The guy has run 3:46, that ability doesn't just fade overnight. Excuse us if we want to see someone that talented live up to the hype and perform well. I cannot wait until Webb wins the Trials, where you going to be then Spyders Webb?
The guy has run 3:46, that ability doesn't just fade overnight. Excuse us if we want to see someone that talented live up to the hype and perform well. I cannot wait until Webb wins the Trials, where you going to be then Spyders Webb?
haha, YO wrote:
The guy has run 3:46, that ability doesn't just fade overnight. Excuse us if we want to see someone that talented live up to the hype and perform well. I cannot wait until Webb wins the Trials, where you going to be then Spyders Webb?
I'll be the first to say congratulaions.
But, it won't change what I've said over and over and over. One good race doesn't make a great runner and, IF he has a decent Trials (and I still say he won't), he'll follow that up with bad race after bad race. Guaranteed.
Go read what I said about him during his good streak last year leading up to the Worlds. I was pulling for him. I said I hoped it showed he had turned the corner and could run consistently. I said I still had doubts because Webb is Webb and, sure enough, he bottomed out again and here we are. The same bad running, the same worn out excuses and the same false hope.
Webb is what he is. A runner with some talent who is vastly over-rated and who will never put it all together because he is a head case and not nearly as talented as everyone wants him to be.
All of you look at a couple of good races and you get an erection. When he starts having bad races, you make these ridiculous excuses that he's going to run good "when it counts." Pre didn't count. Carlsbad didn't count. The 8k Championship didn't count. Indianapolis didn't count. Nothing ever counts or he's over trained or peaking for "the one that counts." Then, when he has one of his good races, you all jump up and yell, "This is what he does when it counts!" He then goes back to typical Webb and the excuses come out again. Delusional.
I expect him to have a bad race when he runs. I don't get let down very often. You expect him to have a good race when he runs. You get let down all the time. Still, you fail to accept that bad races are his norm and put unreasonable expectations on him. When he doesn't live up to them, it's excuse time.
Do yourself a favor and expect him to run poorly. Then, when he does (and he will MOST of the time), you won't feel the need to prop this kid up and make laughable excuses for him. You'll then realize what I've realized for quite some time. He's an over-rated head case.
Now go away and dream you are Julia Rupp so you can be close to his jock. I'll sit here and wiat for the next Webb implosion.
Spyders Webb wrote:
One good race doesn't make a great runner...
You are correct there. 4 national championships, an AR, an Olympic team, two World Championship finals, victories in Paris and Ostrava against world class fields, 3:53 as a high schooler and a 27:34 10k debut make a great runner.
haha, YO wrote:
Spyders Webb wrote:One good race doesn't make a great runner...
You are correct there. 4 national championships, an AR, an Olympic team, two World Championship finals, victories in Paris and Ostrava against world class fields, 3:53 as a high schooler and a 27:34 10k debut make a great runner.
Only in your delusional world.
Spyders Webb wrote
Webb is what he is. A runner with some talent who is vastly over-rated and who will never put it all together because he is a head case and not nearly as talented as everyone wants him to be.
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"some talent" "over-rated" "will never put it all together"
47, 1:43, 3:46....27:34 your a joke or stupid or both
The 27:34 is nothing special except for an American, debut or not. The 1:43 and 3:30/3:46 are special.
hmmmm
How many runners have ever had the talent to have the range from 1:43- 3:46 - 27:34(debut)
Said Aouita?
Right... "he's not that talented", "over-rated" "nothing special"
Just admit he's inceadibly talented, run some fantastic times..but hasn't won major competitions. Also note that there are plenty of great runners who never won the WC or Olympic gold.
Titan wrote:
Spyders Webb wrote
Webb is what he is. A runner with some talent who is vastly over-rated and who will never put it all together because he is a head case and not nearly as talented as everyone wants him to be.
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"some talent" "over-rated" "will never put it all together"
47, 1:43, 3:46....27:34 your a joke or stupid or both
Exactly my point.
Yes, over-rated. Based on that, everyone expects him to show up and blow the field away. Maybe he should. What does he do? Get his ass handed to him. Again and again and again.
If he weren't so over-rated, he wouldn't need thread after thread after thread making excuses for his under expected performances. It's absolutely pathetic that you Webb nut lickers have to go on and on and on about him being overtrained, not peaking for the race he just got dropped in and just playing with everyone. If he is the great, fantastic, outstanding, gold medal winner you all say he is, then you wouldn't need to make these laughable excuses for him time and time again.
He will never put it all together and run consistently. Never. He'll never win when he's expected to, except in very limited circumstances, and will never, ever, ever meet all the expectations people like you place on him.
Like I said. He's had a couple of good races. So what? His bad races have been horribly bad and far out number his good ones. That's what a great runner does? Laughable.
Talent? Yes. Deserving of all the greatness you Allice in Wonderland people expect out of him? Hardly.
Webb proves me right nearly every time he runs. He's an over-rated head case. He's proved it so far over and over and he'll do it again.
Good lord. Everyone here knows what you think. Repeating it over and over and over really isn't necessary. We get it. Your thoughts on the subject are duly noted. No need to post the same exact thing again (though I'm sure you will).
Harry Kooter wrote:
Good lord. Everyone here knows what you think. Repeating it over and over and over really isn't necessary. We get it. Your thoughts on the subject are duly noted. No need to post the same exact thing again (though I'm sure you will).
No need to post the same lame excuses for Webb the head case over and over again.
Wait, there is. Because he needs them!
Hey Tough Guy
two things-
Your very confused and putting words in peoples mouths. YOU are the one who is calling him over-rated cuz of your expectations to blow people away! Most sensible people are giving reasons for his performances.
your packpedalling now. Now, according to you he has talent. Now, according to you everyone says he's a gold medal winner.
