Conway wrote:
>that crap where Moses and Lewis and MJ and
others try to protect wins and avoid the tough competitions should be a thing
of the >past .. MO showed that it is ok to lose
!!!!
I may be way off base on this (and I'm sure someone will let
me know) because I only became a track fan towards the end of the Moses
streak. But I didn't get the impression that he ducked competition in
the same manner as Lewis and several others. I remember a number of very
close races towards the end of the streak, against guys who were good (Danny
Harris, etc.).
Not
that there's anything that wrong with planning the level of your competitions
carefully. But it certainly makes things less interesting from a
spectator standpoint.
>>>>>
Moses was not as bad as those you mentioned .. I
mentioned Moses first because it seems that that is where it all started ..
Towards the end Moses started his seasons later, ran less frequently etc .. He
did have some close races towards the end of his streak but I think more so
because the others finally began to catch up !!! Schmid, Harris and Phillips
were right there at the end .. I too see no problem with picking your
competitions carefully .. But it shouldn't have taken 3 years for example for
MO vs. MJ over 200 to occur .. Or as someone mentioned in another post for
Mike Powell to compete in almost 30 competitions while Carl Lewis competes in
only 2 (and I too thought that Powell should have been #1 that year) .. The
sport is about competition and athletes should be rewarded for competing NOT
for not competing ... And if rankers would rate MJ over MO because he was
undefeated in the 400 and MO had a few loses then they're doing a
dis-service to the sport, as MO put up an outstanding series of races and
times .. And should be commended for meeting whomever, whenever ... THAT is
the mark of a champion ..
