Originally Posted by
Gunny
I honestly don't care if he's straight or not. He's always negative. If I could do half that stuff I'd stick a finger in his face. He is a jerk. First class. I'm just sick of listening to him.
And I got medals too. Doesn't mean I can't appreciate the art. Y'all might think I'm harsh, but I never criticized my troops like that. You build people up. You don't tear them down.
I hate commentators like that. I do not care if he won medals or not. Living in the past on previous
glory and cutting down the present athlete is bullshit. That is one reason I do not care much for NFL announcers that
keep harping back to "When I Played"...Joe Theisman for one - good player, very good, but lousy announcer.
As a Phys Ed (and English) Major, I found gymnastics to be very much as hard as wrestling
and admired those that were good at it. Purely superb conditioning for those folks.
I never hear Mary Lou Retton cutting down to present performers. I met her when she was still
a tyke. Her uncle was the basketball coach at our college, Joe Retton.
That little lady made us jocks look like a "stumbling, bumbling, band of baboons"
(To quote Prof McGonagle in Harry Potter) in all aspects of gymnastics.
Never hear her say a cross word towards others.
Last edited by Elessar; 08-03-2016 at 01:36 PM.
I have lost my mind. If found, please give it a snack and return it?
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same of others"...John Wayne in "The Shootist"
A Deplorable!