Shots Fired: Josh Kerr Says Jakob Surrounded by "Yes-Men", Has Major Weakness, and "pretty high" ego

Kerr's a dumb dumb. Every race outside of world/olympic champs is a paced race, that's just how it is. I seem to recall Jacob winning the 5000m this year and it was incredibly slow the first part, not a paced race. The yes man comment is just dumb as well. Kerr is surrounded by a terrible coach and his little minion of an assistant coach.

Is this meant to be a joke lol?

1. Most if not all the top runners are doping

2. Trash talking is good for the sport

So Kerr was a dumb dumb except when it mattered and he best the best. Sounds like he might be on to something.

Maybe not on to something but certainly on something.

It may not be a good look until he walks the walk.. he's in his right though as the world champion to talk trash until the Olympics. With Jakob's arrogance, Josh doesn't have much to lose by trash talking and trying to get in his head. If Josh wins gold in Paris I think Jakob is denied any consideration as 1500 GOAT, unless he takes the following WC gold and gets the WR. But that's Jakob’s conundrum... he knows he needs to really start moving up in distance focus and that his time in the 1500 is running out, while he still has not made a GOAT mark in the 1500. Josh is just trying to pile on the pressure and rattle him. Will Jakob choke again? We wouldn't be speaking like this had he not been so cocky... so they all bring it on themselves. Cope!

No it's not a joke. I'm just the most cosmically reasoning and thinking man in space-time on LRC. Josh Kerr wasn't trash talking or in gamesmanship mode in November 2023, this much I'm so sure of. He is in harnessing and hibernating mode, an energy conserving one, completely serene, tranquil, calm and composed and surrounded by low anthropogenic RF and EMF environments in his mountain base. The last thing he could do in such tranquility is to go on a rampage against Jakob unprovoked!

Josh is totally correct, Jakob is incredibly vulnerable in championship 1500 races. Never does he insinuate that he’s the only one that can take the win and that’s what everyone’s hung up on.

These guys all know Jakob is the best runner, but we’re talking about winning the WC or OG.

The issue is when he goes all out and gives himself the best chance to run the fastest on the day, he’s needs to run faiely even splits and drop most people…. But there are 3-4 guys at any given championship who are only 1 second back in a rabbited DL race. Jakob leading the whole thing closes that gap and makes him vulnerable to at least one of them coming off the final turn.

Unsure what JI can do to change the tactic. Everyone’s expecting him to lead early so if he sits back for 800m it’s likely going to be 2:10 or slower. And that certainly doesn’t favor him.

Adding one last note

The fact that hes taken 2nd in the last 3 global champ 1500s shows just now dominant he is.

Despite everyone knowing what he will do and being prepared for it, only one person per race has been able to get past him.

While Jakob doesn't have that lightning speed that most 1500 dudes do, I don't think he's as slow as we all like to joke about. His final 200s show off some sub 50 speed and I'm sure he could extend it if he wanted to. But what I haven't seen mentioned in this thread is that Jakob has been coming into the last two WC 1500 finals with way more racing left to do than the other guys. Don't get me wrong, a loss is still a loss. I believe he bungled Eugene, but he did look off to me in Budapest. However, I think it has to be noted that in Eugene and Budapest he did the 1500/5000 double. Someone running only the 1500 is going to be able to dump everything into the final than someone who has another heat and final afterwards.

But, in the end, the 1500/5000 double is Jakob's choice and if he can't win both because he doesn't have that same level of speed, can't recover enough between the 1500 final and 5000 heat, or some other reason, that is ultimately on him. I get that he wants to be in that ultra rarefied air and he has been just shy twice. But at some point he either needs to change his training to gain resilience to back to back hard days, get stronger, or just let that dream go because so far he is 0/3 on 1500/5000 double attempts.

I love the banter. It makes the sport more interesting. In the end every athlete will attempt to run with their own best chance for success as the primary goal. Should be an interesting 1500m final in Paris. There may be others who have a day in how it plays out

He does not have the right to talk. Where was he in 2021? Not on the podium and he's unlikely to be on the podium in Paris. That's my entire point. It's been months since that race and this guy is trashing someone when he should shut his mouth. You EARN the right to talk when you show you're the among the best in the world and not a flash in the pan. What did Wightman do? Not talk trash because he knows he capitalized on a good day and that good day was likely not going to happen again. What I'm saying is true regardless of anything that happens, Kerr could dominate the next 5 years and it is still true. One win doesn't give you the right to drag someone else publicly ESPECIALLY when every single thing he's criticizing Jakob about applies to him probably tenfold. Yes men give me a break. The Brooks Beasts are gonna tell Kerr what to do? Who else is even on their team?

Like I said before anyone that beats this guy in the final should just come out and say they kicked his behind and he ran like garbage. That's what he deserves, you don't talk out the side of your mouth when you're like 1-12 against someone.

Oh and one more thing a guy like him will say some BS like "I beat him when it counted". Dude there have been plenty of equally important races and you didn't beat him in any of those. Not even close. People were SHOCKED that he earned a bronze medal and no one thought he was capable of running that fast including his own mother probably. Look at how proud he was when he won that medal, he was not close to winning and the two people ahead of him never had a bad word to say about him.

Komens 3k record is the impressive one, but Jakobs 2 mile is probably better than that one now.

It took a small amount at best. I think people overreacted to it because they are insecure in a way. If Kerr was so worried about people dismissing the victory he would’ve been champing at the bit to face Jakob again. Instead, a lot of passive-aggressiveness and anger that Jakob didn’t pretend like everything was alright in the moment. I’ll take honesty, as long as it’s not disrespectful. “Next guy” comment was fine to me, if Jakob faltered Kerr was the guy to emerge. He didn’t say Kerr was a fraud/fake champion or anything like that. That’d be crossing a line. I understand Kerr’s desire to be the underdog and convincing himself Jakob is an egomaniac, arrogant and insecure seems to be his psychological ploy. In reality, Kerr has his own weaknesses and limitations that he should work on if he wants to accomplish what Jakob wants to. There’ll be increased competition to run on Jakobs shoulder, and guys like Nuguse/Reynold/Laros are coming.

He won bronze in 2021 definitely on the podium.

Doesn't really matter. Jakob currently struggles heavily with injuries, and also seems very affected by the police investigation of Gjert. Would not be surprised if the entire 2024 season gets ruined.