hobbyjogger1 wrote:
Rupp deserves a C- for letting Kipchoge verbally take him out of his game plan. Rupp has amazing talent but immediately faded because Kipchoge was upset that Rupp was interrupting his game plan. Clearly Kipchoge wanted his team shadowing for a 1 2 3 podium sweep. Rupp should have stayed the course . It's a contest and Rupp didn't respond appropriately. His talent is much better than 8th place. C-
Rupp deserves a B or B+. "Where should Rupp have finished?" On a real hot day when everybody's times were slow, where persevering was what counted, when you hang on and run with the leaders as long as possible, and still take it in to the finish? There were some 30 DNFed and look at some of the favorites that Rupp beat. By my reckoning, finishing in the top 93%, graded on a curve, usually gets an A. Is finishing 8th out of 100+ starters average? How do you account for that? Don't penalize Rupp for not fulfilling your fantasies. Giving him a C is asinine. Haters gonna hate.
As for the gibberish for "letting Kipchoge take him out of his game plan", what was the "game plan" that Rupp was taken out of? That Rupp didn't throw in a 14:28 5K or whatever like Kipchoge did? Kipchoge crushed everybody. Rupp pushed as hard and as long as he could. Top 93%, dude! Where you at?