Hear me out on this one because I know a lot of you are going to shit a brick. The guy got 4th in the Olympics as a 21 year old, do you realize how amazing that is? He held every AR from 2000-10k and ran a very fast mile. That kind of range is nasty yet people seem to forget it. He also STILL holds the Olympic Trials 5000 record, unbelievable. People seem to just forget all this and only focus on his death.
no
he's overrated
ponderer of things wrote:
Hear me out on this one because I know a lot of you are going to shit a brick. The guy got 4th in the Olympics as a 21 year old, do you realize how amazing that is? He held every AR from 2000-10k and ran a very fast mile. That kind of range is nasty yet people seem to forget it. He also STILL holds the Olympic Trials 5000 record, unbelievable. People seem to just forget all this and only focus on his death.
How many other runners have Hollywood movies made about them, at least one of which is half way decent? What exactly do you want to be more "rated"?
Totally overrated. First of all, he was 4th before the african runners really came to prominence. Second, he was great very young but that was more common as there were very few runners that could afford to run into their late 20's or 30's. Third, there has been no runner that has ever had such a huge marketing campaign behind them ever. He was great just like others have come and are great. He was not as good as galen but he is a tool and nike hasn't put their marketing behind him.
Lastly, but not important in this argument, he died while driving drunk. He is certainly not someone I would want my children aspiring to be like.
In other words, way overhyped!
kinky friedman wrote:
He was not as good as galen but he is a tool and nike hasn't put their marketing behind him.
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When you put an absurd comment like he was not as good as Galen, you lose any credibility in your post.
In terms of the drunk driving, it was never shown that he was drunk and those at the party did not think he was drunk, although they admit he had been drinking. Also, I am as against drunk driving as anyone and immediately lose respect for that person, but back then it wasn't thought of the way it is now. Completely different era.