After all, that would be the sensible, professional thing to do to with regard to his career, right? After all, he is still very young, and will have plenty of Olympic trials and Olympics to run in his future, not to mention all the other intervening meets, right? Why risk further injury?
No question about it. He should have turned pro last spring/summer when he was offered a ton of money to go to the WC instead of playing football in the fall. He needs to get into a pro system, either in Clermont or in LA with Dix.
I'm actually more worried about Marvin Bracy, with probably an even bigger upside than Demps if he turns pro in track eventually, but with probably a less capable coaching system than Demps has, thinking about doing 100m against pros AND the OT despite having present hamstring problems.
If he needs to have surgery to reattach the hamstring, I'm sure he will withdraw from the Trials. Your hatred for Solinsky is very offputting, like the crazy guy who I always see screaming at passing cars in the morning.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down Sprintgeezer!
Aren't you the same freakshow who called Solinksky a bitch for not running in the Olympic trials due to his injury?
You sir are a taint.
Demps injured his hamstring in the SEC championships I think. Demps DNS in the second round of the East Regional this weekend, so clearly he is not right.
You'd have to be his trainer to know the state of the injury and if he has a shot for OT without further injury. He's the #8 fastest qualifier for OT right now, so if he can't get back to 100% in the next couple of weeks, his chances against Dix, Gatlin, and others are essentially nil, so he might as well rest it. If he goes sub-par and does badly, it could cost him a lot of money in a pro contract. This is really terrible timing for Demps.
I think you misunderstood. I'm pretty sure geezer being facetious, which is even sadder, as it leaves two outcomes:
1) Geezer is kidding, which is sad because anyone with a brain would agree with the logic he's presented here. A hamstring injury is serious business, and it makes absolutely no sense for Demps to go to the trials where, if injured, he's going to get his butt kicked and risk potential further injury.
2) Geezer ISN'T kidding, which is sad because as you've pointed out, he can't apply his own logic consistently, making his hatred for Solinsky yet more pathetic.
Just stop digging the hole, geezer. Everyone here knows how you feel about Solinsky. Most intelligent posters think that it's a ridiculous and strange opinion. The least you could do is stop embarrassing yourself by talking about it.
From what I've been hearing, Demps' hamstring is not acutely injured, it just keeps acting up. He was held out of SECs to give it two extra weeks to heal before regionals. Then when he was warming up for the second round on Friday it started acting up again and they decided to scratch and then he could still run the 4x100 at nationals in another two weeks. Then, instead of just replacing his position in the relay, they changed the whole order, which likely led to the messed up handoff, so now he won't even be running the 4x100 at nationals. (As an aside, how many times in recent memory has Florida come in with one of the fastest 4x100 teams and botched the handoffs?) What I'm hearing is they're still optimistic he can run the trials (though what kind of shape he'll be in after all these weeks of interupted training is another question).
I was gonna say the same thing. Sprintgeezer is a bonafide douchetroll, no doubt about it anymore. I'm not badmouthing the man. I'm a gentleman after all, but let's call a spade what it is, yeah?This thread makes ol'Springtgeezer officially a stain.
hypocritical d0ucher wrote:
Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down Sprintgeezer!
Aren't you the same freakshow who called Solinksky a bitch for not running in the Olympic trials due to his injury?
You sir are a taint.
Well, I must say, I am surprised.
Of course, the post was facetious--but what I honestly never expected was an earnest response supporting the initial post, especially from the likes of d.
I know d is a coach, and that he has sufficient years behind him that he is likely to have a mature, considered attitude, rather than an all-guns-blazing competitive mentality, but I have also sensed that he has a strong athletic undercurrent to him--unlike many posters here. Also, he is not a mere fanboy.
Therefore, his response has given me pause...unless, of course, it was itself not earnest, but instead, totally facetious.
How about it, d?
Dingler wrote:
From what I've been hearing, Demps' hamstring is not acutely injured, it just keeps acting up.
That is probably the description of 70-90% of ham injuries the week before they blow up.
Any updates on Demps? No Pre, no NY. Is his hammy still glitchy?
I was wondering about him, too.
With the times that the other college guys ran at NCAA's, especially in the prelims, Demps has to be scratching his head.
He's got to be in absolutely perfect shape come trials if he is to have any hope at all of making the final, IMHO.
With trials coming up so soon, I don't expect to see him racing, but I sure as heck hope to see him at nationals. Dix, too.