Look man, the bottom line is a critique that is not articulate is still perfectly legitimate. There is no rule saying one must display the utmost sophistication in a criticism for it to be meaningful. Quite honestly I choose to have my posts be vulgar and raw.
Going into endless irrelevant minutia takes away from the impact of what it is I'm saying. I'll take it a step further in track and field. I wish people would be more willing to be vulgar and not be overly concerned with walking on egg shells all the time.
We always wonder why more people aren't interested in track and field. One reason is running is inherently boring to watch if you're not a runner yourself. Two is pro runners seem so afraid to call it like it they see it. The final reason is "runner talk" isn't very accessible to the average person.
I mean picture yourself flipping through the channels or surfing the net looking for some entertainment. One snippet you hear or read is some dude talking for 20 minutes about how their legs felt and in the next you read about a guy almost getting eaten alive by a shark. Knowing nothing, most non runners I'd think would pick the shark attack story.
We're not competing against other sports, we're competing against raw human emotion. In the end, I just wish there were more interviews and writing out there addressing that level of realism. Track and field needs to be portrayed in a way that reflects the raw energy that is our sport. That's all it is. It's you against the other guy and it comes down to who gets tired first. If more people in our sport realized this, more people might start caring about track and field.