DONOVAN BRAZIER IS DONE

Since January 15h where he ran 1:45.93 he has been running high quality races and often doubling at meets in the 4x400. That's five and a half months of competing in the 800m and 4x400 at the highest NCAA level. He's a great talent who needs a Coach that understands moderation and long term development. To make the Olympic Team would have extended an already long season for a very young runner.

Dude just watch the end. He clearly bends down at the end and you can see his heel is out of his shoe. I have a picture but I don't know how to upload it :P

Wasn't he planning on extending his season at World Juniors all along?

I just watched it again - you are mistaken, Troll. His heel was in the shoe. Give up... He had no shoe problems whatsoever! LOLOLOL

RIPBrazier wrote:

Dude just watch the end. He clearly bends down at the end and you can see his heel is out of his shoe. I have a picture but I don't know how to upload it :P

Does it feel good to rejoice in another's failure?

POS nike shoes. Some 6 year old with bleeding fingers in a third-world nike sweatshop is rejoicing.

Damn rights they will.

He should have stayed in school and got an education and learned how to race. Running fast is one thing racing is another.

Another Mary Cain type mistake.

Parbuster wrote:

Damn rights they will.

He should have stayed in school and got an education and learned how to race. Running fast is one thing racing is another.

Another Mary Cain type mistake.

Why do you suppose he would have accepted an offer that would put him at such risk when he's still so much of an unknown quantity? You've read what's been reported, yes? He's on for a fortune as far as a middle distance athlete is concerned, whereas had he stayed an amateur and had this result tonight, you would agree that there would be no fortune on offer.

It looked to me like he wasn't giving much of an effort over the last 10m . . . I think he might have thought that there were 4 automatic qualifiers from each heat, not 3. The way he finished the race, I find it hard to believe that he knew it was only 3 autos.

Coach wrote:

Does it feel good to rejoice in another's failure?

yea this is actually cruel, he's a 19 year old kid that just ran 1:42.55 a couple weeks ago. As runners we know that we can't always perform at 100%, so yea he had a bad day those happen. But bashing the future US olympians is in no way beneficial for our sport and i wish letsrun wasn't filled with so much hate. people are just upset he doesn't F with letsrun.

Pics wrote:

I paused it after the finish. Looks like his foot was out of his shoe.

Not even unusual for Nike spikes.

Literally what spike does a Nike runner even wear for 800?

Many run in the Mambas

He has never run 1:42.55, try again.

Are you kidding me? There is no middle distance runner in the U S or hell the world making a fortune racing. If he's lucky he has a 10 year career making $100k a year (before Contract reductions for failing to perform) then he will go get a job in a shoe store or McDonalds. How much more would he make in his lifetime if he had a degree?

Ask Mary Cain how much she is making at NOP? Good thing her dad is a doctor because he can support her.

Parbuster wrote:

Are you kidding me? There is no middle distance runner in the U S or hell the world making a fortune racing. If he's lucky he has a 10 year career making $100k a year (before Contract reductions for failing to perform) then he will go get a job in a shoe store or McDonalds. How much more would he make in his lifetime if he had a degree?

Ask Mary Cain how much she is making at NOP? Good thing her dad is a doctor because he can support her.

If you think he is making a 100k per year you are mistaken. He is making easily 250k per year and definitely lost out on some huge bonuses by not making the team. His big worry needs to be those reductions because he probably signed a deal looking at the contract without them. If 2017 is a bust he is going to feel the wrath of Nike and lose out on a ton of money that would have been guaranteed with a company like New Balance.

Parbuster wrote:

Damn rights they will.

He should have stayed in school and got an education and learned how to race. Running fast is one thing racing is another.

Another Mary Cain type mistake.

WTF would a runner of his caliber learn by racing a bunch of NCAA nobodies?

Boy, what a world we live in for someone to bash a young kid. Unbelieveable what time you people have on your hands. Your happiness for someones failure is really disturbing and sad, considering he is running for the United States. I thought it was a country of helping each other, right? I guess not, you only help yourself to criticism and doubt. Hope you don't have mishaps or dissapointments in your life. Because you blogged about this which such great pleasure, you will get your just. Trust me.

bouncerflattire wrote:

it's b/c someone gave him a flat tire and his heal was out of his shoe for most of the race! Tough break. Would have been better off having the shoe come completely off. Anyone who has ever had that happen knows it throws off the entire race. Nike will protest and he WILL be in the next round!!!

I dunno about him getting advanced but his shoe being halfway off certainly hurt his run.

[quote]Parbuster wrote:

Damn rights they will.

He should have stayed in school and got an education and learned how to race. Running fast is one thing racing is another.

Yeah, he looked like a real lousy racer at NCAAs.