shill wrote:
You were insinuating that he would’ve run slower with different shoes.
It's true that he would have.
shill wrote:
And then you said he wouldn’t have won without them.
That is also likely, especially if the rest of the field had juiced shoes and he didn't. That's why everyone is wearing them. Nobody wants to be caught out running 40 seconds slower in the 10000. Could you imagine?
shill wrote:
rojo wrote:
I wasn't taking away from his accomplishment. Nearly everyone in the field had accesss to the shoes. I was just asking how much he thought they were worth in terms of time.
You were insinuating that he would’ve run slower with different shoes. That’s taking away from his accomplishment.
And then you said he wouldn’t have won without them.
The crazy thing about all this, is that it really is beyond your comprehension to know why asking this question was wasteful.
After 2008, it was determined that the LZR racer was the cause of the accomplishment. It was subsequently banned.
Should Robert stop because we like the country and/or the athlete?
heartfoundation wrote:
A barefoot race would settle this
Yes...Yes... make everyone Zola Budd it!!!!
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Re Rojo:
" I just want to know how much tye are worth. That's all I asked. If you think zero, then why don't you not war them next time out? "
He answered your "difficult" pretty question well; "I don't care." Maybe he could have added; "I don't know and I don't care."
1) Any answer he could have given in seconds or fractional seconds, would just be an opinion based on anecdotal evidence. Sorry, IMO that is not hard hitting journalism. The other questions you asked seemed decent and valid however.
2) I never said I wear them. Pure unfounded conjecture to assume I wear something fancy and overly expensive for every race. I have four pairs of spikes to choose from when I run. I choose the best option based on the length of the race, track conditions, purpose of the race, etc.
The 'shoe' horse is dead. Please quit giving it CPR. Maybe it is time to move on to a new topic.
BTW: Please do let us know how your next race goes. Seriously, that would be an interesting thread.
[quote]rojo wrote:
Time is 100% relevant as he a) broke the meet record b) broke Mcchensey's record and c) got the Olympic standard
and the shoes are relevant because if he wasn't wearing the shoes, he wouldn't have won the race.[quote]
In your previous post you admitted everyone was wearing the shoes or has access to them. Your comment above is only relevant if Teare had been the only one wearing those shoes.
LOTS of people have earned the Olympic Standard wearing those shoes.
Your question had nothing to do with the 'moment' of a post-race interview. Is that your planned question for everyone winning at the Olympic Trials wearing a pair of Nike spikes?
Rojo has been wealthy, pampered and cushioned his entire life due to inheriting several generations deep of oil money in Texas.
He knows no ethics or bounds and no one was there to discipline him so this is what you get:
A jabbering, privileged, frolicky-haired, 48-year old moron without any morals on the sidelines who makes his money from exploiting the sport of distance running. And with that the audacity to put pressure on a 20 to 22 year old right after his big race. Plus he is the inferior twin, jobless and living off of money he didnt have to earn so add that fuel to the ignorant and arrogant wildfire in all that is Robert Johnson.
oldschoollrc wrote:
rojo is justified to ask whatever question he wishes as a journalist. The athlete can choose to answer, or not. Don't try to constrain rojo!
except he isnt a journalist. He owns part of a wordpress blog and a forum made of tag soup.
No national class distance runners are lead pampered life styles.
You cannot reach that level if you are pampered
e h wrote:
No. Also what serious athlete, especially one who has been aiming for a standard all year and just marginally got under it, would give any credit to spikes when asked?
Uh, an honest one?
rojo wrote:
and the shoes are relevant because if he wasn't wearing the shoes, he wouldn't have won the race.
This seems like a big claim...what evidence do you have for this?
Boy, really does seem like everyone hates you.
And/or thinks you are stupid.
shill wrote:
You were insinuating that he would’ve run slower with different shoes. That’s taking away from his accomplishment.
And then you said he wouldn’t have won without them.
It's pretty safe to say he would've run slower without them and would not have won without them.
An interview should be about the subject. RoJo made it about himself.
Teare should have said 42.8247 seconds.
it is obvious wrote:
oldschoollrc wrote:
rojo is justified to ask whatever question he wishes as a journalist. The athlete can choose to answer, or not. Don't try to constrain rojo!
except he isnt a journalist. He owns part of a wordpress blog and a forum made of tag soup.
who has kept it going and growing for around 20 years. This isn't so easy.
That was a classless question. Maybe he should have asked to a professional runner if he has the guts.
Still Waiting wrote:
RoJo is from a rich family. He got us on lets run. More money for him. Its not like its a real job. How many times have you heard him and his brother on a podcast say I have to leave to do something else. Normal people can't put their job in last place all the time. Hell he's too lazy to even learn most names. He sounds like English is his second language half the time. He doesn't give an F about the sport.
Remember the podcast where he was saying all the best sprinters should be in the same heat. And Jonathon Gault (god bless him) was saying RoJo there's heats and a final. But no RoJo carried on that the way to improve the sport was to put all the fastest in one heat. Of course he doesn't really think the fastest 8 100m guys should be in one heat in round one of the Olympics so the bronze medalist is eliminated .
Everything he does is click bait. It works. Have you ever used a website with so many ads that make it so hard to use.
Nailed it. Completely.
Don't ask him about super SPIKES.
Ask him about super COOPER.