bills_fan_in_raleigh Posted August 19, 2008 Posted August 19, 2008 Fredonia's Jennifer Stuczynski is coming home with a silver medal in the pole vault. Jennifers family lives in Fredonia and her coach is from Rochester. Congrats!!!!
Just Jack Posted August 19, 2008 Posted August 19, 2008 This Jenn Stuczynski? Trash talk backfires at the Beijing Olympics By JOHN LEICESTER, AP Olympics Columnist 6 hours, 51 minutes ago BEIJING (AP)—Yelena Isinbayeva got the Olympic gold and a world record; American Jenn Stuczynski got the silver and a lesson in humility.
VOR Posted August 19, 2008 Posted August 19, 2008 This Jenn Stuczynski? Trash talk backfires at the Beijing Olympics By JOHN LEICESTER, AP Olympics Columnist 6 hours, 51 minutes ago BEIJING (AP)—Yelena Isinbayeva got the Olympic gold and a world record; American Jenn Stuczynski got the silver and a lesson in humility. Yep, that one.
justnzane Posted August 19, 2008 Posted August 19, 2008 Fredonia's Jennifer Stuczynski is coming home with a silver medal in the pole vault. Jennifers family lives in Fredonia and her coach is from Rochester. Congrats!!!! I know Jen a little bit from when she was competing at Roberts Wesleyan, at the same time I was a decathlete for Brockport. Her vault coach was one of my assistant wrestling coaches in high school (until he quit on us). She seemed like a pretty ok person, but her coach can be a bit of a tool, imo. EDIT: she is relatively new to the event, and will be back in 4 years barring injury. In a matter 2.5 years she went from never vaulted to silver medalist in the Olympics and American record holder
eball Posted August 19, 2008 Posted August 19, 2008 I know Jen a little bit from when she was competing at Roberts Wesleyan, at the same time I was a decathlete for Brockport. Her vault coach was one of my assistant wrestling coaches in high school (until he quit on us). She seemed like a pretty ok person, but her coach can be a bit of a tool, imo. EDIT: she is relatively new to the event, and will be back in 4 years barring injury. In a matter 2.5 years she went from never vaulted to silver medalist in the Olympics and American record holder That's hilarious you said this. NBC showed a brief moment where her coach was "coaching" her prior to the event and I said to my wife, "that guy seems like a dick."
bills44 Posted August 19, 2008 Posted August 19, 2008 That's hilarious you said this. NBC showed a brief moment where her coach was "coaching" her prior to the event and I said to my wife, "that guy seems like a dick." If you saw his post-competition reaction, it would have cleared up any doubt you had about whether her coach is a tool.
Acantha Posted August 19, 2008 Posted August 19, 2008 This Jenn Stuczynski? Trash talk backfires at the Beijing Olympics By JOHN LEICESTER, AP Olympics Columnist 6 hours, 51 minutes ago BEIJING (AP)—Yelena Isinbayeva got the Olympic gold and a world record; American Jenn Stuczynski got the silver and a lesson in humility. “I hope we do some damage,” she had said, “and, you know, kick some Russian butt.” Not exactly sticking her foot in her mouth. If she had said we ARE going to kick some Russian butt...maybe. But I HOPE we do? That's just talk, not trash talk.
Realist Posted August 19, 2008 Posted August 19, 2008 If you saw his post-competition reaction, it would have cleared up any doubt you had about whether her coach is a tool. I saw that, she just lost the gold medal to the 24 time world record holder and he just bitches about it. I was actually happy she lost after that. I have no respect for Olympians and their coaches that lack any kind of sportsmanship.
Peter Posted August 19, 2008 Posted August 19, 2008 If you saw his post-competition reaction, it would have cleared up any doubt you had about whether her coach is a tool. He was a dick. The commentators thought so too. He offered nothing of any substance that would help her. It seemed like he was trying to make himself look important (as if she would have won if only she had listened to him about the "grinder" etc.), but instead sounded like a dick. He should have congratulated her for winning the silver in her first Olympics and finishing second to the best female pole vaulter of all time. She should fire his ass and get a new coach.
eball Posted August 19, 2008 Posted August 19, 2008 The real shame in this year's pole vaulting competition is that Allison Stokke isn't participating. Perhaps in 2012...(sigh)
ricojes Posted August 19, 2008 Posted August 19, 2008 Not exactly sticking her foot in her mouth. If she had said we ARE going to kick some Russian butt...maybe. But I HOPE we do? That's just talk, not trash talk. Exactly, not half as bad as DW stating the Bills WILL make the playoffs, which made front page news and was a heated debate on this board...[/sarcasm]
John Adams Posted August 20, 2008 Posted August 20, 2008 If you saw his post-competition reaction, it would have cleared up any doubt you had about whether her coach is a tool. There's a link to the coach's reaction here. http://www.wespeakthetruth.com/2008/08/ric...ault-coach.html
justnzane Posted August 20, 2008 Posted August 20, 2008 There's a link to the coach's reaction here. http://www.wespeakthetruth.com/2008/08/ric...ault-coach.html Yeah, that is Rick being a douche. His brother Harold was a great Bobby knight style coach for wrestling. However, Rick has done a great job for coaching pole vault, as he also coached Mary Saxer of Lancaster a couple years ago who broke the national high school pole vault record. I still love that the announcers called out Rick on his doucheness
eball Posted August 20, 2008 Posted August 20, 2008 There's a link to the coach's reaction here. http://www.wespeakthetruth.com/2008/08/ric...ault-coach.html What a prick. The poor woman's greatest athletic achievement and that's what this douchebag tells her? I'm so glad he got called out by the broadcasters on national TV. They should force the a-hole to watch the women's gymnastics competition to see how athletes and coaches reacted with class and chroise whether they won or lost.
Peter Posted August 21, 2008 Posted August 21, 2008 What a prick. The poor woman's greatest athletic achievement and that's what this douchebag tells her? I'm so glad he got called out by the broadcasters on national TV. They should force the a-hole to watch the women's gymnastics competition to see how athletes and coaches reacted with class and chroise whether they won or lost. Well said.
bills44 Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 Not surprisingly, ultra-douche Jerry Sullivan defends the Coach. http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/story/420458.html
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 24, 2008 Posted August 24, 2008 What a prick. The poor woman's greatest athletic achievement and that's what this douchebag tells her? I'm so glad he got called out by the broadcasters on national TV. They should force the a-hole to watch the women's gymnastics competition to see how athletes and coaches reacted with class and chroise whether they won or lost. I sort of agree eball... But what if Jenn kept on making the same mistakes he told her to correct? Ya, he came across harsh... But, IMO the way he came across proves that in his heart he knew that Jenn could have got that gold. Taken by outside observers, it does seem harsh. IMO only. I am not totally defending the coach... Just bad timing on his part
Buford T. Justice Posted August 24, 2008 Posted August 24, 2008 And maybe things aren't always as they seem. http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/p.../808240329/1007 Sure, it's possible she may just be defending him as a gesture of gratitude for all that he's done, but I tend to believe her. I never thought what the guy did was all that bad in the first place. We have no idea how she likes to be coached. Some people like to be kicked in the ass.
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