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  • Classyposter58
    like_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.
    He's overrated because they talk about him like some superstar, Ligety is way better
  • Automatik
    Classyposter58;1582528 wrote:Bode Miller
    The Olympics are not your forte.
  • like_that
    Classyposter58;1582568 wrote:He's overrated because they talk about him like some superstar, Ligety is way better
    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.
  • Automatik
    "Most decorated alpine skier in US history"

    Straight from Bob Costas' mouth. :laugh:
  • Tiernan
    Now Danica Patrick is by far the most overrated athlete...if you consider those rednecks who race NASCAR to be athletes.
  • Lovejoy1984
    Tiernan;1582581 wrote:Now Danica Patrick is by far the most overrated athlete...if you consider those rednecks who race NASCAR to be athletes.
    True....definite toss up between Lolo and Danica.
  • TedSheckler
    Classyposter58;1582528 wrote:Bode Miller
    wut?
  • queencitybuckeye
    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
    You're actually trying to use his being in his sixth Olympics as a negative?
  • vball10set
    Classyposter58;1582568 wrote:He's overrated because they talk about him like some superstar, Ligety is way better
    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.
    reps
  • Fab4Runner
    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.
    He's also really sexy.

  • TedSheckler
    I also heard he has a dead brother.
  • Fab4Runner
    TedSheckler;1582654 wrote:I also heard he has a dead brother.
    Sames. I wonder if he was sexy.
  • Fab4Runner
    Answer: Not really.

  • Tiernan
    Devils advocate has a dead brother too...oh wait no he doesn't.
  • dlazz
    Tiernan;1583046 wrote:Devils advocate has a dead brother too...oh wait no he doesn't.
    I actually lol'd at a Tiernan post
  • SnotBubbles
    dlazz;1583047 wrote:I actually lol'd at a Tiernan post
    I repped it.
  • Sonofanump
    So Ukraine won the gold in the woman's CC relay.
    Too bad their country is a mess.
  • SportsAndLady
    Silly dutch

    http://espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2014/speedskating/story/_/id/10498174/2014-sochi-olympics-dutch-coach-jillert-anema-says-us-focus-more-speedskating-not-football
  • rmolin73
    like_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.
    +1
  • friendfromlowry
    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.
  • gut
    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.
    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.
  • friendfromlowry
    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.
    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
    friendfromlowry;1583422 wrote:...where it was skaters switching and then giving each other a push-off every couple laps.
    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.
  • gut
    Bring back barrel jumping!!!

  • cat_lover
    gut;1583425 wrote:Bring back barrel jumping!!!

    Reps!! Good idea. This could be the winter version of the long jump.