Posted on 02/15/2014 5:23:28 PM PST by cunning_fish
SOCHI, Russia. Shani Davis was bristling with frustration and trying to keep it in check, talking about how this Winter Olympics will haunt him for the rest of his life. Brian Hansen's coach was starting to weep as she spoke of the catastrophic turmoil that turned a bunch of predicted gold medals into a collective and embarrassing failure.
Joey Mantia tried to find a polite way of saying that his colleagues have yet to grasp that there is no "I" in the word "team," and coach Ryan Shimabukuro was dismissing the avalanche of criticism as nothing but the talk of a "pothead."
Welcome to the United States speedskating squad, perhaps the most dysfunctional team of the Sochi Games, in which chaos reigns and the high hopes that preceded the Olympics has turned into blame, anger and frustration.
Davis ― the two-time Olympic silver medalist, current world-record holder and owner of the season's best time in the 1500 meters ― could only place in 11th here on Saturday, three days after he failed to defend his gold medals in the 1000 meters from the two previous Games.
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Thank you, I understand completely now. (Er, were all those real words?)
Just took the words right out of my mouth. :=)
"Ain't no 'we' neither." - Leon
I must admit, I like Putin even more after reading this. I just don’t think he is the monster most of his detractors make him out to be.
From Russia with Love! Putin makes a surprise visit to American Sochi base wearing a TEAM USA Valentine’s Day pin
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2559500/Guess-dropped-USA-House-Vladimir-Putin.html
Well.....I’ll be......You’re right.
It ain’t the suits. It’s the drugs and sex the night before the race.
No, it was the IRS threat to tax the winners $10,000 for each gold medal they won.
They just don’t want to have to pay taxes on their gold...
The coaches and teams should have listened to Nancy Pelosi’s advise on the new Olympic uniforms: “You have to put them on at the competition, not before it, to see how they feel”.
Thank you Nancy, Matt, Bob “One-Eye” Costas, and others for a very bland reporting week.
I got more excited by old “Spongbob SquarePants” reruns.
Well, national presidents are usually hanging around to encourage their teams. As far as Obamao is absent someone has to fill the space.
Did I see the Jamaican bobsled team with watermelon helmets - or did I dream that?
But, there’s an ‘I’ in wIn
Michael Jordan
As a semi side note...you don’t build a “team” in “a week or so”. Some of these people were still competing to get on the team a week before. The Olympic tryouts should be “done and set” more than 2 months ahead of the games, and these people should work and live together and BOND as a team...they are TINO...
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