Overheard at Lem's

 

 NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...

Can Of Cheese for Hunter said...

but now we jump into 2 camps. Those who have compassion for her and those who do not.

It's not that people don't have any compassion for her, it's that we know how this is going to go once the Olympics is over. We're going to hear again and again how she's a victim and we're going to hear again and again how she's the Greatest Of All Time and how we're not worthy of her, etc., etc., etc. What bullshit! She choked; she doesn't need to be branded a failure forever, but she doesn't deserve a complete pass for her decision.

I wonder if all those people who want to wring their hands over Simone Biles would be as compassionate when their toilet is spewing sewage all over the place, but the plumber just can't come out today because he's not in the right headspace. Ya think?

I think that is exactly right. She choked. It happens. I have seen it hundreds of time in sports. Its understandable. The pressure is overwhelming. It doesn't say anything about your character. You can be the best person and the world and choke all time. You can be a complete scumbag and hit the shot to win the game every time. I remember Christian Laetner who was one of the biggest pieces of shit to ever play would always hit the shot to win the game. Reggie Miller too! Then you had great guys like Alan Houston or Hubert Davis who could never come through in the clutch. Choking is just part of competition. It's the champions who choke and then come back and win later that are the real pros.

I heard an interesting theory. Everyone is cutting her a break because she claims she was abused by that scumbag doctor who touched all of these other girls. It seems most of his depredations happened before she came on the scene. Even the doctors mother who denounced him thinks she was not involved as the time line doesn't fit. An investigative journalist was about to start asking questions about this and she just blew it all up. Now all anyone will talk about is how she quit. She is getting tons of sympathy and support and everything else is being washed away. So her claiming victim status will be cemented and she will not be questioned about anything at all basically.

These gym girls and the ice skaters follow a pattern. It is always a new girl who has never been in the Olympics who blows them all away and wins everything. They are just naïve and don't understand about the pressure and just perform and win without thinking. It is when they come back the next time and try to repeat it that they lose it. You see it time and again.

I never liked the Olympics because I don't consider it a real sport unless you can bet on it and the bookies never took action on it back in the day. So I don't follow it and would be happy if they stopped doing it. It has become so political and woke that it is best if it fades away. I hope this fiasco helps send it in the dumper and this all overblown circus just goes away forever.