As a Brit, I cannot get over how incredibly obnoxious Kerr is.
‘My favourite thing about winning is everyone else losing’.
What kind of douche canoe says something like that? Who is advising him? Everything he says is so phony. He’s World Champion and yet still behaves like a cringe teenager.
The other problem is he’s not good enough to talk like this. Bolt, one of the greatest that ever lived, never got close to this level of insufferable nonsense. No one has.
As a Brit, I cannot get over how incredibly obnoxious Kerr is.
‘My favourite thing about winning is everyone else losing’.
What kind of douche canoe says something like that? Who is advising him? Everything he says is so phony. He’s World Champion and yet still behaves like a cringe teenager.
The other problem is he’s not good enough to talk like this. Bolt, one of the greatest that ever lived, never got close to this level of insufferable nonsense. No one has.
He’s a complete tool.
People do prefer the whole fake nice while doped to the eyeballs persona.
As a Brit, I cannot get over how incredibly obnoxious Kerr is.
‘My favourite thing about winning is everyone else losing’.
What kind of douche canoe says something like that? Who is advising him? Everything he says is so phony. He’s World Champion and yet still behaves like a cringe teenager.
The other problem is he’s not good enough to talk like this. Bolt, one of the greatest that ever lived, never got close to this level of insufferable nonsense. No one has.
He’s a complete tool.
People do prefer the whole fake nice while doped to the eyeballs persona.
No, people like respectful, hard working professionals that demonstrate courage and take their shot. Like Wightman. Or Beamish at the World Indoors.
Look at the US team - Hocker, Nuguse and Hobbs. All incredibly talented. No hint of arrogance. Good luck to them.
Kerr is beyond cringe. With his silly shades and sculpted beard. It’s all so manufactured.
Jakob’s an arrogant sod too, but he’s earned the right to be a tool. Much more than this dork.
Many here are missing the point of Grand Slam vs. Diamond League. It is not the depth of competition or the prevalence of super fast times. The appeal of Grand Slam is frequency of racing by recognizable Western athletes and a mix of faces/nationalities/skin tones in Grand Slam events. More people will pay to watch Grand Slam distance events than Diamond League's large packs of seemingly nameless and faceless East Africans wearing the same Nike or NN outfits plus the lack of recognizable stars. Throw in the mounting evidence of widespread Kenyan doping and fewer fans will care about Euro 5 and 10K races. Watching Jakob get easy wins over second rate talent in Europe will also get dull.
People want personalities. People want racing, not time trials. People want to see athletes that resemble them.
You do not know people whether people rather want "grand slam". Believe or not, people like watching track and field. The second rate runners will mostly be in the grand slam btw.
As a Brit, I cannot get over how incredibly obnoxious Kerr is.
‘My favourite thing about winning is everyone else losing’.
What kind of douche canoe says something like that? Who is advising him? Everything he says is so phony. He’s World Champion and yet still behaves like a cringe teenager.
The other problem is he’s not good enough to talk like this. Bolt, one of the greatest that ever lived, never got close to this level of insufferable nonsense. No one has.
He’s a complete tool.
Oh cmon
Its a douche thing to say, but it so clearly doesn't reflect his actual beliefs.
That was in a promotion video on the GST's Instagram.
Whether you're a track fan or not, you hear that as an opening line, you likely at least watch the rest of the video.
It's a publicity stunt, and actually quite a good one.
While the nice guy persona is best for attracting fans, sometimes being a douche is best for attracting viewers.
Viewers attract money.
I'd be shocked if GST didn't hand him a script with those exact lines on it.
No it probably was written by Kerr. One of his favourite things to do is sh*t on American middle-distance running. In his promo video on Instagram he says "i know that if I'm the best in my country, I'll be the best in the world". Which is funny because a) it's false (Jakob isn't British, last time I checked), and b) seems completely unrelated to Grand Slam track.
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As a Brit, I cannot get over how incredibly obnoxious Kerr is.
‘My favourite thing about winning is everyone else losing’.
What kind of douche canoe says something like that? Who is advising him? Everything he says is so phony. He’s World Champion and yet still behaves like a cringe teenager.
The other problem is he’s not good enough to talk like this. Bolt, one of the greatest that ever lived, never got close to this level of insufferable nonsense. No one has.
He’s a complete tool.
Oh cmon
Its a douche thing to say, but it so clearly doesn't reflect his actual beliefs.
That was in a promotion video on the GST's Instagram.
Whether you're a track fan or not, you hear that as an opening line, you likely at least watch the rest of the video.
It's a publicity stunt, and actually quite a good one.
While the nice guy persona is best for attracting fans, sometimes being a douche is best for attracting viewers.
Viewers attract money.
I'd be shocked if GST didn't hand him a script with those exact lines on it.
You’re likely correct.
It’s all so stage managed, I suspect his reps have said ‘We just need people to talk about you. The easiest way of ensuring that is by behaving like a bellend.’
