Nykie ..Yuck ? barf ? ... what is your job there at nykie and do they provide knee pads..?!
Nykie ..Yuck ? barf ? ... what is your job there at nykie and do they provide knee pads..?!
It worked for Snell...and Malmo.
This is a broad step in logic for you so I'll be patient I only ask that you make an effort.
1 Rupp is capable, how is he capable?
2 your story, in spite of being really interesting, is really unbelievable. You had 3 tests and you Essentially stayed up 3 nights while 3 mice fought over who got to nibble off the bottom 3rd of your labia. Like I said interesting. But kind of reaching.
My point is simple and trite and unromantic, if it's to good to be true it probably is. Rupp is not a super athlete, in fact he's not even that talented
Iagmflttt wrote:
Galen just has no class. None. He waits over 72 hours to release a phony statement. What a loser.
Stop it. Get some help.
Come on now.
Ethos, Pathos,Logos.
If you are going to be credible as someone who is more than just a Rupp-Naysayer, then you need to give me a Logos argument.
By bifurcation of my true story, you are drifting dangerously into the pathos that kills your own argument.
In other words, you are parsing my argument about Rupp, but you have given me nothing in the way of solid evidence that my responses are illogical or that your refutation is, in fact, logical.
You have also given no evidence of anyone 's usage of several to validate your claim.
As a result of the fallacies in your premises, I have to determine that your argument is neither cohesive nor congruent nor valid.
This earns another point for Rupp.
Care to actually try next time?
Small correction re: autocorrect
Several= adderall
Gee whiz wrote:
For crying out loud. It’s a perfectly gracious, timely, and succinct statement, yet you people are tearing him apart over it. I think some of you are actually psychotic.
They are trained to hate palefaces, even though they themselves are of the same group. If this statement were coming from any Kenyan or anyone but a paleface these same freaks would be fretting over the runner's condition, begging to help him out lol. Not a one is smart enough to ask who taught them to think and act this way.
Best,
Noel Ignatiev
Bullet_Proof wrote:
MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:
As I've said numerous times on these boards, nothing Rupp does will please the haters.
If we wins a race, the haters will claim the field wasn't deep and/or the time was "slow"
If he doesn't win, well, he can't run fast and/or against competition
He finishes Boston on a horrific day weather-wise..feeling like crap/hypothermic and death slogs it to the finish.. places 10th and he gets killed on the boards
He drops out of Boston(of which all elites do) and he's not mentally tough and gets killed on the boards
Hell, I firmly believe that if Rupp won London this year, against this field AND set the WR, the haters would STILL have something bad to say.
Just stop.
+1 Great Post.
Yes, a wonderful post. The haters are still seething over Rupp having two Olympic medals.
Stoppit Smith wrote:
Come on now.
Ethos, Pathos,Logos.
If you are going to be credible as someone who is more than just a Rupp-Naysayer, then you need to give me a Logos argument.
By bifurcation of my true story, you are drifting dangerously into the pathos that kills your own argument.
In other words, you are parsing my argument about Rupp, but you have given me nothing in the way of solid evidence that my responses are illogical or that your refutation is, in fact, logical.
You have also given no evidence of anyone 's usage of several to validate your claim.
As a result of the fallacies in your premises, I have to determine that your argument is neither cohesive nor congruent nor valid.
This earns another point for Rupp.
Care to actually try next time?
Not if I have to try as hard as you
U R Right wrote:
Gee whiz wrote:
For crying out loud. It’s a perfectly gracious, timely, and succinct statement, yet you people are tearing him apart over it. I think some of you are actually psychotic.
They are trained to hate palefaces, even though they themselves are of the same group. If this statement were coming from any Kenyan or anyone but a paleface these same freaks would be fretting over the runner's condition, begging to help him out lol. Not a one is smart enough to ask who taught them to think and act this way.
