"He recalled that freshman running the 100 meters in tennis shoes and doing it in 11 flat to beat all the varsity lettermen"
An 11 flat in tennis shoes as a freshman in high school? Does anyone buy that? If he did do that, and stuck with track, any doubt he coulda gotten under 10 in high school?
http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news
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Go to the bottom of the page, and read about RB, there is a link a Cali state meet....looks like he ran 10.42 auto (legal wind) in the prelims. Not sure what his fastest time is. Although I will say that the thing about Bush is he goes from zero to full speed damn near instantly...
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/links/051122
he did stick with it throughout high school and was pretty good too if i remember i wanna say he ran around 10.3 but i could be completely wrong on that.
From '02 San Diego CIF - Reggie Bush 100-10.42; 200-21.06; 400-49.6c
He can make much more money in ONE YEAR in the NFL than he could in track for a LIFETIME. He made the smart choice.
Alan
Runningart2004 wrote:
He can make much more money in ONE YEAR in the NFL than he could in track for a LIFETIME. He made the smart choice.
Alan
Dan Lincoln could make a hell of a lot more as a doctor than as a steepler, does that mean he should forget about a running career? I don't know about you, but I'd rather have a chance at being THE BEST or very close at one thing than being second-rate and rich at something else.
Except that Lincoln can still be a doctor after his track career where Bush couldnt be a football player after his. So its not a good argument.
Not to suggest Lincoln would be anything other than a very fine doctor, but I'd say it's unlikely he would every attain the level in medicine he has in running, the odds against anyone doing that are staggering. If he quits running (or had a year and a half ago) would you be saying he had made the "SMART CHOICE" just because he'd have more money? That is really shallow thinking.
runnnnnnner wrote:
Except that Lincoln can still be a doctor after his track career where Bush couldnt be a football player after his. So its not a good argument.
No but the lost income from those years in track would add up. If his career in medicine lasts 25 years instead of 30, then those last 5 years (presumably the most lucrative) would add up to well over what he could hope to make from jumping over barriers.
runnnnnnner wrote:
Except that Lincoln can still be a doctor after his track career where Bush couldnt be a football player after his. So its not a good argument.
bush will make more money in 5 years of the NFL than lincoln will make in 50 years of being a doctor.
These are not comparable arguments. Running is a sport. Football is a sport. Medicine is not a sport. Bush could follow a career in track and set a world record and few would know about it. He could win a Super Bowl and EVERYONE would know about it and he'd earn MUCH MORE MONEY.
Alan
Hey maybe Reggie just likes playing football more than being a sprinter.
And it's not like he is some scrub football player either.
and the fact that doctors have to go to 4 years of medical school where they pay to go. then they do a residency where they get paid around 40k for 80 hours a week. then, they have to start their real job after residency where they slave away to pay off 100k in school loans. so, doctors make shit. i say stick with the steeple.
Listen, I'm a college runner and all, but Reggie Bush might become the greatest running back of all time. I bet Dan Lincoln would stop running if he could be the greatest running back of all time. (And the $48mil rookie contract for the number 1 pick and the thousands of girls don't hurt either)
Yeah,
because it's not like anybody ever heard of a great runner going on to become a famous knighted doctor ever before.
he is the best. He is the best football player in college right now. Can you say Heisman?
Mr. Obvious wrote:
Yeah,
because it's not like anybody ever heard of a great runner going on to become a famous knighted doctor ever before.
didn't he do rounds at the hospital in the morning and then take the train over to the track on that memorable day? not necessarily your ideal race day preparation...
so what wrote:
runnnnnnner wrote:Except that Lincoln can still be a doctor after his track career where Bush couldnt be a football player after his. So its not a good argument.
No but the lost income from those years in track would add up. If his career in medicine lasts 25 years instead of 30, then those last 5 years (presumably the most lucrative) would add up to well over what he could hope to make from jumping over barriers.
He may have lost income...but i doubt he's doing that bad for himself as an athlete right now. I gotta imagine he demands a decent contract, appearance fees to all the major meets in the US, and some decent change for winning national championships or if he breaks a couple American records next year...like the indoor 3k or the outdoor steeple. Although Lagat/webb/broe/goucher will probably take the indoor 3k down first. Not to mention if he really wanted he could work part time somewhere and combined with his track salary it would be a pretty large amount.
If Lincoln goes on to run a 807 steeple say next year. I gotta imagine he would be doing ok for himself salary wise.
You might want to try this one on for size:
In the Kansas HS chanpionships, Maurice Greene ran 10.43 and 21.0. Yes, Bush was very slightly faster than Mo, which might explain why some NCAA folks are having a certain amount of trouble hanging with him.
Bush could be (could have been) great which ever choice he made. Mo, like MJ and Gatlin now, has made millions as a sprinter. But remember that the length of the average NFL running back's career is 3 years...if Bursh survives, he will make more money in the NFL, but that's not guaranteed.
he will and probably gets more pootang than any doctor or sprinter will ever get except maybe a gyn, and i wont go there.