Many here are missing the point of Grand Slam vs. Diamond League. It is not the depth of competition or the prevalence of super fast times. The appeal of Grand Slam is frequency of racing by recognizable Western athletes and a mix of faces/nationalities/skin tones in Grand Slam events. More people will pay to watch Grand Slam distance events than Diamond League's large packs of seemingly nameless and faceless East Africans wearing the same Nike or NN outfits plus the lack of recognizable stars. Throw in the mounting evidence of widespread Kenyan doping and fewer fans will care about Euro 5 and 10K races. Watching Jakob get easy wins over second rate talent in Europe will also get dull.
People want personalities. People want racing, not time trials. People want to see athletes that resemble them.
People love the Diamond League sub-12:45 races. Yes they love the 1500s even more as it’s a quicker race with more personalities we know. I think your premise is incorrect. This league hits on the Diamond League’s often underwhelming sprint program more than anything. Many American-based stars race max 1-2 per year outside of Pre and they win easily. This could solve that. Watching Grant Fisher vs Luis in unpaced races is not going to be more fun than the East Africans running crazy fast. Merber knows this and is probably trying to land Yomif.
So can anybody 100% clarify - (in this case) this would mean that Kerr has to race an 800 and a 1500m on one day of competition (or is it across 2 days?)
i believe its 3 days
Thanks. I still can't get my head around this format. So each "slam" is over 3 days, with 6 double event "categories" for men and women so 24 races in total per slam. That means each day is going to be 8 races (?) and 20 of these races are going to be less than 5min in duration (only the mens and womens 3000 and 5000 will be longer).
So one full day of track where you want to (presumably) fill a stadium (and you will need to in order to get viewership, sell ad space and get sponsorship) and you have 4 mens track races and 4 womens track races? How long is a day of action that you expect paying spectators to come and see hopefully 3 full days? 75min?
And this is going to happen 4 times a season (12 days) which is almost the equivalent of the entire diamond league (15 days)?
I just don't see the feasibility of this financially (after that 30 million evaporates extremely quickly in infrastructure and operational costs).
But hey - good for Josh Kerr, seems like he's going to make quite a bit of money from this no matter what.
Probably the most obvious candidate to join so far with how much he's been pushing the rivarly with Jakob to put the spotlight on himself, this new league is made for the people who are more interested in talking than actually competing.
Won't be surprised if they get Noah Lyles or someone like that next
People love the Diamond League sub-12:45 races. Yes they love the 1500s even more as it’s a quicker race with more personalities we know. I think your premise is incorrect. This league hits on the Diamond League’s often underwhelming sprint program more than anything. Many American-based stars race max 1-2 per year outside of Pre and they win easily. This could solve that. Watching Grant Fisher vs Luis in unpaced races is not going to be more fun than the East Africans running crazy fast. Merber knows this and is probably trying to land Yomif.
Yeah I'm with you on that. I think there is this notion that paced races have "ruined the concept and spirit of racing" etc which is true to some degree, but what is also true is that whether we like it or not, the winning time of a race is a heavy factor in our perception of if a race is quality or not. The one exception we make is for the WC/OG - and there is no way the GST is being held on that level in its first years of existence - especially without any field events.
Plus at least Jakob is just being himself. And Jakob is a great interview. Most of what comes out of Kerr's mouth is pure drivel at his pressers.
You're right. Jakob can be a prick, but Kerr is literally just dropping instagram one liners. ‘My favourite thing about winning is everyone else losing’ The difference is that Jakob doesn't even think about "everyone else".
As a Brit, I cannot get over how incredibly obnoxious Kerr is.
‘My favourite thing about winning is everyone else losing’.
What kind of douche canoe says something like that? Who is advising him? Everything he says is so phony. He’s World Champion and yet still behaves like a cringe teenager.
The other problem is he’s not good enough to talk like this. Bolt, one of the greatest that ever lived, never got close to this level of insufferable nonsense. No one has.
He’s a complete tool.
That quote is legendary. The thing is, he’s pulling in more attention which allows him to make more money. He’s doing his job.
Call Kerr what you want, he’s seizing the moment.
If Sha’carri never got popped for weed in 2021, she wouldn’t be making as much money as she does now. She gained a lot of regular followers, support therefore value for Nike- despite people on here not liking her.
That quote is legendary. The thing is, he’s pulling in more attention which allows him to make more money. He’s doing his job.
Call Kerr what you want, he’s seizing the moment.
If Sha’carri never got popped for weed in 2021, she wouldn’t be making as much money as she does now. She gained a lot of regular followers, support therefore value for Nike- despite people on here not liking her.
It’s all so stage managed, I suspect his reps have said ‘We just need people to talk about you. The easiest way of ensuring that is by behaving like a bellend.’
Exactly!!
Conor McGregor became one of the richest athletes EVER, and reigned in billions of dollars for the UFC just by attempting to annoy anyone who wasn't from Ireland.
Conor McGregor became one of the richest athletes EVER, and reigned in billions of dollars for the UFC just by attempting to annoy anyone who wasn't from Ireland.
