I remember all the 4x1 getting hyped and talking shit.
I also remember hearing nothing from the 4x4 guys.
I remember watching the 4x1 guys getting the shit beat out of them.
I also remember watching the 4x4 guys dominating the competition. And then when they won, they weren't arrogant, but professional.
Ok, it is Jan 2005.
I think the 4x4 team.... mostly Jeremy Wariner, where definatly 'too cool for school', they knew they were going to win easy so there was no reason for them to bother talking themselves up.... I can remember seeing on the victory lap, the Australian team who got silver went to congradulate and have a friendly word to the US athletes..... JW completely snobbed them all, not saying a word to them and pretending they wernt even there as he walked around in the dark with his sunglasses on doing his victory lap.
JW = Great athlete, very very on himself (but i like that)
I think JW is more focused than snobby. He is also a very team oriented person and seems to be well liked among competitors and rivals.
Handoffs aren't that important in a 4x400...you don't really have to practice as a quartet. The 4x100 is a different story, which is why the U.S. almost always wins the 4x400 and , despite its top sprint corps, doesn't win the 4x100
A bundle of wood wrote:
I think JW is more focused than snobby. He is also a very team oriented person and seems to be well liked among competitors and rivals.
focussed on the victory lap of his last event at the olympics? Man let your hair down once in awhile
*I don't mean it to sound like I am dissing him, I love him, he's a great athlete, but seriously here... arrogant