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

You guys do realize Nike expects their athletes to post on Instagram right? That is partially how they advertise. I would not be surprised in the slightest if Centro has a clause in his contract about posting on Instagram

9 page thread about a childish Instagram beef. Sigh,

Is it impossible to post on Instagram without getting baited into showcasing your insecurity by some college runners?

This should have been Centro's response:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F420664421416697372%2F&psig=AOvVaw0y7kX2xLYRihblqnm1cSMM&ust=1613497411489000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqGAoTCPDYkbO47O4CFQAAAAAdAAAAABDUAQ

Runner10287 wrote:

9 page thread about a childish Instagram beef. Sigh,

And you just added to it!

onlyfaned wrote:

Runner10287 wrote:

9 page thread about a childish Instagram beef. Sigh,

And you just added to it!

I'll sigh louder at 10 pages

put some respeck on my name

Dirtrunner wrote:

Cole Hocker recently posted on Instagram about the mile from Friday and in the comments, his teammate Carter Christman commented "your move" with Centro tagged. Well, it seemed like Centro didn't take too kindly to it as you can probably read and it didn't come off as sarcasm either.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CLSS8-_HWC0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Kinda seems to be petty behavior by Centro to me.

I mean it wouldn't be the United States of F--king America if you didn't get defensive and punch back even harder right?

Sure this is just a stupid track conversation but it's this society in a nutshell.

You really have 3 options here...

1) You ignore it (because who cares, you are one of the all-time greats for your nation and one of only a handful of men to win the Olympic 1500)

2) You congratulate the guy make some fun out of it and maybe self-deprecate a little and really endear yourself to the average track fan

3) You get ultra-defensive, puff your chest out and let a college kid get you all emotional and your cortisol levels through the roof.

So easy to come out of this looking well and instead you come out of it looking like a tw@t.

EQ of this place never ceases to amaze me. Nice job Centro - "well handled".

He's right ^ Future of america

Standard Setter wrote:

Centro is a boss. This is what an alpha male does.

I don’t think you can be an alpha male when you’re 5’9” 130.

And even if you could, it’s not by overreacting to college kids goofing off on social media

Alright, after reading more of the social media posts I am wrong. These kids re out of line attacking Centrowitz.

He’s the man. He has earned his trash talk. This walk on kid needs to walk off.

punch.up wrote:

Alright, after reading more of the social media posts I am wrong. These kids re out of line attacking Centrowitz.

He’s the man. He has earned his trash talk. This walk on kid needs to walk off.

Nah, you don’t flex on nobodies as an Olympic champ unless you are pathetic.

What does this have to do with anything? People can talk how they want to talk. It might be cringey but that’s their choice. Also, beefing happens in all the mainstream sports so it’s kinda cool to see it now. We have to have different characters so that things get interesting and more people will want to follow the sport.

“It’s not that deep” -Teare

Carter Christian is a clout chasing c*ck. Congrats you walked on a team. Happens everyday and people become far more successful. Centro is an American hero. OLYMPIC CHAMP. The guy is in a rut with training and he’s being chirped by little pissant kids from his alma mater. Give the guy a break. F these kids.

Seeing all these comments about Centro(whether good or bad) make me realize how popular he is with the average person who is interested in distance running. He has an olympic gold medal in the most popular middle distance/distance event. Centro has honestly influenced so many people. Even though he gets flustered I could see where he's coming from. He's the most accomplished miler in American history and people are constantly going after him because they're either insecure or they're looking for clout. He got his clout from his actual accomplishments on the track. I wish I could meet him one day.

I agree Carter Christmas is a c*ck, but centro brought this on himself by writing back

Do you even follow this guy on instagram? I don't know Carter personally but I have followed him for a while. He barely posts, I think to call him a "clout chasing c*ck" is a bit harsh - he's not in the same league as some other NCAA runners.

This seems like way more of an attention play from Centro. The guy took a chunk of time out of his day to research carter's times. Why should Christman being on oregon or his pr's matter at all? The only reason he mentioned them at all was to be petty, classic ad hominem. If some sunday league player chirped Ronaldo, you really think he would look up the guy's soccer stats and write a paragraph back?

Imagine being an olympic gold medalist and spending the time to look up current college runners should they ever even mention you. Just such a poor look from Centro, how did this man really not have anything better to do on his valentines. Absolute BETA move

This really exposes how boring professional runners can be, the fact that a walk on at oregon wrote 2 words and everyone has flipped their sh*t this weekend because of it. What a joke.

As someone who gets triggered sometimes past the points of even bombastic or explosive, I understand Centro here.

Now,I am a nobody from nowhere who won't be relevant, but that's partially my point in posting.

Many in the running community that SHOULD have supported and cheered for Matt Centrowitz's gold medal diminished his glory by pedantically evaluating the lap times, tactics and overall race time.

I suppose that Centro feels put off that he is a laughingstock here and even among internationally unproven college athletes.

Prefontaine took fourth in the Olympics yet everyone still worships Pre...especially in Eugene. Centro isn't even getting the respect he has earned in Eugene!

People have to be careful here. If you ever read the story about "Meteor" and how years later, people didn't even believe she had been an international athlete, then you may understand what the running community is doing to Centro and his legacy.

I'd get mad too.