Yea, saying "surrounded by yes -men" doesn't seem all that personal or disrespectful to me. Perhaps there were other comments I haven't heard of - I didn't listen to the podcast.
Jakob is fragile and Josh has been exploiting his psychological weakness, and it's clearly working.
Kerr, triumphantly reveling in the delighted ecstasy of the Hayward Field crowd after setting the mile world record, approaches Jakob as he is bent over on the track. Jakob’s skeletal frame is heaving, shuddering, unable to breathe after choking on Kerr’s dust for the last 3 minutes and 41 seconds of arduous competition. Slowly, Jakob raises his head to meet Josh’s gaze as Kerr’s menacing shadow envelops him in darkness, literally and figuratively. Jakob’s face, flushed red from exhaustion and humiliation, is strained in the agony of defeat once again. Kerr nudges Jakob’s thin, suffering body and utters only a simple question: “Who’s your daddy?”
Very good, irrespective of the substance. The number of downvotes just corroborates your trigger power. Keep up the good work.
I just watched the press conference. Incredibly awkward. Jakob was easily the most tense I've ever seen him in a setting like that. He kept his head straight forward during the early going, instead of naturally turning toward Kerr as he spoke.
The presser would have been much better served with Paul Swangard getting the relationship question out of the way right off the bat, instead of a lame "Know each other?" joke followed by plenty of nothingness until LetsRun asked the question.
Kerr handled it fine. He was always going to give a straightforward answer. Jakob was the wild card. It was unbelievable the relationship segment didn't include a followup question to Jakob, asking directly about Kerr's comments last fall. Jakob wouldn't have gone as far as he did during the LetsRun solo interview linked in the OP, but there would have been something.
A juicy something that would have been the standout moment. He's always good for a memorable line. Instead it should have been a massive long shot for a boring presser but that's what it was allowed to be.
Steve Cram or Tim Hutchings or the British female commentators as moderator never would have allowed it to evolve the way it did. Every time I want to give Paul Swangard the benefit of a doubt he returns to PR level crap. Leigh Diffey would have known what to ask.
Jakob is going to make emotion-driven decisions on the track today. Let's just say he wont be running "relaxed". Kerr is in his head.
I just watched the press conference. Incredibly awkward. Jakob was easily the most tense I've ever seen him in a setting like that. He kept his head straight forward during the early going, instead of naturally turning toward Kerr as he spoke.
The presser would have been much better served with Paul Swangard getting the relationship question out of the way right off the bat, instead of a lame "Know each other?" joke followed by plenty of nothingness until LetsRun asked the question.
Kerr handled it fine. He was always going to give a straightforward answer. Jakob was the wild card. It was unbelievable the relationship segment didn't include a followup question to Jakob, asking directly about Kerr's comments last fall. Jakob wouldn't have gone as far as he did during the LetsRun solo interview linked in the OP, but there would have been something.
A juicy something that would have been the standout moment. He's always good for a memorable line. Instead it should have been a massive long shot for a boring presser but that's what it was allowed to be.
Steve Cram or Tim Hutchings or the British female commentators as moderator never would have allowed it to evolve the way it did. Every time I want to give Paul Swangard the benefit of a doubt he returns to PR level crap. Leigh Diffey would have known what to ask.
I like Paul but also coudln't believe there was like no acknowledgement of what's been going on. The organizers and almost everyone in the room except for Jonathan just ignored the #1 story in track and field - the Kerr/Ingebrigtsen rivalry. But you never know, maybe that was agreed on before they agreed to go on stage as a condition of appearing as Sha'Carri for example didn't even show.
I’m for Jakob. I can’t believe he’s agreed to do a season opener after having not run indoor against his biggest rival with so many eyes on it. Just for that, when so many others would duck, he gets my vote. Taking a huge risk and lots of respect for that. And also this!! We need this! So many athletes are not approaching it this way.
