My thoughts on Jon Drummond

[Larry]

I met with Jon Drummond last week and I gotta say it, he is one swell guy! A real guy's guy. The life of the party kinda guy. He really is one heck of a super swell guy!

[guru]

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And what IS the website for the Jon Drummond fan club, Larry?

[day job]

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> I met with Jon Drummond last week and I gotta say it, he is one swell guy! A
> real guy's guy. The life of the party kinda guy. He really is one heck of a
> super swell guy!

Wow, whatta guy!

[exNLAC]

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I thought only Clark Kent used the word "swell" as an adjective!

[twittering debutante]

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Was Drummond pumping his guns and beating on his breasts as though he just slain the mightiest beast in the jungle? Was he using the American flag as a doo-rag or as a cocktail napkin? Or was he preening in front of a mirror, making sure all his eyebrow hairs were accounted for?

Has there ever been an athlete who was so mesmerized by his physical appearance? How track has managed to limp forward despite Drummond's huge absence this year is hard to understand.

It's just my opinion, but Jon Drummond seemed to be one of the most immature people ever to grace the track circuit. If everyone behaved as Drummond did, track would be as popular as curling is in Equatorial Guinea.

Party on, dude.

[WalkandJog]

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>>>>>>Was Drummond pumping his guns and beating on his breasts as though he just
>slain the mightiest beast in the jungle? Or was he using the American flag as a
>doo-rag or as a cocktail napkin? Or was he preening in front of a mirror,
>making sure all his eyebrow hairs were accounted for?


>>>It's just my opinion, but Jon Drummond seemed to be one of the
>most immature people ever to grace the track circuit. If everyone behaved as
>Drummond did, track would be as popular as curling is in Equatorial
>Guinea.>>>>

LOL!! ROFL!! I don't want to be a "hater" but I'm in agreement with twittering debutante. Drummond's behavior at the world championships ("I did not move!") was so atrocious that he made national/international headlines. Then he went on national television and made me cringe with his bumbling excuses.

Yet I can see how he could be fun and nice and cool in person. Being embarrassing in the media doesn't necessarily mean you're a jerk.

[jlightnin]

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Drummond's behavior at the world championships ("I did not move!") was so atrocious that he made national/international headlines. Then he went on national television and made me cringe with his bumbling excuses.
You said it right.I diagree with the start policy and the blocks in place, but that can be handled differently. Tha same as the drug rules in place now.

[RedPete]

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I met Jon Drummond during the 1996 Olympic Trials in Atlanta. Approachable, fun, funny guy. After he signed my meet-program he joked about his autograph never becoming worth anything. Seemed like the always-clowning type, even "offstage".


But regardless of his personality, isn't it amazing/lucky how many U.S. Olympic and/or World Championship teams he's made despite rarely running much faster than 9.99?! I think he was on nearly every team from the 1993 comb-in-his-hair 4x100 WR, to the aformentioned "I didn't move" episode of 2003.

Of course we should be happy for him since he's obviously clean. Whereas that damn Montgomery almost-never broke 10 seconds until suddenly in 2001 & 2002. Oops--wrong board.

[day job]

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> Of course we should be happy for him since he's obviously clean. Whereas that damn Montgomery
> almost-never broke 10 seconds until suddenly in 2001 & 2002. Oops--wrong board.

So now we should be happy about boneheads like Drummond and (my personal un-favorite clown) Bernard Williams because they have yet to fail a test? While not at the same level as the druggies, these two pretentious idiots are bad for the sport.

[Thor]

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So now we should be happy about boneheads like Drummond
>and (my personal un-favorite clown) Bernard Williams because they have yet to
>fail a test? While not at the same level as the druggies, these two
>pretentious idiots are bad for the sport.


Getting a day job was as far as you ever made it, wasn't it?

[tafnut]

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Contrarian alert! I liked Jon Drummond. He got shafted last year at the WC's since he did NOT false start. Sure he acted like a ninny - but his whole year's training was going down the tubes right then. We pitch fits in our own way. When YOU lose your temper, how attractive are you? Would you like that televised to the world, for everyone to comment on YOUR behavior? We can ALL look likes asses sometimes. He was just unlucky enough to do it on a world stage (which we will NEVER even put ourselves in a position to be). Same with B Williams. His role models are the the other American sports stars, who are beloved for their antics. Michael Jordan and his tongue wags and finger waves, etc. Let's have a little thanks for all the great relay legs JD ran to big wins.


Thank you - you may now resume your bitching.

[day job]

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> Getting a day job was as far as you ever made it, wasn't it?

Thor,

I guess I have been insulted in some specious, obtuse way. While admittedly my day job is not exactly as plush as being the God of Thunder, please allow me to offer a brief explanation as to why I have the temerity to hold down a day job.

1. In my day (the ‘Sonny’ is implied) the very best in T&F made no money at it. Even the major league baseball players held down winter jobs to make ends meet.

2. When I was at the very top of my T&F game, to say that I was mediocre would have been a complement.

3. The day job pays the bills.

Maybe you can give me a few tips on how to get into the God of Thunder game.

[warp 11]

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a real jerk, but the best 4x100 leadoff leg I've ever seen.

[tafnut]

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"Even the major league baseball players held down winter jobs"

wow - we're talking pre-1950's ML baseball. The Major League Baseball Players Association was formed in 1954, which took care of most of the pay inequities. You should have retired long ago.

[day job]

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> wow - we're talking pre-1950's ML baseball. The Major League Baseball Players Association
> was formed in 1954, which took care of most of the pay inequities.


Nah, a bit later than that. Up until free agency many ballplayers worked second jobs. We have become used to the fact that even benchwarmers get paid millions. I remember a Sport magazine issue in 1970 that had a cover story about every pro athlete (not just baseball players) that made at least $100,000 a year. They had the picture of every one of these folks on the front cover – it was about 12 or 16 total. Things have changed . . .