U.S.mens 4x1: What do we do NOW?

[bman]

Return of the Gat. Return of the X man.

I just went ahead and said what we all were thinking.

[jpaule]

Before we do anything, we need more time to vent!

[speeddevelopment]

Unfortunetaly, regardless of the personnel on the 4 X100, if they don't get enough repetitions with the exchanges; the U.S. won't make it threw the rounds in Berlin.

What do you consider enough repetitions?

A national relay team needs continuity and consistant practice , similar to a college team. Sure the logistics of getting the nations fastest runners together often enough would be a challenge, but it would take that kind of commitment to get back on track. The Dream team and the Redeem team come to mind as possible parallels.

[RamGoat]

"What do we do now?!!!!"

Pack your bags and get some rest for the plane trip. :lol:

[Charley Shaffer]

"What do we do now?"

How about not using the same old relay coach(es), and not putting runners with 2 previous baton mishaps onto future relay teams?

Just an idea.

[texas_speed]

US Men's 4x1 finalized:

Gay, Rodgers, Patton, Spearmon, Crawford, Trammell

No Rocket Rae. No Padgett.

Rae is NOT HAPPY!!!!

NOT AT ALL...and he made it known.

[justblaze1011]

US Men's 4x1 finalized:

Gay, Rodgers, Patton, Spearmon, Crawford, Trammell

No Rocket Rae. No Padgett.

Rae is NOT HAPPY!!!!

[TrainerPhil]

US Men's 4x1:

Gay, Rodgers, Patton, Spearmon, Crawford, Trammell

No Rocket Rae. No Padgett.

Yeah, this is the 6 I expected......

[texas_speed]

US Men's 4x1 finalized:

Gay, Rodgers, Patton, Spearmon, Crawford, Trammell

No Rocket Rae. No Padgett.

[TrainerPhil]

And once again MVP and the JAAA are out of sorts as just like Beijing asafa has not reported for the mandatory camp, and of course his agent is saying he was not notified of the camp being mandatory :roll: :roll: ....UUUUUUMMMMM how long have you been an agent and how long now has Asafa been representing Jamaica...Tsk Tsk now...at least come up with a better ego...I swear the ego in tht camp is just bigger than Gene Simmonds nuts :evil:

Jeapers.Asafa's only shot at gold is in the relay. You figured he would take that a little more seriously.

[Tammy_Baby]

And once again MVP and the JAAA are out of sorts as just like Beijing asafa has not reported for the mandatory camp, and of course his agent is saying he was not notified of the camp being mandatory :roll: :roll: ....UUUUUUMMMMM how long have you been an agent and how long now has Asafa been representing Jamaica...Tsk Tsk now...at least come up with a better excuse...I swear the ego in tht camp is just bigger than Gene Simmonds nuts :evil:

[scratchman]

Re: Men's 4x100

If you could name the 8 guys for your 4 x100 pool, this includes guys who are currently injured. However lets say they were all healthy. Who would the 8 Americans be and who would the 8 Jamaicans be?
My American team would be : Tyson Gay, Walter Dix, Wallace Spearmon, Darvis Patton, Xavier Carter, Michael Rodgers, Shawn Crawford , and Ivory Williams. I just don't trust Edwards or Padgett for some reason.
My Jamaican team would be : Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake, Steve Mullings, Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Marvin Anderson, and Dwight Thomas. Who would your relay pools be, if all were healthy.

XAVIER CARTER?!?!?!?!?!?
What????
You cant seriously think that X belongs there over Padgett or Edwards, two guys who've been consistently running with the others on relays all season. Not to mention, Xman is shot. I hate to say it that way because he's a tremendous talent and we hope he breaks through at some point. But I wouldnt trust him over Pad/Rae at this juncture. If X had put together an entier season where he improved and stayed injury-free, AND run a few 4x1's with those guys, I'd be all for it. In fact, did you see Rae at the Texas Relays??
One of the most spectacular anchor rundowns EVER. And Padgett ran 2nd on that Penn Relays 4x1 that SLAUGHTERD Jamaica and set a meet record- 37.92. ...Wouldnt be wise to count them out.

[ATK]

Re: Men's 4x100

If you could name the 8 guys for your 4 x100 pool, this includes guys who are currently injured. However lets say they were all healthy. Who would the 8 Americans be and who would the 8 Jamaicans be?
My American team would be : Tyson Gay, Walter Dix, Wallace Spearmon, Darvis Patton, Xavier Carter, Michael Rodgers, Shawn Crawford , and Ivory Williams. I just don't trust Edwards or Padgett for some reason.
My Jamaican team would be : Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake, Steve Mullings, Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Marvin Anderson, and Dwight Thomas. Who would your relay pools be, if all were healthy.

Carter? for the 400m relay? would you really trust him over that distance now?

[toyracer]

I'm just not buying what Powell's agent is selling.

I agree. An ankle that badly hurt takes a long time to get back to 100%, if it ever does.

[TrainerPhil]

Here we go again. More positive stuff out of Asafa's camp.

http://www.world-track.org/?p=3591

"Jamaican World bronze medallist Asafa Powell has fully recovered from the ankle injury that sidelined him for several weeks and is now ready to challenge for the gold medal in Berlin.Speaking on HITZ92FM radio station, Powell’s agent Paul Doyle said things were heading in the right direction for the former world record holder."His (Powell) ankle which caused him to lose several weeks of training is a thing of the past," Doyle said. He’s now 100-percent healthy. "He had a little bit of hamstring tightness a few weeks ago from the heavy training he was doing but that has also subsided."

I'm just not buying what Powell's agent is selling. At this point I think I'm going to take a wait and see approach. And even if he breezes through the rounds like he did in Beijing last year I'm still going to wait until AFTER the finals. He has disappointed far too often for me to take his word that he is ready.