flip book feed wrote:
And, he's a cocky asshole.
AJ NATION Versus The German Invasion. The tail of two egos. Ah the next few years should be exciting.
flip book feed wrote:
And, he's a cocky asshole.
AJ NATION Versus The German Invasion. The tail of two egos. Ah the next few years should be exciting.
Thanks WEJO
I am so glad I was able to wittness "THE RUN"!
Unbelievable.....He is just kid...17 yrs old....he doesnt know what to say....so he comes off little cocky...so what?...wasnt Pre and Virgin the same way?
Lowe and Luke...I give them credit to....they didnt run their own race...they tried to stay with German and it cost them faster times...PROP TO THEM BOTH!
can someone give a play-by-play of the infamous run..??
Cocky?!
Mike Tyson, World Wrestling Federation types, Mo Green in the day, that's cocky.
It's nice to have personality in track. Too much ego would be bad for promotionof the sport, but so is having a bunch of personality-less pansies which seems to be what everyone wants our best athletes to be.
Congratulations to German. That was close!
Also, thanks to Letsrun, flotrack, milesplit for streaming. We are living in blessed times when we can watch these races live. Did T&FN do anything, especially since it's the Bible of the Sport?
Hey there Joe wrote:
flip book feed wrote:And, he's a cocky asshole.
AJ NATION Versus The German Invasion. The tail of two egos. Ah the next few years should be exciting.
Except German has actually accomplished things worthy of having a following.
guygonemad wrote:
Thanks WEJO
I am so glad I was able to wittness "THE RUN"!
Unbelievable.....He is just kid...17 yrs old....he doesnt know what to say....so he comes off little cocky...so what?...wasnt Pre and Virgin the same way?
Lowe and Luke...I give them credit to....they didnt run their own race...they tried to stay with German and it cost them faster times...PROP TO THEM BOTH!
I didn't listen to most of the interview, but give the kid some slack. The criticism against A.J. all this time, for a few harmless comments is unbelievable and I'd hate for it to repeat on German.
Definite props to Lowe & Luke. They went for it and looked great. I thought the announcer should've cheered them on as well (I didn't hear him do that), instead of going over the edge on German only. He made it the German Fernandez show and didn't seem to acknowledge the other great runners.
you people seriously have problems. i'm embarrassed by fellow athletes and fans right now. a hallowed record was just broken. what a run.
German Fernandez is one of the classiest runners around. All of you letsrun bashers should know that he has A LOT of fans in and around his hometown..especially in his Section. He is right to thank his fans. We all wanted him to do great and he did.
Fernandez FTW! Greatest HS 2 miler in America to date. That's amazing!
ttc, I wasnt bashing German, I was defending him. I am a fan, most people didnt believed it could be done!
7 kids under 9 min's
Such a spectacular performance and all you letsrunners can do is complain? You all should be ashamed of yourselves.
Hes Gotta be Joking wrote:
"Id like to thank all of my fans out there" - What fans? Webb doesn't even have fans, never mind some high school ego punk. Good run though.
If you don't think this guy has fans then you haven't been to a meet that he's competed in. I coach a CA high school team and I would say that everyone on that team is a German Fernandez fan. I didn't go to the meet, but if I did, it would have been to see the 2-mile, and where I would have been excited to see fast times from any of those guys, I would have been rooting for Fernandez, which I guess makes me a fan as well.
You guys talk about him being a cocky ass-hole. How? He's broken several esteemed records this year. Is he not supposed to know or acknowledge his status as one of the best high school runners of all time? If I was in Fernandez' shoes, it would be my goal to win a national championship as well. Is he not supposed to say it? What exactly is it that you want an excited high school athlete to say 5 minutes after breaking a national record to make him not sound 'cocky'?
I was thinking also that German was classy. I really didn't hear any cockiness. If anything, he spoke of the pressure, and grateful and showed it to his fans, and shy. I think those that think he was cocky are just plain idiots.
Coach SJS wrote:
German Fernandez is one of the classiest runners around. All of you letsrun bashers should know that he has A LOT of fans in and around his hometown..especially in his Section. He is right to thank his fans. We all wanted him to do great and he did.
Fernandez FTW! Greatest HS 2 miler in America to date. That's amazing!
The young man is one of the most humble kids you'd ever want to meet! After he destroyed the 1600m/3200m fields doubling at the California State Meet, rather than hang-out and enjoy the atmosphere and his win, he flew back to his hometown to work his shift at the local Applebee's.
The guy DESTROYS Jeff Nelson's National Record ALL BY HIMSELF and all you people know what to do is take cheap "shots" at the guy . . .
Some of you people must lead really "happy" lives.
No, he's not even from this world.
ttc wrote:
I thought it was over the edge. There were a lot of others in the race in their biggest moments as runners, but the announcer kept yelling/screaming for only German support. If someone's going to argue that it was fine for the announcer to be like that... then tell me when it IS over the edge??
Right on cue, ttc.
You are all morins. He is on the EPO, and he will be caught sooner or later.
-Renato Canova, fugitive of Kenyan justice
guygonemad wrote:
ttc, I wasnt bashing German, I was defending him. I am a fan, most people didnt believed it could be done!
7 kids under 9 min's
I understand. I was just concurring with you.
Video of the final lap is posted.
What an amazing race!
http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=videos&event_id=153&video_id=4825