Seneca Lassiter

I liked your reasons and think they are logical, but Seneca saying he was trying to steal the race is the perfect excuse to cover up rabbiting. The fact that he did come in last so far behind unfortunately can go both ways: he didn't try, or he tried so hard he hurt himself. Since Seneca hasn't said he's injured, I'd have to go with the former way. But I will repeat that Seneca is definitely one of America's best milers.

Something is just might fishy about the race though.

http://www.angelfire.com/comics/mrbjorko/webb.html

Boy that was a wierd pic!

I just dont understand what the big deal is if he did rabbit Lagat??? Who cares? I dont know how the World Cup scoring system works, but my general feeling is that Lagat would have won regardless if Lassiter paced him.

Wow, I didn't realize Alan was that sexy.

Fredo,

First off I was never a teammate of Lassiter, but you were right I am young only 24 yearsold. You said something about Lassiter giving up his spot.....well just who would have took his spot? How come he was the only American running the 1500?? About national pride...You can still be proud to be a American and sacrafice your race for someone else, if that is what he did. I am proud to be a American, and I love the sport of running, and oh by the way I still dont think he did anything wrong. By the way who did win the team title anyway???

I don't know if there's a generational correllation, but the extreme few who don't see anything wrong with what Lassiter did appear to be either former teammates or youngsters.(I may be wrong because no one can tell)

At one time giving an honest effort was a principal that had value. Competing for your country was an honor under any circumstances. There was a difference between running for Nike and running for U.S.A., Great Britain, Kenya, etc. I'm sure USATF had a goal to win this meet and allotted plane tickets, per diems, and hotel rooms for athletes they felt would compete their best to place as high for their country as possible. The World Cup, yes, is not the biggest goal for a world class athlete but believe me winning the team title was probably made clear as an objective in every nation's team meetings before this meet started.

Whether any or every athlete felt any obligation to anyone but themselves is probably debatable. To these selfish individuals perhaps the team concept is outdated. But at one time when you were chosen by someone else, especially your country (and I'm defining USATF as a governing body representing the U.S.)to do a job, you did it and you did it with pride. Or at the very least you sure as hell made it look like you were trying and didn't blatantly make a mockery of the importance of competing hard for your team.

If Lassiter was so tired and lacked confidence, why not give up his spot? Or at least I would think his best tactic would be to slow the pace up and hope he could outkick as many runners as possible. Going out in 1:50 is clearly not a sound competitive tactic for someone who believes their fitness is not up to par. Fuck him and f*** anyone who supports his behaviour. I don't think any discipline will affect him if he didn't figure out he was wrong to begin with.

I Quote:

"I don't know if there's a generational correlation, but the extreme few who don't see anything wrong with what Lassiter did appear to be either former teammates or youngsters......Fuck him and f*** anyone who supports his behavior. I don't think any discipline will affect him if he didn't figure out he was wrong to begin with."

I have chopped up the last response because I found it highly amusing as to how strong the rhetoric became from start to finish. I don?t agree with every negative view of young Seneca. Sometimes we make poor judgment calls, but must live with the result and hopefully learn from it. That's what life is all about.

Regards,

Montgomery