Classyposter58
Posts: 6,321
Feb 19, 2014 9:49pm
He's overrated because they talk about him like some superstar, Ligety is way betterlike_that;1582556 wrote:"Ha ha," he is the oldest skier to ever win a medal, but yeah very overrated...
Also since when does going to 6 Olympics make you overrated? Logic fail. You never fail to bring the lulz.
Automatik
Posts: 14,632
Feb 19, 2014 9:59pm
The Olympics are not your forte.Classyposter58;1582528 wrote:Bode Miller
like_that
Posts: 26,625
Feb 19, 2014 10:04pm
He also has 5 world medals (4 gold), and 2 overall World Cup titles (ligety has 0, but I'm not even arguing who is better between the two).Classyposter58;1582568 wrote:He's overrated because they talk about him like some superstar, Ligety is way better
Do you even know what overrated means? Let me help you. Typically people who are overrated receive a lot of hype/praise/attention for their alleged ability and have nothing to really to show for it. An example of this would be Matt stafford. We hear how good he is, but he only has 2 wins in his career (about 25 losses) to teams with over .500 records.
Bode miller has been putting up champion level results his whole career. Just stop. Also, I am willing to bet you had no idea who ligety was before he won gold a couple days ago, considering you were about 10 years old the last time he won a gold medal.
Automatik
Posts: 14,632
Feb 19, 2014 10:09pm
"Most decorated alpine skier in US history"
Straight from Bob Costas' mouth. :laugh:
Straight from Bob Costas' mouth. :laugh:
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Tiernan
Posts: 13,021
Feb 19, 2014 10:18pm
Now Danica Patrick is by far the most overrated athlete...if you consider those rednecks who race NASCAR to be athletes.
Lovejoy1984
Posts: 5,277
Feb 19, 2014 10:36pm
True....definite toss up between Lolo and Danica.Tiernan;1582581 wrote:Now Danica Patrick is by far the most overrated athlete...if you consider those rednecks who race NASCAR to be athletes.
TedSheckler
Posts: 3,974
Feb 20, 2014 5:36am
wut?Classyposter58;1582528 wrote:Bode Miller
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queencitybuckeye
Posts: 7,117
Feb 20, 2014 6:05am
You're actually trying to use his being in his sixth Olympics as a negative?Classyposter58;1582548 wrote:Haha he's also in his 6th Olympics. Like he's either on or off, just look at his first slalom run, absolutely horrible
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vball10set
Posts: 24,795
Feb 20, 2014 7:23am
Classyposter58;1582568 wrote:He's overrated because they talk about him like some superstar, Ligety is way better
repslike_that;1582576 wrote:He also has 5 world medals (4 gold), and 2 overall World Cup titles (ligety has 0, but I'm not even arguing who is better between the two).
Do you even know what overrated means? Let me help you. Typically people who are overrated receive a lot of hype/praise/attention for their alleged ability and have nothing to really to show for it. An example of this would be Matt stafford. We hear how good he is, but he only has 2 wins in his career (about 25 losses) to teams with over .500 records.
Bode miller has been putting up champion level results his whole career. Just stop. Also, I am willing to bet you had no idea who ligety was before he won gold a couple days ago, considering you were about 10 years old the last time he won a gold medal.
Fab4Runner
Posts: 6,196
Feb 20, 2014 9:21am
He's also really sexy.like_that;1582576 wrote:He also has 5 world medals (4 gold), and 2 overall World Cup titles (ligety has 0, but I'm not even arguing who is better between the two).
Do you even know what overrated means? Let me help you. Typically people who are overrated receive a lot of hype/praise/attention for their alleged ability and have nothing to really to show for it. An example of this would be Matt stafford. We hear how good he is, but he only has 2 wins in his career (about 25 losses) to teams with over .500 records.
Bode miller has been putting up champion level results his whole career. Just stop. Also, I am willing to bet you had no idea who ligety was before he won gold a couple days ago, considering you were about 10 years old the last time he won a gold medal.
TedSheckler
Posts: 3,974
Feb 20, 2014 9:25am
I also heard he has a dead brother.
Fab4Runner
Posts: 6,196
Feb 20, 2014 9:42am
Sames. I wonder if he was sexy.TedSheckler;1582654 wrote:I also heard he has a dead brother.
Fab4Runner
Posts: 6,196
Feb 20, 2014 9:57am
Answer: Not really.
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Tiernan
Posts: 13,021
Feb 21, 2014 7:48am
Devils advocate has a dead brother too...oh wait no he doesn't.
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MontyBrunswick
Feb 21, 2014 7:50am
I actually lol'd at a Tiernan postTiernan;1583046 wrote:Devils advocate has a dead brother too...oh wait no he doesn't.
SnotBubbles
Posts: 4,492
Feb 21, 2014 12:02pm
I repped it.dlazz;1583047 wrote:I actually lol'd at a Tiernan post
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Sonofanump
Feb 21, 2014 2:48pm
So Ukraine won the gold in the woman's CC relay.
Too bad their country is a mess.
Too bad their country is a mess.
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Feb 22, 2014 8:45am
rmolin73
Posts: 4,278
Feb 22, 2014 9:22am
+1like_that;1582556 wrote:"Ha ha," he is the oldest skier to ever win a medal, but yeah very overrated...
Also since when does going to 6 Olympics make you overrated? Logic fail. You never fail to bring the lulz.
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friendfromlowry
Posts: 6,239
Feb 22, 2014 6:05pm
That guy literally has no idea what he's talking about. Perhaps in the Netherlands, speed skating is a big deal and the athletes there are highly recognized and famous. In America, after next week no one will remember or GAF what happened in the winter olympics, whether you did well or not.
Anyways, I'm glad they're ending soon. Ready for the return of network television. I've actually watched a fair share of it, but I can't get into events that I wouldn't recognize a good performance from a bad.
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Feb 22, 2014 6:12pm
It gets a little ridiculous after like the 6th virtually identical skiing event.friendfromlowry;1583417 wrote: I've actually watched a fair share of it, but I can't get into events that I wouldn't recognize a good performance from a bad.
Although I thought speed skating pursuit was pretty cool, but the relay not so much.
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friendfromlowry
Posts: 6,239
Feb 22, 2014 6:18pm
I watched something briefly last night (I think it was the pursuit, like you said) where it was skaters switching and then giving each other a push-off every couple laps. That was interesting. The other thing is I hate how NBC saves coverage for prime time when everything happened hours ago and you basically have to avoid television, Facebook, Twitter, etc. if you want to watch without knowing what happened.gut;1583421 wrote:It gets a little ridiculous after like the 6th virtually identical skiing event.
Although I thought speed skating pursuit was pretty cool, but the relay not so much.
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Feb 22, 2014 6:29pm
That was the relay. "Pursuit" is a 3-man time-trial where they take turns pulling at the front and then falling back to draft.friendfromlowry;1583422 wrote:...where it was skaters switching and then giving each other a push-off every couple laps.
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Feb 22, 2014 6:31pm
Bring back barrel jumping!!!
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cat_lover
Posts: 2,388
Feb 22, 2014 7:34pm
Reps!! Good idea. This could be the winter version of the long jump.gut;1583425 wrote:Bring back barrel jumping!!!