Two AMAZING articles on Carl Lewis - Carl Lewis thinks Coe should (temporarily) step down and says lj is 'pathetic'

gov gen wrote:

rp wrote:

Coe is tainted. He needs to step aside.

If you say Coe is tainted well that means Carl Lewis is too...both involved in cover-ups.

Obviously. The fact that Coe became IAAF president proves that IAAF wants to continue like before, not change.

^^^^ This is exactly right! Couldn't have said it better so I won't.

Rutherford has come across as the bigger man following his comments.

Lewis is a chump Rutherford is a champ

Lewis should never come near a microphone ever again! Or near a gym : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHRmx4yV4MY

Sleepy wrote:

Carl Lewis must realize that the majority of at least American athletes that would be jumping 28-29 feet are playing basketball or football in the U.S. That's the sports that get them a ticket to colleges and possible $$$ in a professional career. Even marginal athletes end up emphasizing those pro sports. As much as I like T&F I can't blame them. Can you imagine Lebron James as a long jumper!?!

You are so right. It hasn't been until the past 30 years or so that pro athletes in major sports have gotten mega-million annual contracts and the adulation for even being a third-stringer. Who, with athletic talent is going to become a long or triple jumper of all things..

Triple jumper goes into a bar, hot chick comes over.. "So what do you do," she asks. Yada, yada, yada.... and I get free shoes." he says. "So you work at iHop," she says over her shoulder and she skedaddles.

I guess I'm new around here, but who is Seb Coe?

Wait, did I miss something? I really may have missed a post or a quote because this doesn't make sense to me. Why would Greg Rutherford fire back at Carl Lewis? Carl said long jumping is not great right now and Jesse Owens would have been third. Greg won, why would he even be upset. Carl never said anything specifically about him right? You can also only beat your competition on the day, so not his fault people weren't jumping well. Also, maybe it also means the jumpers are clean these days and that performances have regressed a bit due to this. Events aren't always going to keep getting better and better. Without PEDs the human body can't evolve as fast as Carl Lewis's expectations.

Read the article:

"The long jump is the worst event in the world right now. Awful," Lewis said.

"Do you want to go and see someone jump 26 feet? They don't know how to jump. And they're not trying to because they're winning medals anyway," Lewis said.

"If I jumped 26 feet I'd walk away and say 'don't measure that, make it a foul'. Have a standard. You don't go to the Olympics for a medal, you go for the distance. People want to go and get a medal for jumping 26 feet? Come on."

'PATHETIC'

"Mike (Powell) and me were jumping 28 feet regularly. But this generation? Rutherford? I'm sorry, but it's pathetic to me. He's won everything."

Not sure I'd take those comments well either.

Yeah but look at the triple jump!!! That's better than any time in history.

Why jump once, when you can jump three times. Jumping has evolved. I'd like to see Lewis try to jump 18 meters three times.

[quote]AW Pharmacy wrote:

I find it rich that Carl of all people is talking about cleaning up the sport.[

What the Hell does Lewis past drug use have to do with the fact that the LJ has been way down for several years?

That Coe should step aside?