Details here:
Interview with Kerr here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz0rel2yI9U
And some perspective from coach Franklin:
"When you put this in perspective, if this is a bad day, this is a really good day. In the whole scheme of the world, we’re at a track meet, we’re at the NCAA championships, trying to run fast. Just [now] talking to the DMR [team], [I told them] if this is a bad day, this is a good day guys."
Do we really think he's going to time trial a fast race?
No chance.
Does seem selfish what he did in relay. He only cares about his individual race. If I was his teammate I'd be pissed.
kinda looked like he got a side stitch
Agree. Kerr is a douche and only thought of himself as you stated. That could've been the only chance for his teammates to make an NCAA final and he let them down. Hope he gets destroyed tonight.
fastrunner5k wrote:
Agree. Kerr is a douche and only thought of himself as you stated. That could've been the only chance for his teammates to make an NCAA final and he let them down. Hope he gets destroyed tonight.
I'm not a teammate but from my perspective he's definitely not a douche. Kerr easily could have avoided the media after the race. I've seen my fair share of athletes, especially at collegiate level, just avoid media after a bad race. I've seen athletes jump fences etc.
Coach Franklin could have told Kerr to avoid the media instead he made him available. When I ran into coach Franklin they were checking out Kerr in relation to his stomach issue (making sure it wasn't something physical like a muscle strain). The practice area was almost empty. Coach Franklin wasn't upset at all. I LOVED coach Franklin's perspective. If you're going to talk after the good ones, why shouldn't you talk after the bad ones too.
Kerr said his teammates were encouraging with what they told him after race. He didn't seem defensive . Maybe you could argue that makes him selfish or something but I'd argue opposite. He's an athlete trying to perform and has put it behind him.
You might disagree with decision to shut it down but middle of that race I think he fell apart before that.
My favorite quote from evening was this from Franklin. "When you put this in perspective, if this is a bad day, this is a really good day. In the whole scheme of the world, we’re at a track meet, we’re at the NCAA championships, trying to run fast. Just [now] talking to the DMR [team], [I told them] if this is a bad day, this is a good day guys.”"
Sandbagged. He ran for himself, not his team. Disappointing.
Agree with the assessment that he is a shitty teammate. He took a dump and dragged 3 other guys into it and forced them to sniff his stank. What a chump.
wejo wrote:
fastrunner5k wrote:
Agree. Kerr is a douche and only thought of himself as you stated. That could've been the only chance for his teammates to make an NCAA final and he let them down. Hope he gets destroyed tonight.
I'm not a teammate but from my perspective he's definitely not a douche. Kerr easily could have avoided the media after the race. I've seen my fair share of athletes, especially at collegiate level, just avoid media after a bad race. I've seen athletes jump fences etc.
Coach Franklin could have told Kerr to avoid the media instead he made him available. When I ran into coach Franklin they were checking out Kerr in relation to his stomach issue (making sure it wasn't something physical like a muscle strain). The practice area was almost empty. Coach Franklin wasn't upset at all. I LOVED coach Franklin's perspective. If you're going to talk after the good ones, why shouldn't you talk after the bad ones too.
Kerr said his teammates were encouraging with what they told him after race. He didn't seem defensive . Maybe you could argue that makes him selfish or something but I'd argue opposite. He's an athlete trying to perform and has put it behind him.
You might disagree with decision to shut it down but middle of that race I think he fell apart before that.
My favorite quote from evening was this from Franklin. "When you put this in perspective, if this is a bad day, this is a really good day. In the whole scheme of the world, we’re at a track meet, we’re at the NCAA championships, trying to run fast. Just [now] talking to the DMR [team], [I told them] if this is a bad day, this is a good day guys.”"
I'm so confused by how this played out, but I can't imagine that he had originally intended to jog it in.
Unless Kerr was completely unaware of his competition, he had to know that his teammates weren't good enough to put him in a comfortable lead leading up to his leg. This means that he also had to know that he needed to run fast to make this work. If he had planned to jog for the sake of his individual event, why even put himself on the DMR?
From what I can get from the interview, he basically had some sort of stomach cramp in the middle of the race. I'm confused as to how this happens in a race so short (usually stomach problems become significant issues only in races 5000m and up), but it seems mild enough that he's planning on racing in the mile finals still.