Comments on: My Twenty-Eight Point, Thirty Five Hundred Word Post-Olympic Breakdown http://outofthebubble.wordpress.com/2008/08/24/my-twenty-eight-point-thirty-five-hundred-word-post-olympic-breakdown/ Musings from the other side. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:36:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Beau http://outofthebubble.wordpress.com/2008/08/24/my-twenty-eight-point-thirty-five-hundred-word-post-olympic-breakdown/#comment-236 Beau Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:26:30 +0000 http://outofthebubble.wordpress.com/?p=112#comment-236 Nice work. I think that it's hard for the NBC to play up the competitive side of the Decathlon because those guys are so decent to one another. I missed most of the Olympics, but loved your summation. See you in Vancouver Nice work. I think that it’s hard for the NBC to play up the competitive side of the Decathlon because those guys are so decent to one another. I missed most of the Olympics, but loved your summation.

See you in Vancouver

]]> By: Mazzo http://outofthebubble.wordpress.com/2008/08/24/my-twenty-eight-point-thirty-five-hundred-word-post-olympic-breakdown/#comment-233 Mazzo Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:02:26 +0000 http://outofthebubble.wordpress.com/?p=112#comment-233 Before you really slam Stuczynski's coach, you might want to read what she says about what happened. http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/story/422032.html http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3548240 She's a grown woman and professional athlete, not come high school or college kid who needs only positive reinforcement. She's the boss and the coach works for her. Her coach did exactly what she demands of him; that's why she's the #2 all time female vaulter in history. Here's a couple quotes from her. “They’re hammering my coach. When you attack my coach, you attack me, too. Stuczynski said viewers weren’t aware she had initiated the conversation by asking Suhr what she had done wrong. Unlike Suhr, she wasn’t miked. “I went over and asked what happened,” she said. “He told me. That was the end of it. I was kind of upset with myself. I had four tries to make a bar and did the same thing four times. I’d done it at my last meet, too. I had promised myself going in not to lose a takeoff and slow down at the box and I did. For me it was frustrating. “What he said was true. In a way, it made me feel better. It wasn’t malicious. It was what I did wrong. It was actually a positive thing. He told me I’d won silver.” “I don’t ask for him to be a cheerleader,” Stuczynski said. “I don’t want him to carry pompoms and tell me I’m great when I’m not. That’s not the athlete I want to be. I don’t want the constant stroking of my ego. I want someone to be honest and fair. That wasn’t an attack, it wasn’t even criticism. It was the facts. That’s the way I took it. “People don’t understand this is my job,” she said. “I pay Rick to be my coach and to tell me what’s wrong. He tells me when I’m good and he tells me when I’m bad. I asked what I did wrong and he told me. I’m 26 years old. I can think for myself. I’m a strong girl. My parents raised me to be strong and I was not even remotely sad that night. Before you really slam Stuczynski’s coach, you might want to read what she says about what happened.

http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/story/422032.html

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3548240

She’s a grown woman and professional athlete, not come high school or college kid who needs only positive reinforcement. She’s the boss and the coach works for her. Her coach did exactly what she demands of him; that’s why she’s the #2 all time female vaulter in history. Here’s a couple quotes from her.

“They’re hammering my coach. When you attack my coach, you attack me, too.

Stuczynski said viewers weren’t aware she had initiated the conversation by asking Suhr what she had done wrong. Unlike Suhr, she wasn’t miked.

“I went over and asked what happened,” she said. “He told me. That was the end of it. I was kind of upset with myself. I had four tries to make a bar and did the same thing four times. I’d done it at my last meet, too. I had promised myself going in not to lose a takeoff and slow down at the box and I did. For me it was frustrating.

“What he said was true. In a way, it made me feel better. It wasn’t malicious. It was what I did wrong. It was actually a positive thing. He told me I’d won silver.”

“I don’t ask for him to be a cheerleader,” Stuczynski said. “I don’t want him to carry pompoms and tell me I’m great when I’m not. That’s not the athlete I want to be. I don’t want the constant stroking of my ego. I want someone to be honest and fair. That wasn’t an attack, it wasn’t even criticism. It was the facts. That’s the way I took it.

“People don’t understand this is my job,” she said. “I pay Rick to be my coach and to tell me what’s wrong. He tells me when I’m good and he tells me when I’m bad. I asked what I did wrong and he told me. I’m 26 years old. I can think for myself. I’m a strong girl. My parents raised me to be strong and I was not even remotely sad that night.

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