Centro a bit cocky?? Finish line celebration?

You are confused: Learn to THINK!

Centro does not equal Nike.

ALL athletes have people who ARE fans.

ALL athletes have people who ARE NOT fans.

i don't want to see some nappy head doing a ridiculous end zone dance, and I don't want to see a fugly roid chacne cheating punkassbitch doping little guido like A Positive centro celebrating either. In fact, if i ever come face to chacne face with this punk, I'm gonna thump his skull. sleazy, rupp, decker, radcliffe, centro and the rest of NOPe have absolutely ruined track.

he is a douche wrote:

i don't want to see some nappy head doing a ridiculous end zone dance, and I don't want to see a fugly roid chacne cheating punkassbitch doping little guido like A Positive centro celebrating either. In fact, if i ever come face to chacne face with this punk, I'm gonna thump his skull. sleazy, rupp, decker, radcliffe, centro and the rest of NOPe have absolutely ruined track.

What a whiny group of little boys. I hate Centro and I'm going to punch him.

But I completely agree, Centro and NOP are the antiChrist, ISIS and Nazis. They are killing the planet and have destroyed Track, as Radcliffe (who knew she was part of NOP - only the geniuses living in their parent's basements who frequently post on LosersRant.com) and all the other cheating, cheater cheaters who cheat. Can't you tell I know a lot because I just make unsubstantiated accusations and act like I know a lot, like a really a lot.

cdavis80 wrote:

It was deleted after "a duck" disagreed. Then I made another one with the same original inquiry and also asked why my first got deleted. Some comments came in about the subject and others came in referring to "a duck's" ways of making threads disappear. After that started up, it was gone quick.

Now we're being accused of being pro "A Duck"? Well at least we get mutual complainers.

As for is Centro's celebration of course it was cocky. And the sport needs more of it even if you don't like it.

Even the DQ stuff in Canada I thought was good for the sport. Rivalries, people thinking others are cocky, that is what our sport needs.

Sport is all about rivalries and personalities.

Lost Causes wrote:

You are confused: Learn to THINK!

Centro does not equal Nike.

themanontherun wrote:]/b]

Not asking about Centro, asking about Nike.

???

"And the sport needs more of it even if you don't like it."

"Sport is all about rivalries and personalities."

And, if you don't like the antics you should be free to expression your opinion about it.

If there were no rivalries in sports, sport would cease to exist. Rivalries create competition. Rivalries bring fans to events.

wejo wrote:

Sport is all about rivalries and personalities.

Sports is about marketability. Rivalries and personalities improve marketability. However, highlight reels and manufactured analysis are exponentially more marketable than the actual people. There is no highlight reel for running; it's either a kick, which is always the same, or a big move in the middle which takes a while and can't be compressed into a highlight reel. There is no manufactured analysis because the race is direct; you can't second guess things and break down running like you can with, say, football, because there are far fewer components to what produces the result.

Distance running (track in general) isn't conducive to the things that make sports big in this day and age. Why are we trying to be something we're not?

El Centro wrote:

He's a really nice guy. I've spoken with him a handful of times over the years in eugene, and he's always cordial and kind. Comes off face to face as a really enthusiastic guy. I'll continue to cheer for him.

Exactly accurate. Enthusiastic is the perfect word to describe him, he's enthusiastic, positive, upbeat and funny.

I'd be shocked if any of his USA 1500/Mile competitors thought anything negative about him.

Once upon a time people complained on here that track athletes had no personality, that they were boring.

You get one with a little personality, and of course one or two haters on this forum have to post nonsense.

I haven't read the whole thread yet, I am sure the Brojo's have been around him enough post race to vouch that Centro is an enthusiastic and fun guy.

What you should be talking about is that he is (along with Symmonds) one probably the most fearless mid-distance racers in the USA.

He's a pleasure to watch. Smoothest form, smoothest change of gears, fearless racer -- as I've said before, to win you have to enjoy racing, find it fun, and you'd be amazed how many guys in the "peleton" are actually running with too much anxiety/fear.

Enjoy The Sport.

As for the original OP, having hung out with him a tiny bit in real life, I can tell you is is a nice kid. In fact most of the athletes that get talked about on this board, and often dissed, I've met, or seen up close and personal at meets, and none of them are "douchebags."

This is a niche sport, a neglected sport, the athletes tend to be totally gracious to the fans they meet at events.

I guess it is time to adopt the forum posting style.

Are you all idiots? His gesture was the "let's hear it/make some noise."

Did I care for it? Not really, but I sure wasn't offended by it. It certainly was a lot less cocky than the garbage sprinters are known for.

The sport definitely needs fewer heroes like Lagat and Felix and Ryan Hill and Robbie and Jenny and more guys who taunt and say that they are the best. What a disaster the sport would be with SPORTsmanship.

For that matter, it needs more people willing to win at all costs. A level playing field is boring.

Sportsman wrote:

Anyone else think Centro looking around then raising his hands with a 'what's up' wave was a bit of a dick move? Sure he was happy but wouldn't that get flagged in an NFL or college game?

Since when did finishline celebrations become bad?

As Paul Brown famously said about end zone celebrations, 'act like you've been there before.'

Watch tape of Sampras for lessons.

Sportsman wrote:

Anyone else think Centro looking around then raising his hands with a 'what's up' wave was a bit of a dick move? Sure he was happy but wouldn't that get flagged in an NFL or college game?

Flagged? Are you kidding? Do you REALLY have to dig that deep to find something to complain about?

It was a good, tactical race. I don't care about the time- it was for national championship with a loaded field.

He did fine and his celebration was fine.

malmo wrote:

Since when did finishline celebrations become bad?

This x1000000000.

This is one of the dumbest threads in the history of letsrun, which is REALLY saying something.

For your enjoyment. Race "winners" losing due to "victory" celebrations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqhK55JVEd8

It happens in soccer all the time. Usually when the scorer is offside or the "scorer" is trying to influence the officials.

It is a sign of poor coaching to let your runner start to celebrate before they cross the finish line.

Oh, stop it already. That was not a taunt. That was just a play to the fans for some noise when he came to the finish. After that, he did a little snap thing with his right hand and posed for a selfie with a high school kid. Then a victory lap with lots of high fives for fans. What a monster!!!!!

Let's not turn into a bunch of idiot British T&F fans who have to savage every athlete who makes it to the top of the sport. After many, many years of not being able to field internationally competitive athletes, everyone should be grinning from ear to ear with all the talent we have going into 2016. Stop worrying whether these people meet some ideal of sportsmanship embodied in the collective unconsciousness of some internet message board.

Precious Roy wrote:

Oh, stop it already. That was not a taunt. That was just a play to the fans for some noise when he came to the finish. After that, he did a little snap thing with his right hand and posed for a selfie with a high school kid. Then a victory lap with lots of high fives for fans. What a monster!!!!!

Let's not turn into a bunch of idiot British T&F fans who have to savage every athlete who makes it to the top of the sport. After many, many years of not being able to field internationally competitive athletes, everyone should be grinning from ear to ear with all the talent we have going into 2016. Stop worrying whether these people meet some ideal of sportsmanship embodied in the collective unconsciousness of some internet message board.

Don't disagree with anything you're saying, but it looked to me like he didn't say anything to any of the other guys in the race, which seemed like poor form to me. Whatever. Glad he ran well, hope he has a good outdoor season.