Should Simone Biles voluntarily go home?

Should Simone Biles voluntarily go home? Jul 29, 2021 18:52:45 GMT Rey Kahuka likes this

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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jul 29, 2021 18:52:45 GMT

Jul 29, 2021 18:23:41 GMT Rey Kahuka said:

Jul 29, 2021 17:41:49 GMT TheGoodMan19 said:

I'm as guilty as anyone else of this. But we all sit in our comfy chairs, clutching the remote and think we can do better. "I wouldn't have swung at that ball in the dirt. I wouldn't have thrown that Pick Six. I would have drained that three pointer.". And we judge the pressures in our lives against athletes. Not a damned one of us have the weight of the expectations of an entire nation on us. I don' have hundreds of microphones pointed at me and I don't have ESPN spending hours analyzing how I'm going to so my job. Biles had a lot more going on than one bad routine. I'm sure she thought the US team was better off without her. If she had competed and turned in performances that I would have done, would that have cost the US a silver medal?

Not directing this at you, Rey. Just at the ones who are crucifying her as a "quitter"

Yeah I completely agree that we're all armchair QBs when it comes to this stuff. I couldn't do what she can do, I think that's why I was so shocked at what happened. An up and coming phenom getting the yips on the big stage makes more sense than Simone Biles. Nerves happen to the best of us, I was just stunned that her reaction was to simply tap out. I was more disappointed that the narrative became about 'mental health,' and now nobody is allowed to criticize a poor showing or a questionable decision ever again. Some critics take it too far, but it's fair to question the decision not to continue.

Since this story broke I've been one of the more vocal posters in expressing my disappointment, but I've also gone out of my way to say she doesn't owe us anything and her accomplishments speak for themselves. You also have to consider her history with the abusive pervert coach, she has some baggage she's been carrying a long time; I guess this is when it unfortunately became too much to handle anymore. Personally, I don't like the fact that she gave up, but there's much more to the story in this case.

I don't get it, but I don't have to. Rick Ankiel was a pitcher until he wasn't anymore. You can't explain this stuff.

We judge athletes on just what we see on TV or in the stadium. And we judge my their money. "Boy, if I made $20,000,000 a year, I wouldn't act like ________ ." Most of have no clue how money and fame would affect us. I remember reading about Josh Hamilton. He got hurt in 2001 in a car wreck. The Rays told him just to take it easy while he rehabbed once a week. So you have a 19 year old kid in Florida with unlimited time and nearly unlimited money. At 19, I didn't say "no" to a lot of temptations and I didn't have a $3,000,000 signing bonus. I probably would have gone down the same road as he did. Dwight Gooden said he seen a lot of similarities between his life and rock stars. If he went to a party and didn't do drugs, people thought him to be an arrogant asshole. Then there's the media. The constant idiotic questions "You just lost the Super Bowl. How do you feel?" Really? Tell a reporter that he asks dopey questions and they murder you in print. It's old tales how the writers heaped pressure on DiMaggio when he was on the hit streak and Roger Maris when he was chasing Ruth's 60 homers. All that before the internet, 24 hour sports networks etc.

And I'n not saying athletes should get a free pass. I have no patience for Pete Rose. One way and one way only to be perma-banned from baseball and he did it. If you belong to a club with one rule and you break it, well boo fucking hoo. Also with athletes who get a shot at the big time and piss it away with a shitty attitude. Many quarterbacks are examples, Art Schlichter, JaMarcus Russell, Johnny "Football".