Jeremy Wariner may indeed be a jerk, but can someone provide evidence if this is the case? All I've seen on this entire thread is that he didn't turn around to slap his fellow runners on the back and say "good job" after his race. Big deal. Maybe he's just socially inept, but if that's all anyone's got, then toughen up you unbelievable pussies!
He's not a jerk. This is one of the silliest threads yet on letsrun. No one has any valid evidence pointing to him being a "jerk."
Those look like some vintage Peter Snell/Herb Elliott style adidas that Wariner is signing.
so diapointed wrote:
Not going back and shaking the hands of his U.S. teammate who he led in a sweep is one of the bigest dick head moves I have ever seen.
Really? You either have a very skewed perspective of what constitutes a "dick head move" or you don't go outside or watch tv very much at all.
This just in from Clayton Bigsby:
White Power !
Avocados Number wrote:
I agree. I would have guessed that distance runners, more than most people, would focus on individuals rather than national affiliation. I've been surprised by the amount of jingoism expressed on this site.
I can always tell the smug pseudo-intellectuals on this site because they love to use any form of jingoism or jingoistic.
I'll bet you just hated it when people put American flag stickers on their cars after 9/11. Those sheep! How dare they be proud of the great freedoms their society offers, or the basic goodness that is their country's hallmark in so many areas.
After all, as we can see freedom automatically thrives the world over, so the U.S. is nothing special. Soon countries will be irrelevant compared to corporations anyway, so who cares. I haven't really had to live under oppression until the second Bush administration came into office, but I can certainly imagine what it must be like for poor people elsewhere. I did listen to a lot of U2 in the 80's, so I'm pretty sensitive.
Hey if u dicks want to complain about someone at least spell their last name right. I mean you just look like a complete douche when you don't even do that!
what is Jeremy's next race?
It cracks me up when people complain about the flag draping maybe it is excessive, but the first time an athlete doesn't do it he will get reamed by the same letsrun posters for not being patriotic. As for Jeremy being a jerk what a joke that is. Both Merritt and Taylor said they were going to beat him and they did not what is he supposed to do say nice try. These guys are only teammates for one meet a year and enemies the rest what do you expect. That 4x4 was sweet though!
He took park in that infamous 400m with that guy with the artificial legs,ran two steps and faked a trip?What do you think,I think he considered the race a circus but the promoters call the shots,so technically he did run and fufilled his contract,hes a WANKER full stop.
sdgdg wrote:
Maybe Wariner isn't on TV and cereal boxes because he is busy training to break the world record. Wariner is a bad man (bad = fast) and I love watching the guy run.
Yeah, that's right. He's turning down endorsements now.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Bottom-line:
Too much money,
too early success,
too egotistical coach,
= a self-centered athlete.
doubt it wrote:
I'm guessing MJ never said that. Any proof?
What he said is that anything 400 meters or less and the field events should be dropped.
"I know Jeremy Wariner, he is a friend of mine, you are know Jeremy Wariner!!!"
It's OK, JW. The black rappers have a lot of animosity for eminem.
wariner wasn't shown any respect by taylor or especially merritt and it showed in the celebration, but it wasn't clear that merritt (check out the face he made at the finish line) or taylor wanted to celebrate with wariner. I actually thought that the U.S. women's relay team should not have come over when the men's team was celebrating, because it looked like the women were taking up the spotlight a second time.
wariner wasn't shown any respect by taylor or especially merritt and it showed in the celebration, but it wasn't clear that merritt (check out the face he made at the finish line) or taylor wanted to celebrate with wariner. I actually thought that the U.S. women's relay team should not have come over when the men's team was celebrating, because it looked like the women were taking up the spotlight a second time, and there was an NY Times article during the meet that indicated that Felix and Richards were both openly competing with each other for endorsement dollars, believing that they would go only to one of them--so you can't say that they weren't trying to get as much publicity as possible.
I read in a Playboy interview that Michael Johnson thought all distance races on the track should be dropped. I doubt if that included the 800 and 1500 but he said all distance guys can move up to the marathon.
Could it be that Wariner is a private guy who is justifiably wary of excessive publicity. Equally, JW represents the best and if Taylor or Merritt do not believe they can beat him they have already lost. Much of the talk is for self belief and motivation.
Maybe JW is motivated by fear of losing,like Herb Elliot,and his response to winning is relief not joy, not conducive to running around to shake everyones hand.