Kids love Centro. They love his attitude and he connects really well with them.
I actually agree with an earlier poster that we need his attitude as well. No one outside of running is getting excited by a Galen Rupp interview. Vanilla. You have to be different to stand out.
His attitude is refreshing and great!
As a female that knew him in High School. I feel sorry for him. Those of us that grew up with him find his act pathetic. I wish he would just run instead of trying to be something he is not.
hdhx wrote:
How exactly is a top runner supposed to act? Seems to me the only thing they are supposed to do is to run fast.
How exactly is a top basketball player, football player, baseball player, boxer, golfer, hockey player , supposed to act? Seems they are only supposed to excel at their sports. Character is irrelevant. So what if they enjoy the benefits of automatic deference as role models in everyday life and sponsorship opportunities and social networking. Escort enjoyment, gf beating, violence, weapons and drugs, gambling, hypocrisy, lying, is ok.
How is a preacher and church leader supposed to act? Seems to me the only thing they are supposed to do is give good sermons and get a good turnout in the pews.
The Bayman wrote:
Even though he may come off as immature, he is what American track & field needs. If he medals at Rio, the young stud who's got the swagger and the looks will be a marketing machine. He will be the biggest star in the American running community. He'll attract the casual sports fans and the ladies and will elevate track's profile in American.
He's single and only 25 too, give him a break!
This- go Centro, stay in your mother's basement those who call him out for having a good time.
Hopefully Skip Bayless will call him out on his boorish behavior.
The Bayman wrote:
Even though he may come off as immature, he is what American track & field needs. If he medals at Rio, the young stud who's got the swagger and the looks will be a marketing machine. He will be the biggest star in the American running community. He'll attract the casual sports fans and the ladies and will elevate track's profile in American.
He's single and only 25 too, give him a break!
LOL like everyone gives real pro athletes a break for their lives outside of sports.
At least NBA and NHL players can dress themselves.
The Bayman wrote:
young stud who's got the swagger and the looks will be a marketing machine.
You're joking, right?
For a legit medal threat Centrowitz manages to get amazingly LITTLE attention. I have always assumed he must be boring and/or dumb as a post not to be a star by now as you suggest he will be
I absolutely love the guy
Most on here would be "offended" by guys like him and symmonds and that's why they get routinely hated on here.
These guys would eat the pansies on here alive...oh yeah keep your sisters and girlfriends away from them dorks
He's single?!?!
That means Laura Roesler is single!!!!!
Seriouslyyyyy.. wrote:
he does not act like one of the top runners in the country.
By definition, he does act like one of the top runners in the country. He acts like himself. He is one of the top runners in the country. Therefore, he acts like one of the top runners in the country.
DaCloner wrote:
He's single?!?!
That means Laura Roesler is single!!!!!
I don't think the OP even knew what he was talking about. I haven't heard updates to that relationship status, but I don't regularly creep their social media. Somebody know? Eh, Time is Money! (Makes hand rubbing mula gesture)
Celebrity? wrote:
Centro is a public figure. He is not a hobby jogger who people don't know anything about. He competes in race, some which a televised--nationally, internationally--, and he behave in a certain way. If Centro cannot handle the heat, he needs to think about career alternatives.
MOST people have no clue who the guy is. He is far from a public figure.
So you honestly think that because you, some tight ass on a rarely visited message board, think the way he acts creates some sort of problem, that he should stop running. Hopefully he sees this and learns how you feel, I'm sure he'll hang up the spikes right then and there. Idiot.
Symmonds actually seems like a pretty cool guy imo. Who wouldn't be slightly cocky if they were a 1:42 800 guy who's f*cked the likes of Paris Hilton & Vessey?
Centrowitz comes off as a douche
I have known Matt since he was in middle school. He always came across like a normal kid. I don't talk to him much these days because we live on different sides of the country, but when I do he is polite and respectful. He seems level headed, but again he is in his early 20's, and has a career that provides him a nice income.
I will say this like many top athletes he has probably been told how great he is for about the last 10 years, and eventually that could impact your behavior.
familyfriend wrote:
I have known Matt since he was in middle school. He always came across like a normal kid. I don't talk to him much these days because we live on different sides of the country, but when I do he is polite and respectful. He seems level headed, but again he is in his early 20's, and has a career that provides him a nice income.
I will say this like many top athletes he has probably been told how great he is for about the last 10 years, and eventually that could impact your behavior.
I'M CALLING BS YOU DON'T KNOW CENTRO. YOU ARE A LIAR.
FOR THE RECORD CENTRO IS A DBAG WHO CEARLY IS DOPING
/THREAD
stick with eharmony wrote:
I'M CALLING BS YOU DON'T KNOW CENTRO. YOU ARE A LIAR.
FOR THE RECORD CENTRO IS A DBAG WHO CEARLY IS DOPING
/THREAD
Weird how when you type '/THREAD' the thread doesn't simply end.
...because he is a distance runner from the United States of America?
Seriouslyyyyy.. wrote:
Just look at his Instagram or read his tweets. He is so immature, he does not act like one of the top runners in the country. C'mon man
Reductio_Ad_Absurdum wrote:
hdhx wrote:How exactly is a top runner supposed to act? Seems to me the only thing they are supposed to do is to run fast.
How exactly is a top basketball player, football player, baseball player, boxer, golfer, hockey player , supposed to act? Seems they are only supposed to excel at their sports. Character is irrelevant. So what if they enjoy the benefits of automatic deference as role models in everyday life and sponsorship opportunities and social networking. Escort enjoyment, gf beating, violence, weapons and drugs, gambling, hypocrisy, lying, is ok.
How is a preacher and church leader supposed to act? Seems to me the only thing they are supposed to do is give good sermons and get a good turnout in the pews.
The thing is though, we're not talking about a top basketball player or athlete from any of those other sports. Those sports have large followings in the United States. Ask a random guy or girl on the street who Lebron James is, or Peyton Manning, or Derek Jeter, and they know. That's because their respective sports are popular. To be completely honest, track & field is not popular. Running is popular, hell ask anybody if they run nowadays and they'll say yeah, but ask them if they know who Galen Rupp is or who the top marathoners are and you'll be left with blanks. Usain Bolt is popular, because the 100 meter is easy to watch and understand, but pretty much every other big name in track besides maybe Meb Keflezighi and Mo Farah is unknown to the casual sports fan. And even then, the casual American sports fan can't even name American stars (try asking people for Meb's last name)!
A 25 year old pro runner who's never won an Olympic medals doesn't have the same kind of pull or spotlight that a top basketball or baseball player has. Even Rupp, with the American record, Olympic silver, stellar college career, and multiple USATF championships, is largely unknown to people who don't follow track close enough. The average person doesn't bother to care what a pro runner does....for now. Centro has the best shot to break through. We'll see after 2016, though.