Parker Valby diss journalists - the new Sha'Carri?

Valby and every other athlete wants to make an Olympic team. What would they focus on if not the Olympics? Running some PRs?

Wanting to go to the Olympics and making the Olympics a primary goal are two different things in my opinion. A secondary question that wasn't answered, because it wasn't asked, could have been, "How did you design and balance training for peaks at NCAA's and Trials?

For instance, if you look at Nico Young, his racing schedule outdoors, including at NCAA's made it pretty clear he was gunning for trials. That's not as clear cut with Valby. So to know how she approached training going into and coming out of NCAA's and whether that was the plan all along would be interesting.

But of course she wanted to make it to the Olympics.

This times about a billion. Fantastic post.

She’s young, she’s talented and she is attractive. Perfect storm for being sarcastic and snarky to people and them loving it! Remember how perfect and polite that girl next door Suzy Favor was? I think Parker is much more honest and true to herself than Suzy. Maybe it’s the times have changed? Either way she is going to be loved by men and hated by women… and beta men.

Two things can be true.

I did find some of her interview responses to be snarky and sarcastic attempts at humour that largely fell flat. I said at the time she needs to decide if she is going to be "funny" (without ever making anyone laugh) or sincere, and go with it.

At the same time, journalists do ask her stupid questions, and the young male journalists often fawn over her like they are trying to set the table to ask her out later. It can be pathetic to listen to.

I think she has made great strides in how she responds.

Let's see if they can take great strides in asking her questions that aren't stupid.

Why are you speaking for women? I like her. My favorite bullet pt was her figuring out she's a giant.

To me she comes across as someone that doesn’t like to overcomplicate things and this is the reason she views these interview as “silly questions”. She is often asked about details of her training plan, the stuff her coach thinks out. She seems to just want to execute a good plan to the best of her ability and win the races she is in.

Wasn't it basketball coach John Wooden who did not allow his athletes to talk to the media. Well, Parker and others like her are older, more mature, but there is something about the media and its questions that drains your spirit. Be mysterious for your own good. Don't let other coaches and athletes psycho analyze you as a person and an athlete. Limit the interview to 6 questions and then get out of there. The media may not intend harm but it is creepy to reveal yourself to thousands of viewers for nothing.

Sorry, but that’s really boring. Neither she, or Nico, invented peaking for important meets.

You can’t be serious comparing girls body in high school to College.

Wow...comparing SR to PV is idiotic and stupid.

"Waiting for silly questions" is hardly being disrespectful. Flashing a smile and being active on social media seems like a smart thing to do. SR will never be the face of USA track and field, you can't market her in any way shape or form.

Netflix obviously view S.R differently than you. Perhaps you could offer your services as they clearly don't know what they're doing.

US sports shows are informericials for the Chinese giants. The TV show "Lets Make A Deal". Happy. Joyful. Celebrating. No

Seven pages of discussions of Valby not being able to handle interviews, and the only conclusion is that journalists have been asking stupid questions to make her look stupid. Just stop it.

I see several comments suggesting that women in general hate her. That is simply not true…just look at her social media. She has a lot of female fans. I think it’s fair to say most of her haters are female, however. They are a certain type of woman who feel threatened by other women for whatever reason. In this case, she’s prettier and faster than they are, and the only way they can cope with that feeling of inferiority is to lash out anonymously on an Internet forum. Since there are other like-minded women here, they get validation for their hatred in the form of “likes.” They would certainly never say these things in her presence. They might even ask for her autograph or a selfie once they realize she’s not the monster they had imagined. LOL

Wealthy Fan Boys are not journalists.

USATF contract forces Writers/Announcers/TV/Photo/Interviewers to turn over all content to USATF, assign all rights solely to USATF.

You can't sell or give free stuff away for free the way the other media does.

This was obviously rojo, posting anonymously to get some hits on the website

You can tell she doesn't enjoy being questioned. At least she isn't fake...