Quite frankly, this is one of the weirdest things I've ever seen.
From an internal management perspective, the vibe of this "emergency non-emergency" meeting is just... odd.
But above all else, to post this to your Youtube channel? Am I missing something? Do people actually give an F about the state of affairs with this dudes' "team"? (Not the Brooks Beasts, his personal "staff")?
"Behind the Bib" implies BTS content from race day, Premeet, etc, not just a 21 minute team conversation recorded.
There are two possibilities:
A) He's literally recording his team recap and debrief after GST, and his coaches have approved this. This would also mean that his team is extremely shallow and unhelpful, as there was literally nothing remotely intellectual said in that video, and I'd be extremely concerned if that was their true reaction.
B) He's staging a 21 minute conversation with his personal team as a publicity stunt or a clout chase?
I'm not sure which scenario is more concerning to be honest.
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"Behind the Bib" implies BTS content from race day, Premeet, etc, not just a 21 minute team conversation recorded.
There are two possibilities:
A) He's literally recording his team recap and debrief after GST, and his coaches have approved this. This would also mean that his team is extremely shallow and unhelpful, as there was literally nothing remotely intellectual said in that video, and I'd be extremely concerned if that was their true reaction.
B) He's staging a 21 minute conversation with his personal team as a publicity stunt or a clout chase?
I'm not sure which scenario is more concerning to be honest.
Best guess: trying to humanize him…they even try in the video to assert that his on-camera persona is not really him (though whose fault is that?). So I think the attempt was to capture him being a normal dude with his team. He jokes about his horrific 800 and admits the event group was not ideal for him. He’s contrite that his fitness is lousy. His team as it was note this season structure is completely different. I think it’d probably come across better if one was to be like so in that 800 what the hell happened.
A pointer would be to not call these people your staff ever again, and go with “team” as other athletes do. I noted in another thread that considering the tenor of the discussion, it’s a bit strange he called out Jakob for “yes men” in the path and then admits he hired his friends exclusively. And the conversation is “much more what did you think Josh” vs. anyone being empowered to admonish him or ask a challenging question. I’d say what we’ve seen of Henrik and Jakob, I’d be less surprised if Henrik called Jakob out for screwing something up.
"Behind the Bib" implies BTS content from race day, Premeet, etc, not just a 21 minute team conversation recorded.
There are two possibilities:
A) He's literally recording his team recap and debrief after GST, and his coaches have approved this. This would also mean that his team is extremely shallow and unhelpful, as there was literally nothing remotely intellectual said in that video, and I'd be extremely concerned if that was their true reaction.
B) He's staging a 21 minute conversation with his personal team as a publicity stunt or a clout chase?
I'm not sure which scenario is more concerning to be honest.
I think it’s A, I don’t even really get what B would accomplish.
Tinman did better entertainment but really this is a sh*tty topic to discuss. Let’s see you post 20 mins of your bs lives and compare that. Track flunkies the lot of you
Tinman did better entertainment but really this is a sh*tty topic to discuss. Let’s see you post 20 mins of your bs lives and compare that. Track flunkies the lot of you
"A" for username
"A" for general vibe, i like your anger bud
"F" for substance - no one put a gun to Kerr's head and told him to post the minutes of his morning meeting to the entire world
Reading this thread first, and then watching the video is quite interesting. I genuinely don’t understand this thread’s general reaction to a fairly relaxed video.
Josh is casually talking with his friends about the weekend. These people are also a part of his team… “chef, videographer, manager, etc”. Several times he refers to them as “team” and “friends”… so the “staff” comment by another poster is odd. I don’t recall him even saying “staff” but if he did once or twice, it’s unremarkable.
They directly say they can’t post content from the race/event for 7 days so they are recording this video just to have something out in the meantime.
It’s about casual as it gets…literally just a normal conversation. Does it need to be a public video? Who cares, Literally none of YouTube truly needs to be public. For whatever reason, people like watching the normal, mundane aspects of people’s lives. It might not be your cup of tea.. it’s not mine either.. but billions of other people watch YouTube.
There’s no “emergency” or excuses or whatever. Josh’s fitness wasn’t that great, and he got beat. That’s what he acknowledges and that’s just how it is. There’s not much more to say about it, and he doesn’t… other than he’s optimistic about the future and obviously believes he’ll be better. Seems like a very normal perspective from an elite athlete that has baseline confidence and isn’t rocked from one poor performance.
Anyways, life is interesting. People have such different perspectives when observing the exact same thing and sometimes I find that frustrating but it’s also really fascinating.
Reading this thread first, and then watching the video is quite interesting. I genuinely don’t understand this thread’s general reaction to a fairly relaxed video.
Josh is casually talking with his friends about the weekend. These people are also a part of his team… “chef, videographer, manager, etc”. Several times he refers to them as “team” and “friends”… so the “staff” comment by another poster is odd. I don’t recall him even saying “staff” but if he did once or twice, it’s unremarkable.
They directly say they can’t post content from the race/event for 7 days so they are recording this video just to have something out in the meantime.
It’s about casual as it gets…literally just a normal conversation. Does it need to be a public video? Who cares, Literally none of YouTube truly needs to be public. For whatever reason, people like watching the normal, mundane aspects of people’s lives. It might not be your cup of tea.. it’s not mine either.. but billions of other people watch YouTube.
There’s no “emergency” or excuses or whatever. Josh’s fitness wasn’t that great, and he got beat. That’s what he acknowledges and that’s just how it is. There’s not much more to say about it, and he doesn’t… other than he’s optimistic about the future and obviously believes he’ll be better. Seems like a very normal perspective from an elite athlete that has baseline confidence and isn’t rocked from one poor performance.
Anyways, life is interesting. People have such different perspectives when observing the exact same thing and sometimes I find that frustrating but it’s also really fascinating.
He’s referred to them as that in the past, and it was a little strange and in this video it’s clear these are his friends. I think your reaction is a little naive to what people expect from a pro track athlete.
“It’s about casual as it gets…literally just a normal conversation. Does it need to be a public video? Who cares, Literally none of YouTube truly needs to be public. For whatever reason, people like watching the normal, mundane aspects of people’s lives. It might not be your cup of tea.. it’s not mine either.. but billions of other people watch YouTube.”
People found some aspects of the video to be off-putting. That’s really it. So that’s what they’re commenting on.
some might be over analyzing. it was just a ridiculous premise for a 20 minute video and completely uninteresting. It's the type of thing that maybe could have been edited down to around 4 minutes.
it's not a good video. but there's an audience for everything. even if it's a very small audience.