Noah Lyles = clownshow

The weird thing before the start of the race was a bit over the top.

Haters man. Just know that you are the minority. When you are fast you get high appearance fees. When you are fast and do things for the crowd, you get even more. Let him be

He's a 21yo kid, doing what he loves, making $250k a year to do it. Cut him some slack, dude.

He's 22 but acts like a 12 year old. I'm 23 btw

The showboating is obnoxious.

That's how it is nowadays with social media.

Maybe Noah could learn some class from Van Neikerk and act with grace and dignity and still be the greatest of all time.

Youngguy wrote:

He's 22 but acts like a 12 year old. I'm 23 btw

You have a link to your IG?

Squeaky shoes wrote:

He's a 21yo kid, doing what he loves, making $250k a year to do it. Cut him some slack, dude.

Seriously, is that all he makes? He is the best in the world at his event. Sure it's good for someone his age but compared to top rookies in other major professional sports it is pathetic. Now I know why track coverage is so bad.

a track fans fan wrote:

Noah Lyles is a supremely talented athlete, and he will do well for many many years. Does anyone else hate his foolish antics? I'm just wondering why some adult in his life doesn't sits his butt down and explains that acting like a fool won't get him fame, running fast will. I am all for athletes having personality and having fun but Lyles seems to be acting out trying to be more foolish than Usain Bolt. Bolt had fun, Lyles is a clown. Anyone else feel this way? Before the USATF 200 he was just an a-hole, and then after he wants everyone to "look at me". He seems ready to act like the diva wide receivers in the NFL.

You must work for a rival company or be one of the paid trolls who generate traffic here.

I’m a 55 year old guy who is in favor of bat flips in MLB and allowing sprinters to try to entertain and have fun. We need fans and this helps, does not hurt. Plus, he seems genuine, I like him.

a track fans fan wrote:

Noah Lyles is a supremely talented athlete, and he will do well for many many years. Does anyone else hate his foolish antics? I'm just wondering why some adult in his life doesn't sits his butt down and explains that acting like a fool won't get him fame, running fast will. I am all for athletes having personality and having fun but Lyles seems to be acting out trying to be more foolish than Usain Bolt. Bolt had fun, Lyles is a clown. Anyone else feel this way? Before the USATF 200 he was just an a-hole, and then after he wants everyone to "look at me". He seems ready to act like the diva wide receivers in the NFL.

Christian Coleman is as fast as Lyles in the exact same time period and I’d say Lyles is easily 5x as famous.

I teach 13-15 year old kids and they all love anime (DBZ, Naruto, etc). Lyles shows up with the dancing and the Sonic socks and the rapping. Non-athletic kids with no track experience know him already. He has never run at an Olympics or been national champ before this weekend, and they tune in to watch him.

He’s being himself and, luckily for him, his natural personality is a winning one.

Squeaky shoes wrote:

He's a 21yo kid, doing what he loves, making $250k a year to do it. Cut him some slack, dude.

I am an NCAA coach and if one of my 17 year old freshmen athletes acted like him, I'd suspend him for a meet. If it continued, I would kick him off.

He is not a child, he is an adult. His salary actually disproves your argument. He is a professional track athlete. Time to start acting like a professional.

He has already pissed off Christian Coleman. I don't think Gatlin has any respect for him either. Lyles is getting on the nerves of athletes he is going to be on the 4x1 with. Bad chemistry = bad handoffs and DQs. His antics might actually cost him an Olympic gold medal (and a world championship gold medal).

You guys probably didn’t like Mohamed Ali either.

This is what the sport needs, someone who will draw attention every time he runs.

How about Bolt, was he a show man. Or would you rather watch someone win and just walk off .

Trust me... that is what the sport needs plus more.

Have you watched the US 4x100m over the past 20 years? They’re going to drop the baton regardless of any disdain one leg may have for another.

I don’t think he will lose any sleep over what Christian Coleman thinks of him.

People are seriously complaining about the best 200m runner in the world doing short dances and having fun after races?? This is absurd. He’s not being disrespectful to anyone. And he’s not being a boring nobody like 90% of track and field. Did you see that group of kids that waited after the track meet just to meet Noah lyes? They were ~10 years old it appeared. I didn’t know a single elite sprinter when I was 10. He’s reaching young audiences, and that’s fine.

I'm sure everyone here was equally/more offended by Baker Mayfield's "pantomimed unfurling of loins" then? Just making sure we're all consistent in our fun-hating.

Dose of Truth wrote:

Squeaky shoes wrote:

He's a 21yo kid, doing what he loves, making $250k a year to do it. Cut him some slack, dude.

I am an NCAA coach and if one of my 17 year old freshmen athletes acted like him, I'd suspend him for a meet. If it continued, I would kick him off.

He is not a child, he is an adult. His salary actually disproves your argument. He is a professional track athlete. Time to start acting like a professional.

You should not be a coach just because an athlete has fun after the race. I hope you don’t ruin the sport for incoming freshmen every year, because I have a feeling that you do.

Gatlin showed no disdain when asked about lyes in an interview. And Coleman congratulated lyes after the 200m. Don’t be dramatic.