Jon Drummond - an embarrassment

[Guest]

Jon Drummond actions were an embarrassment to himself, his family and the United States. Jon Drummond's track and field will no longer be defined by gold medals but only by his buffoon like behavior at the Olympics and now at the track meet this past weekend overseas.

Jon Drummond? Oh yes, isn't he the stupid idiot who layed down on the track and delayed the event for over 40 minutes? Jon Drummond? Oh say, isn't he the clown who acted like an airhead with four other team mates at the Olympics.

Drummond failed to pick up even one financial advertisment endorsement after the Olympics. He won't pick up any now either. He is too old to even compete again to try to regain any kind of credibility. What a waste of a man and his so-called track fame.

[Guest]

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"isn't he the stupid idiot who layed down on the track"

And you are the stupid idiot that can't even spell a third grade word like laid. And it's not a typo; you really think it's spelled that way. Do you see my point? Stop judging someone you know NOTHING about. You are the embarrassment here.

[Guest]

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And the word was supposed to be lay, the past tense of lie. But obviously you are not that well educated.

[michael lewis]

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Spelling bees aside, Drummond's behaviour will be what he's remembered for, unfortunately. C'est la vie!

[Randy Treadway]

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When you don't agree with somebody emotionally but don't have any fact-based analytical argument to bring to bear, attack the spelling.

"Idiot Guide to Debate", page 72, paragraph 13.

[Randy Treadway]

Re: Jon Drummond - an embarrassment

Addendum to Paragraph 13:

1. Attack the opposing debater personally. Keep the focus off the core issue.
2. Resort to the most off color language you can think of, to try to entice the opposing debator off of their factual analysis and into the same emotional response that you've already resorted to.

[Guest]

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Actually, I would have forgotten about it by now if idiots like you wouldn't keep on bitching

[Randy Treadway]

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Addendum, paragraph 1.

[Guest]

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Randy, I am very surprised you totally missed the point of my post. I have come to expect a little more from you. It's about judging others, especially when you know nothing about their motivations. I was being ironic. My attack on him for his errors was part of my point. Get it now? Of course we were all disappointed in JD's behvior; that goes without saying. But when you feel the need to attack him in public, then I have a problem. I would have thought you 'got' that.

[Guest]

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To be honest, I like John Drummond. Jon's been doing muscle poses for years, but no one criticized until Sydney. Personally, I did NOT find fault with the Sydney incident. The relay team was just clowning around (yes, I know, it was with flags), but were just having fun after victory.

However, I do disagree with Jon's actions in Paris. Lying down on the track did hold up the runners. That's the only issue with Drummond that I have.

Other than Paris, I find no fault with Drummond's actions. Maybe the conservativism with us fans (too tight!) is the reason why no one watches the sport. Go figure! Peace.

[Guest]

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I agree with Dr. Brown completely. I'm not sure what meets some of you have been watching over the past few years, but Drummond basically acts a fool to one degree or another at every single meet in which he's involved. All the posing, posturing, yelling, and mugging have grown extremely tiresome, are disrespectful of other competitors, and in very poor taste. Any "charm" this act may have once had has worn off long long ago. But he continues to do this kind of stuff so consistently and insistently that it is almost sure to get out of hand sometimes, and it has done so, as both the most recent incident and the Sydney foolishness shows.

To say that we don't know anything about him and can't judge him is IMO more than a bit silly, since he is a public figure and has taken these actions in the public eye as a representative of our country. It isn't like he was having a fight with his family inside his home or something, he was acting like a total baby in the middle of an international event being watched by thousands in the stadium and millions on TV (although not us here in the U.S., of course -- thanks ESPN & USATF).

Now that Drummond is 34 and not 24, actions like these makes the so-called "clown prince of T&F" look like nothing much more than an overly attention-hungry immature just plain clown.

[Guest]

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You can blame HSI was some of this. If you ever hear their interviews, they are all about putting on a show and 'entertaining' the fans. They are encouraged to have personalities, because that plays better in the media. Who got ALL the press that day? Drummond. As they say in Hollywood, there's no such thing as BAD publicity. He WILL be invited to more meets than his times warrant, won't he? The fans in Paris were on HIS side, weren't they? Poor JD, he can bank (literally) on the fact that his antics got him attention. Yes, he didn't want to get kicked out of the WC - that wasn't in the plan - but he'll be fine. I bet he leads off the Oly 4x1 team next year.

[Guest]

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Dr. Brown and Al in NYC, well said.

Drummond's routine is a tired act and his antics have always far outweighed his actual running performance.

It is time for him to either:

a. get serious and actually try to do something with his few remaining years in track or

b. retire

[Guest]

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As should you No Name.

[Randy Treadway]

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Addendum, paragraph 1.