“A big part of the sport is to not be only showing up when you are 100%,” Ingebrigtsen says. “…We all feed off the engagement and enthusiasm, especially from the crowd and the media and everything. And if we’re only saving that for one race or two races of the season, the whole point vanishes.”
“It’s a pretty good field but at the same time, I think we should expect this field or something similar to be happening every race,” Ingebrigtsen says. “I don’t think we should put this race up on a pedestal and say this is only this once. I’m hoping that we can do this in every race, because we all need to show up and we all need to do our best in every race, because that’s what people want. That’s what makes it exciting.”
Good to see these guys winding it up. Best thing for athletes to do is get more controversial. Like Ethiopians should wind the Kenyans up by saying they never deliver at majors. Do it right before the 10k. Get's engagement bra! End "civilized" now.
Full blown loving the up/down vote numbers on these posts! a little insight:
-Far more blind faith pro-jakob supporters in terms of voting numbers. poor little guys can't help but get sucked into a flamewar and are just desperate for a statement win today.
-cheeky blind faith pro-josh minority getting some easy shots in on the rare occasion that Jakob gets a little flustered and airs the dirty laundry. know JK will get grilled win or lose by the majority for equally hilarious opposite pre-written reasons.
-Nuguse truthers just living their best life with pokemon trolling of themselves and the blatant disrespect he's getting as the 3rd wheel, quietly biding their time. know full well that his eventual win will be dismissed as an anomaly in the great LRC flame war.
Kerr’s comments on that podcast were out of line and far more personal than any Jakob has ever made. Whatever you think of Jakob or the trash he has talked, I’ve never heard him attack the character of any of his competitors in the way Josh attacked him and his family.
You found the being surrounded by yes-men comment an out of line attack against Jakob's family? Have you watched any other sports? Conor McGregor compared the wife of his opponent, Khabib, to a towel for wearing an Islamic garb. Jorge Masvidal said he wanted to end his opponent, Ben Askren's, bloodline.
Kerr's comments were extremely tame by comparison. Runners are so soft.
Hard agree. Everyone is so soft and afraid of the truth. Jakob is surrounded by yes-men. Maybe it’s Jakob that’s so soft since he apparently takes offense to everything.
Yea, saying "surrounded by yes -men" doesn't seem all that personal or disrespectful to me. Perhaps there were other comments I haven't heard of - I didn't listen to the podcast.
Jakob is fragile and Josh has been exploiting his psychological weakness, and it's clearly working.
The only fragile and weakminded person here is you, thinking that trolling people on letsrun is a good pass time.
Jakob started all this with his sore loser comments and excuses. 'just the next guy', 'I had a virus etc'. He had no grace when losing and showed the world champion no respect. He should have learned from Tim C at the Olympics. All Kerr said was Jakob was too arrogant to see his weaknesses and surrounded by yes men. Jakob seems to lack self awareness and social skills. Trying to say Kerr is a coward after his own comments about beating Kerr blind folded when Kerr broke the world record is a bit much.
Jakob seemed to be calling Kerr out for not racing enough during the press conference and kept making points about racing well year round. Kerr has a completely different approach to training and racing. He is getting 100 percent out of himself when it counts and that is to be respected. He is not as talented as Jakob but got it done when it counted. Jakob can't seem to accept that. You don't win a world championship gold medal by dominating the whole season. You do it by being the best on one day every two years.
You found the being surrounded by yes-men comment an out of line attack against Jakob's family? Have you watched any other sports? Conor McGregor compared the wife of his opponent, Khabib, to a towel for wearing an Islamic garb. Jorge Masvidal said he wanted to end his opponent, Ben Askren's, bloodline.
Kerr's comments were extremely tame by comparison. Runners are so soft.
Yeah what a great example - a bunch of low iq morons with brain injuries. True role models.
Newsflash: pro athletes aren’t generally known to be the sharpest tools in the shed. Pro runners are no exception to this rule.
Also, Conor McGregor may be brash and arrogant and lead a controversial lifestyle, but I wouldn’t say he has a particularly low-IQ.