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re: Is it really that hard to hand off a baton?
Posted on 8/21/08 at 8:34 pm to Derby Tigah
Posted on 8/21/08 at 8:34 pm to Derby Tigah
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Tyson Gay might be the most overhyped Summer Olympics bust since the '04 Basketball team
I mean, he came to China to run and he pulled out of the 100 and never got to run the relay after dropping the baton.... definitely Gay
Well, he's still a little injured, probably, and it was kind of a "duo" effort on the baton drop.
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Posted on 8/21/08 at 8:37 pm to Catman88
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They are professional track athletes! I garantee they have made a few thousand baton exchanges in their lives. You are saying that a HS and College athlete should make less mistakes??
Absolutely that's what I'm saying. I know at my HS they would make far fewer mistakes because the 4 guy's scheduled to run the race would practice the handoff almost ever day as would alternates. In the Olympics we drop the baton and get embarrassed and questioned by NBC. Drop the baton at my HS and feel the wrath of coach Green
We also would get much smoother handoff's than any of these Olympic teams, our coach would get mad if someone slowed down too much.
Its not about the cumulative # of times you have taken handoff's, its about being in synch with the guy's you are running the relay with.
Posted on 8/21/08 at 8:37 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
There is no team unity with the US T&F runners. It is showing loud and clear right now.
Posted on 8/21/08 at 8:38 pm to H-Town Tiger
I was just messing around...
Posted on 8/21/08 at 8:39 pm to tylercsbn9
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There is no team unity with the US T&F runners. It is showing loud and clear right now.
Yep, excellent point. You could see it when they dropped the baton, too. They didn't console or talk to each other, or anything, they all just went their separate ways, pissed off. Shame, really.
Posted on 8/21/08 at 8:40 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
It is the me, me, me mentality that is present in today's US athletes. This will hopefully wake up the US T&F Federation and they will make changes in preparation for London.
This post was edited on 8/21/08 at 8:41 pm
Posted on 8/21/08 at 8:41 pm to H-Town Tiger
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We also would get much smoother handoff's than any of these Olympic teams, our coach would get mad if someone slowed down too much.
No shite. Even the successful handoffs look horrible. The Jamaican lead man nearly ran up the arse of his own second leg man.
Posted on 8/21/08 at 8:41 pm to tylercsbn9
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This will hopefully wake up the US T&F Federation and they will make changes in preparation for London.
Hopefully.
Posted on 8/21/08 at 8:49 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
what a disappointment. the LSU mens track team probably would've qualified.
Posted on 8/21/08 at 8:52 pm to lsu xman
so i guess tomorrow we're going to revisit the bolt vs phelps thread again. but this time bolt with the gold in 100m,200m,4x100
Posted on 8/21/08 at 8:55 pm to lsu xman
I'm really disappointed in Tyson Gay. It just wasn't his time with the injury, etc. Hope he can bounce back... gotta admire his attitude.
I have to say, though... U.S. T&F disappointed me period.
I have to say, though... U.S. T&F disappointed me period.
Posted on 8/21/08 at 8:57 pm to DC RaiseHerBack
is that you in signature?
Posted on 8/21/08 at 8:58 pm to tubucoco
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is that you in signature?
No... that is most definitely not my arse
Posted on 8/21/08 at 9:02 pm to DC RaiseHerBack
I was just gonna tell you i don't blame McFad for running that hard, cheers
Posted on 8/21/08 at 9:16 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
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Well, he's still a little injured, probably, and it was kind of a "duo" effort on the baton drop.
I just find it ironic this guy who was hyped as one of the world's fastest runners comes to the event of his life with all of this media hype and doesn't even really get to run
Posted on 8/21/08 at 9:36 pm to Derby Tigah
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I just find it ironic this guy who was hyped as one of the world's fastest runners comes to the event of his life with all of this media hype and doesn't even really get to run
I don't think he was hyped nearly as much as the WR holder, Bolt. He just never came back from the injury he sustained at the trials.
The reason he gets blamed for the botched handoff is because he skipped the practices in which the handoffs were worked on.
This post was edited on 8/21/08 at 9:59 pm
Posted on 8/22/08 at 4:42 pm to tylercsbn9
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John McDonnell was not the kind of guy they needed.
Posted on 8/22/08 at 5:58 pm to pioneerbasketball
It IS easy to handoff a baton.
It's only difficult if you don't care about it.
I ran track in high school for four years and rand dozens of track meets a year. I never saw anyone on my team drop a baton.
That was a pathetic display of relay running.
It's only difficult if you don't care about it.
I ran track in high school for four years and rand dozens of track meets a year. I never saw anyone on my team drop a baton.
That was a pathetic display of relay running.
Posted on 8/22/08 at 6:25 pm to tylercsbn9
...for Olympics level athletes?...Hell, no! ...these people lost concentration on the MOST BASIC FUNDAMENTAL in relay running - coached from friggin' High School ...these folks were thinking they had it ( gold) in the bag - automatic - and didn't prepare properly. Simple as that. Hey - no else dropped on any other team ....we did on BOTH teams...what does that kinda indicate... 
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