Best,
Noel Ignatiev
Noel,
From the looks of your name you are Slavic, your people have a long history of oppressive and dogmatic governments, we know who taught you how to think
He doesn't owe you or anyone else a statement justifying his dropping out, just as you don't owe me one should you drop out of a race. Get a life.
cometviking wrote:
He doesn't owe you or anyone else a statement justifying his dropping out, just as you don't owe me one should you drop out of a race. Get a life.
Of course Galen owes me no statement. I don’t care about Galen Rupp. As somebody who is significantly smarter than you or Galen, neither one of you interests me. I simply onserve what a socially inept and immature little boy that Galen still is after all these years. Galen cheats because he does not like to lose. I might add that Alberto has indicated that he thinks it is reasonable to cheat if you want to be one of the best runners in the world. Alberto said he thought it was necessary. Alberto has admitted it. I do not entirely blame him, but Alberto appears to,be a sociopath and Galen appears to be his experiment gone awry.
Another reason to show no mercy to cheating Alberto and cheating Galen is that Alberto himself accused the top runners in the world of cheating back before he was coaching any of them. Alberto essentially said that the top runners were cheating and that to be one of them you had to cheat. Alberto coached Mary Slaney when she was busted for high testosterone and then later lied about being her coach at that time. Alberto has no moral compass and he has made Galen into somebody who finds it doubly painful to be cheating and then fail. I do feel sorry for Galen, and to a lesser extent, Alberto. They know what they have done.
Hardloper wrote:
"I'd also like to thank my homeboy rojo for believing in me and never giving up. I look forward to proudly representing the USA, my sponsor Nike, and my homeboy rojo in future competitions"
PLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEE TAKE ME BACK
I PRRRRRRRRRRROMMMMMMMISE I'LL CHANGE THIS TIME
Ritz Crackers wrote:
Gee whiz wrote:
He probably didn’t mention Yuki or Des by name because he doesn’t have a personal relationship with either. They’re just competitors to him. Honestly, I think to mention them by name would suggest a closeness that almost certainly isn’t actually there.
Not to mention just days before Desi had slammed a former teammate of Rupp's just for having a historical connection to him.
Yet Ritz congratulated Desi by name and said the win was much-deserved and earned.
I don't have a problem with Rupp's statement, but it's just generic and impersonal. Considering he didn't talk to any media after, if I were his PR person, I would've made that Instagram statement more heartfelt, with an image of himself with his bandit mask on. Saying the conditions were brutal, and even his wardrobe choices did not help. That he wanted to thank all the medical staff and volunteers because it was freaking cold and he was hypothermic, pay homage to Desi and Yuki who have huge hearts and stamina, and to all the runners who did finish, a job well done. And a thanks to the fans for standing out there in the wind and rain. He'll be back!
He seemed pretty cheerful and chatty in interviews before the race. I wonder if he really is a sullen type after he loses, or Al Sal just makes him return back to the incubator.
Encore!
‘My running sucks. I have asthma. I want to cry.’
Hahahaha
Rupp was a brain doping device before the race while reading a poem that said “I will not drop out if it gets cold.”
It's amazing how little fan support Rupp enjoys despite his considerable accomplishments, even allowing for the fact that no one cares about distance running. To almost everyone I know, he is either hated or unknown. A lot of his haters don't like him because they don't like Salazar and never have, but it doesn't help that he has the charisma of wet cardboard.
Anyone who says "It's his job to run, he's a professional athlete" is being willfully obtuse. This assertion carries an inherent contradiction. To maximize his value as a pro athlete, Rupp should be doing a little more than he does. But to maximize his value as a runner, to Nike, he needs to be kept on PR lockdown.
If he had Meb;s personality he'd be as close to a rock star as it gets in the world of distance running in the U.S. Instead, he reminds everyone of sad 80s stereotypes about guys who run: geeky, awkward in looks and deed, hesitant. It's too bad -- but so is the fact that he runs for an obviously dirty outfit.