Posted on 02/25/2006 11:12:09 AM PST by saquin
Feb. 23, 2006 - Four months ago, Bode Miller sat across from me in the bar of a New York City hotel and shared his idea of what a perfect two weeks in Torino would look like. “For me,” he said, “the ideal Olympics would be to go in with all that pressure, all that attention and have performances that are literally tear-jerking, that make people put their heads down because they’re embarrassed at how emotional they’re getting, that make people want to try sports, talk to their kids, call their f---ing ex-wives—and come away with no medals. I think that would be epic. That would be the perfect thing.”
In one respect, at least, Miller might get his wish. He’ll very likely come away from these Olympics with no medals. He has one event remaining, Saturday’s slalom, and fortunately for his dream of going home medal-free, it’s the alpine discipline that has vexed him the most of late. He has finished a slalom race only twice in seven World Cup tries this season. As for the rest of Bode’s Olympic dream, his performance here, both on and off the mountain, has often been tear-jerking and occasionally embarrassing, but not for the reasons Miller had hoped.
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Nevertheless, he decided to come to Torino. And before he got on the plane, he told anyone who would listen that he was going to show us something about sports and sportsmanship. Instead, we saw a perfect embodiment of the tarnished Olympics that he claims to despise. Most people who have watched these Olympics will come away from them thinking much as they always have about sports, and thinking much less of Bode Miller. Which means that, by Bode’s own standard, he blew it.
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The Ugly American comes home to bite back.
Let's get drunk and try to ski.
He is such an idiot. He should lose all of his sponsors.
I'm SO deeply saddened for the a--wipe.
Soon to be a backwater ski instructor at a slope near you...
"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life." Dean Wormer, Faber College.
I think more truthfully, we hate brash losers who give the appearance they're not even trying to win.
To me, Bode MIller typifies this attitude.
He has proven to be a self-absorbed baby. Too bad. For some reason, US male skiers have had that problem for a while.
Celebrity worship is pathetic, and the marketers got what they deserved -- nuttin`.
Only occasionally does an athlete rise to the level of a sportsman worthy of admiration.
Yep, Bode's a loser.
All he has is his beer to comfort him now.
What a disgrace!
Would anyone like to start a pool about when he goes into alcohol/drug abuse treatment, comes out to be on the Oprah show and mounts an unsuccessful comeback only to fail and become a part-time TV commentator?
SESTRIERE, Italy -- Unbent, unbowed and ultimately unsuccessful, Bode Miller said in an interview Saturday he is skiing away from these Olympics on his own terms - content without any medals and impressed by the local nightlife.
"I just did it my way. I'm not a martyr, and I'm not a do-gooder. I just want to go out and rock. And man, I rocked here," Miller said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press soon after he skidded off the slalom course in his fifth and final race, completing an 0-for-the-Olympics.
Yeah, this is the kind of happy-go-lucky loser I want competing with my flag on his uniform. Does he have a shred of pride?
He choked today too.
Miller should go see Bill Johnson in his trailer.
The life of another drunk, partying fool.
At least, Johnson got a gold medal.
Indeed he didn't medal-- took out a gate within a few seconds on that last event. His repeated mistakes of this nature betray the fact that no amount of talent can overcome a total lack of discipline.
It's truly sad that this loser (a real "no-bode") displaced someone with similar talents who might have actually given a damn.
I bet he already has. hee hee
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