Brazier
Brazier
Makes you appreciate Nick Symmonds.
Nick Symmonds is an anomaly
Face it. Murphy screwed up at the US Champs but he'll be back. He'll someday takedown the American record - likely next season - and will probably medal again at a major championship. Brazier won't. He'll run some fast races, but will never do well in a big meet. Murphy will also end up running some fine 1500 times down the line as well. Murphy followed some stupid advice at the US Champs but he's tactically sound. Brazier just comes across as stupid when it comes to racing sense. Harris and Windle were just overmatched, but they're coming along.
SlowDad wrote:
Makes you appreciate Nick Symmonds.
Yup
And Clayton Murphy fell apart at nationals.
Clayton Murphy is the United States best hope for a middle distance star
How did the US men go in the 400 as well?
How did the US female sprinters go - Bowie aside?
Runderwear wrote:
Clayton Murphy is the United States best hope for a middle distance star
Yea I guess winning Olympic gold in the 1500 doesn't warrant being a star...[
Can't stand brazer
Sad wrote:
Aman is getting old it seems like but he keeps on qualifying
Old? He's 23, younger than Windle (25). He's been at the top level longer, for sure though.
US bust wrote:
Nick Symmonds is an anomaly
in that he qualified for top level 800 finals over and over.
Ayana Dopereeno wrote:
Face it. Murphy screwed up at the US Champs but he'll be back. He'll someday takedown the American record - likely next season - and will probably medal again at a major championship. Brazier won't. He'll run some fast races, but will never do well in a big meet. Murphy will also end up running some fine 1500 times down the line as well. Murphy followed some stupid advice at the US Champs but he's tactically sound. Brazier just comes across as stupid when it comes to racing sense. Harris and Windle were just overmatched, but they're coming along.
Truth, bump!
MY bust wrote:
US bust wrote:Nick Symmonds is an anomaly
in that he qualified for top level 800 finals over and over.
I never said he wasn't good, just based on how he runs, his physical features, and how he trains it just seems like he shouldn't be fast
What a bunch of stiffs. A Drew Windle type should be escorted off the track immediately as soon as he tries to qualify at nationals. Sorry, we don't need braindead types who think they can loop the best runners in the world in the final 100.
That's the type of idiot middle distance runner the United States has fielded too often in 40+ years. I mentioned it a few weeks ago. You can't surrender ground at highest level.
What could go right?
Semifinal also-ran status is about the best you can expect with that type.
The Penn State kid Harris simply isn't an athlete. Runs leaning backward like a kid in gym class who would be picked last on every team.
Brazier is promising. Ran a lousy tactical race today but there's plenty to work with.
... and the semi-final times were not at all fast. At the Tokyo Olympics, Brazier will fight for the lead early.
I don't understand why all of you feel this need to bring down the future of mid d track in America. All three of these athletes are young, with A LOT of time to develop and gain experience in this kind of setting. You find ways to critique and put down these guys as if they don't have coaches and/or expectations on themselves. I guarantee all 3 of them are more upset about missing the final than any of you are, so being negative is doing nothing but pushing them further down. Apart from Murphy, anyone else in contention for these spots wouldn't have done much better as clearly experience was the deciding factor in choosing who made the final, and America has lost all of its experienced runners to retirement.
I'm happy to say I'm from Canada where the community provides positive support for our athletes instead of contempt and ultimately jealousy. And it shows since our best continue to improve with each time they get a chance to go to the World Stage. When MCBride ran his first worlds he got DQed, and now he's looking to be in contention for a medal. When American 800m athletes do bad at Worlds, they get dumped on, then never have the confidence to even make a Worlds team again, which means another batch of fresh runners fill those spots and continue to disappoint.
These threads with the DEVASTATED titles are doing nothing but negative things. You don't think an athlete is going to come here and read the nonsense people say about them?
SlowDad wrote:
Makes you appreciate Nick Symmonds.
I never appreciate outliers. I always have to chuckle on message boards when an outlier is hoisted to diffuse an argument. It didn't diffuse anything. No kidding nothing is 100%. I'll have to write that down...nothing is 100%. But the focus should always been on the rule, not the exception. If you rely on stretch runners you are bucking severe odds time after time. Somehow when that type gets there the hoopla is far beyond when a frontrunner holds on. Same in horse racing. It's laughable. The public is a sucker for comeback stories and deep closing fools. Meanwhile a sharp junior program and high school/college coaching should always emphasize the extraordinary value of the front end.
So Brazier is this guy that you Americans were getting so excited about?
Monumentally unimpressive!! No speed, no endurance, no balls = no glory!
- Canada: I think the US could take you bunch of free-riders in about a month and you want to lecture Americans? Be happy we let you into NBA & MLB!
Hopefully Brazier does read these posts because based on empirical evidence he's either not listening to the coaches, has poor coachs, or is inept.
Runderwear wrote:
Clayton Murphy is the United States best hope for a middle distance star
As a 3:36 guy!
😂😂😂😂😂