an Olympic title (+ a 13:00 5k PR, and tons of upside in that event). I remember after he won the Olympics, Alan Webb wrote an article talking about how Centro proved that the “system worked.” You can be good in high school, go to college, and then win the Olympics. He’s also very real (maybe too real) on social media, and what you see is what you get, which I **thought** would be inspiring to the next gen of guys.

The problem is that the class of guys of Cooper Teare, Noah Affolder, DJ Principe, Finn Gessner, etc (I’d even throw Rachel McArthur in there on the girls side) have ALWAYS thought they’re the sh*t, and it has carried over into college. I see exactly what Centro was saying- Cooper has yet to win an NCAA title (now he didn’t have indoor/outdoor last year, to be fair), but he acts like he’s already “arrived,” so to speak. He made comments about Centro on podcasts after Centro won the 2nd fastest heat over Hocker in December, and he said he was “cocky” when he came around when Andy was coaching (which I think is rich). If he was smart, he would’ve acknowledged that Centro was coming off an injury and that’s why he ran the slower heat, but instead he was like, “Centro had no business being in that heat, so it’s a win for Hocker.” ... very bold for a 21 year old. I remember one year Courtney Okolo took down her fellow Texas alum, Sanya Richards-Ross, at an early season meet, and she said to Flotrack, “I don’t consider it a win over Sanya. I respect her, and we’re in different parts of our season.” ... and good on her- SRR was still the Olympic champ at the end of the day.

Ever since that race, all his little chronies (Evert Silva, Ben Crawford, Carter 4:14 guy) have been commenting crap on Centro’s posts trying to ignite sh*t, and they got what they wanted. Would I have fired back at them? No, but as Eric Jenkins said recently, “Centro is the Olympic Champ and he could be way cockier about it if he wanted to be, but he’s a team player. I’d be slinging that gold medal around everywhere.”

The problem is this next gen doesn’t care. They’re all about clout, which sucks and I hope it changes because Cooper Teare is MASSIVELY talented and I’d probably respect him more if I didn’t hear the stories I’ve heard or see his comments online in terms of his cockiness. I remember when Craig Engels won USAs over Centro, I saw high school kids making the case of “why Craig is a better runner then Centro.” It absolutely blew my mind. Education has gone out the window when it comes to track and field, and a big part is thanks to social media/YouTube. Centro is right- it would be like him winning USAs in 2011 and this his friends commenting at Galen “your move” as if to say they’re now suddenly better.

macdaddy og 3 wrote:

https://www.instagram.com/centro_ur_move/

Now there’s this ????

ROTFL

Andy Powell ditched him without letting him know. He deserves to be pissed at that.

this would have been better than snapping back.

centro sounds like an insecure kid who needs them to KNOW he was/is the GOAT miler.

Like bro, all these kids grew up watching your Rio 1500 Victory. It’s a GIVEN that people respect your talent and ability, especially when half these youngsters go to the same hallowed university.

Let the hardware and the PRs 1:44/3:30/13:00 do the talking centro you gotta calm down and breathe. If this one Oregon guy can get him geekin off of two words... reflect on your own insecurities is all Im saying. If you don’t make the team this year it’s great you’re still the GOAT centro we acknowledge that and everyone knows that - just chill out dawg lmao

gbyegramps wrote:

this would have been better than snapping back.

centro sounds like an insecure kid who needs them to KNOW he was/is the GOAT miler.

Like bro, all these kids grew up watching your Rio 1500 Victory. It’s a GIVEN that people respect your talent and ability, especially when half these youngsters go to the same hallowed university.

Let the hardware and the PRs 1:44/3:30/13:00 do the talking centro you gotta calm down and breathe. If this one Oregon guy can get him geekin off of two words... reflect on your own insecurities is all Im saying. If you don’t make the team this year it’s great you’re still the GOAT centro we acknowledge that and everyone knows that - just chill out dawg lmao

it sounded like cooper teare had been coming at him a bunch on podcasts and etc. from the exchange. not just the two word post.

I don’t think anyone is arguing that Centro hasn’t had a great career. They are saying he’s immature and it was pathetic to acknowledge some college clowns by firing back with a rampage. What’s he going to do next, go try to steal there Strava segments?

I can see how both are in the wrong. But I agree, Centro went out of his way to look Carter up and respond with a whole paragraph over a two word comment that wasn’t even malicious. Insecure

John Macardle wrote:

I don’t think anyone is arguing that Centro hasn’t had a great career. They are saying he’s immature and it was pathetic to acknowledge some college clowns by firing back with a rampage. What’s he going to do next, go try to steal there Strava segments?

Oh 100%, I agree. If I were Centro, I would’ve never commented back at those kids because it ends up being a loss for him and hurts his image. I’m more just saying they can’t keep poking the bear and then act surprised. Nothing he said to them was (sadly) untrue.

cebbof wrote:

What podcast did Teare trash those guys on?

As for Teare's feelings over Powell's departure, that's exactly the type of heads-up warranted for someone who's notoriously a big mouth attention whore on SM. Powell was smart to not trust him with any confidential information about Powell's personal intentions. Teare made his bed there, spare me the teares.