Give it a rest. he's super talented but hasn't competed all that well in big races. He's still young and appears to be trying to time his peak. Give him break armchair QB
PS- You keep on using terms like "nut licker" and many others, sounds a bit homo-phobic or maybe junior HS?
Titan wrote:
hmmmm
How many runners have ever had the talent to have the range from 1:43- 3:46 - 27:34(debut)
Said Aouita?
Right... "he's not that talented", "over-rated" "nothing special"
Just admit he's inceadibly talented, run some fantastic times..but hasn't won major competitions. Also note that there are plenty of great runners who never won the WC or Olympic gold.
Okay, look, range of that sort is meaningless. How good you are at any one event is much more meaningful. Webb could be in the top 15 at four different events, big deal. It's much more important to actually win things. There are many Africans who can run 3:32-7:35-12:50-26:50. That's the sort of range that counts.
Spyders Webb wrote:
haha, YO wrote:You are correct there. 4 national championships, an AR, an Olympic team, two World Championship finals, victories in Paris and Ostrava against world class fields, 3:53 as a high schooler and a 27:34 10k debut make a great runner.
Only in your delusional world.
ARE YOU SERIOUS? You know who has a similar resume to Webb? Bob Kennedy. Here we go (track only):
4 time national champion in the 5000
1 Olympic Team
4 WC teams
2 ARs
27:37 10k PR
No MAJOR european victories
Titan wrote:
Hey Tough Guy
two things-
Your very confused and putting words in peoples mouths. YOU are the one who is calling him over-rated cuz of your expectations to blow people away! Most sensible people are giving reasons for his performances.
your packpedalling now. Now, according to you he has talent. Now, according to you everyone says he's a gold medal winner.
Give it a rest. he's super talented but hasn't competed all that well in big races. He's still young and appears to be trying to time his peak. Give him break armchair QB
PS- You keep on using terms like "nut licker" and many others, sounds a bit homo-phobic or maybe junior HS?
Here we go again. Yet another one who peeps out from his Tinkerbell blanket to show his ignorance.
Yes, I'm calling him over-rated. He is! Everyone here keeps talking about his next race being the one he'll kick ass. And he doesn't! How many freaking times do you have to be told that??? How many excuses are made for him when he gets his ass kicked? Why is that?? BECAUSE PEOPLE EXPECTED MORE OUT OF HIM!! Damn boy, it's not that hard to figur out.
I always said he has talent. But not as much as you dumbasses says he has. THAT'S ANOTHER REASON I SAY HE'S OVER-RATED!
He hasn't competed well in races of all sizes. Look at this year for just one example. Oh, I'm sorrry; this year doesn't count. He's just playing head games with these races.
PS: You're projecting.
At least your backing off on the nut, jock licker, ass handed to him stuff. But you still love using "ass" in most of your sentences
This is another example of your confusion.
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Yes, I'm calling him over-rated. He is! Everyone here keeps talking about his next race being the one he'll kick ass. And he doesn't! How many freaking times do you have to be told that??? How many excuses are made for him when he gets his ass kicked? Why is that?? BECAUSE PEOPLE EXPECTED MORE OUT OF HIM!! Damn boy, it's not that hard to figur out.
I always said he has talent. But not as much as you dumbasses says he has. THAT'S ANOTHER REASON I SAY HE'S OVER-RATED!
He hasn't competed well in races of all sizes. Look at this year for just one example. Oh, I'm sorrry; this year doesn't count. He's just playing head games with these races.
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"Everyone here keeps talking about his next race being the one he'll kick ass"- NO One has said that, quite YOUR bitching
"He hasn't competed well in races of all sizes" - Realy? 3:46 et al, WC, Oly teams.
"How many excuses are made for him when he gets his ass kicked?"- I and many others dont consider his last two races getting his ass kicked, I think they were good races. He seems to be on target.
"I always said he has talent. But not as much as you dumbasses says he has"- Now your trying to quatinfy.
"Oh, I'm sorrry; this year doesn't count. He's just playing head games with these races. " Again, theres nothing wrong with this year, head games?. 3:55 and 1:47 amonth B4 trials is not dissapointing except to you.
Stop hiding your dissapointment of Webb in others. You dont seem to understand YOUR expectations of him are coming up short.
Your response is so pitiful, contradictory and poorly argued that nothing else from me is even warranted.
Thought so
Spyders Webb wrote:
I am so pitiful, contradictory and poorly argued that nothing else from me is even warranted.
KABOOM! LOLOLOLOL
Titan wrote:
Thought so
Listen dumbass, there are comments everywhere talking about how he's going to tear up Pre after his Carlsbad disaster. There are comments about how he was going to tear up Carlsbad after his 8k disaster.
You pick ONE FREAKING RACE to justify your comment that he races well at all races? I said LOOK AT THIS YEAR! What range has those races been? Oh that's right, from road races to track. From 800 to 8k.
You see nothing wrong with a great, fantastic, gold medal contender getting dropped at a road race, a b rated 800 and finishing next to last at Pre? That's part of Webb's grand plan??? Your idiotic response just proves what I've been saying all along!!
I'm stopping here because you are too easy to embarrass.
Thanks for playing!
haha, YO wrote:
Spyders Webb wrote:Only in your delusional world.
ARE YOU SERIOUS? You know who has a similar resume to Webb? Bob Kennedy. Here we go (track only):
4 time national champion in the 5000
1 Olympic Team
4 WC teams
2 ARs
27:37 10k PR
No MAJOR european victories
And your point is . . .?