good dolphin wrote:
Half the country shuts down when an inch or more of snow falls. Of course the US is bad at winter sports
True, the rest of the world should feel even worse about the US being atop the medal count
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| Author: | Mini Ditka [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 9:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | The United States is Bad at the Winter Olympics |
If you look at what they won medals in it's basically the X-Games type stuff that was added. If you didn't count those newer events away they would have less medals than the top 5 countries. |
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 9:54 am ] |
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Yeah, but who cares about the Olympics? |
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| Author: | RFDC [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 9:57 am ] |
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yeah leading the medal count. Horrible. |
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| Author: | Brick [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 9:58 am ] |
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RFDC wrote: yeah leading the medal count. We suck at cross country skiing though. How can this happen?
Horrible. |
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| Author: | IMU [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:00 am ] |
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Mini Ditka wrote: If you look at what they won medals in it's basically the X-Games type stuff that was added. If you didn't count those newer events away they would have less medals than the top 5 countries. So what you're saying is the U.S. medals in the stuff people care about. |
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:27 am ] |
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Half the country shuts down when an inch or more of snow falls. Of course the US is bad at winter sports |
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| Author: | spanky [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:29 am ] |
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good dolphin wrote: Half the country shuts down when an inch or more of snow falls. Of course the US is bad at winter sports Not a lot of Alabama natives in the winter games. They're all trust fund babies with nothing else to do. Who else has time to ski their entire life? They probably pay for play too. And all they get is a medal. Terrible for their financial portfolio. |
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| Author: | RFDC [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:31 am ] |
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good dolphin wrote: Half the country shuts down when an inch or more of snow falls. Of course the US is bad at winter sports True, the rest of the world should feel even worse about the US being atop the medal count
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| Author: | man of few opinions [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:35 am ] |
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i enjoy these kinds of discussions where you are asked to disregard anything that negatively affects the point you want to make such as "if you take out everything the U.S. did real good at in the Olympics they were terrible". wow, good analysis. |
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| Author: | RFDC [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:37 am ] |
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man of few opinions wrote: i enjoy these kinds of discussions where you are asked to disregard anything that negatively affects the point you want to make such as "if you take out everything the U.S. did real good at in the Olympics they were terrible". wow, good analysis. winter olympics > than tour de france |
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| Author: | Mini Ditka [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:48 am ] |
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I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that they are getting beat in all the traditional events because they are. |
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| Author: | Mini Ditka [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:52 am ] |
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It's similar to overrating Michael Phelps. Fantastic swimmer and one of the best, if not the best, all-time in his event no doubt. But could he win all those medals if he was running track? If he was running track he'd have a shot at one or possibly two gold medals per Olympics. The fact that certain countries can load up the medals in certain events skews their overall performance. |
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:52 am ] |
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| And Carl Lewis wouldn't have won anything in a pool, and the Cubs can never win the Stanley Cup. How dense are you? With the naked wrestling that used to happen in the original Olympics, I figured you to be more of a Summer Olympics guy. |
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| Author: | spanky [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:53 am ] |
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Mini Ditka wrote: It's similar to overrating Michael Phelps. Fantastic swimmer and one of the best, if not the best, all-time in his event no doubt. But could he win all those medals if he was running track? If he was running track he'd have a shot at one or possibly two gold medals per Olympics. . Wh.......wai.......the........wh......? 
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| Author: | RFDC [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 11:06 am ] |
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Mini Ditka wrote: It's similar to overrating Michael Phelps. Fantastic swimmer and one of the best, if not the best, all-time in his event no doubt. But could he win all those medals if he was running track? If he was running track he'd have a shot at one or possibly two gold medals per Olympics. The fact that certain countries can load up the medals in certain events skews their overall performance. This is perhaps one of the stupidest posts in the history of the board. |
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| Author: | man of few opinions [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 11:12 am ] |
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i am sure a lot of olympic gold medal runners would love to hear which events michael phelps would walk out onto a track and win from them. |
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| Author: | Douchebag [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 11:12 am ] |
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Mini Ditka wrote: It's similar to overrating Michael Phelps. Fantastic swimmer and one of the best, if not the best, all-time in his event no doubt. But could he win all those medals if he was running track? If he was running track he'd have a shot at one or possibly two gold medals per Olympics. The fact that certain countries can load up the medals in certain events skews their overall performance. 
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| Author: | Mini Ditka [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:44 pm ] |
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RFDC wrote: Mini Ditka wrote: It's similar to overrating Michael Phelps. Fantastic swimmer and one of the best, if not the best, all-time in his event no doubt. But could he win all those medals if he was running track? If he was running track he'd have a shot at one or possibly two gold medals per Olympics. The fact that certain countries can load up the medals in certain events skews their overall performance. This is perhaps one of the stupidest posts in the history of the board. The fact is that he had more opportunities to win gold medals since he was in more events. The point is Phelps is not inherently greater because of the number of medals he won considering the fact that he was able to compete in 8 or 9 events. Granted it is a historic achievement for his sport, but most people don't get 8 or 9 events to win a gold. |
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| Author: | redskingreg [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:45 pm ] |
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Infomercial gifs are the new "lists of three" 
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| Author: | Seacrest [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:46 pm ] |
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Mini Ditka wrote: RFDC wrote: Mini Ditka wrote: It's similar to overrating Michael Phelps. Fantastic swimmer and one of the best, if not the best, all-time in his event no doubt. But could he win all those medals if he was running track? If he was running track he'd have a shot at one or possibly two gold medals per Olympics. The fact that certain countries can load up the medals in certain events skews their overall performance. This is perhaps one of the stupidest posts in the history of the board. The fact is that he had more opportunities to win gold medals since he was in more events. The point is Phelps is not inherently greater because of the number of medals he won considering the fact that he was able to compete in 8 or 9 events. Granted it is a historic achievement for his sport, but most people don't get 8 or 9 events to win a gold. You do realize that most people don't get 8 or 9 events because THEY AREN'T ATHLETIC OR GOOD ENOUGH TO COMPETE IN THAT MANY. |
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:46 pm ] |
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Mini Ditka wrote: Granted it is a historic achievement for his sport, but most people don't get 8 or 9 events to win a gold. That's because most people aren't one of the best swimmers to ever walk the face of the earth.You, on the other hand, are one of the stupidest so congrats on that. |
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| Author: | Hawg Ass [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:47 pm ] |
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The U.S. just won a Gold medal in Women's Slalom skiing, they suck. |
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| Author: | IkeSouth [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:48 pm ] |
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i think the flying tomato regrets his decision to puss out of the slope style |
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| Author: | Mini Ditka [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:56 pm ] |
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| Author: | Mini Ditka [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:59 pm ] |
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Hawg Ass wrote: The U.S. just won a Gold medal in Women's Slalom skiing, they suck. It happened 11 hours ago. |
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 1:05 pm ] |
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Mini Ditka wrote: Hawg Ass wrote: The U.S. just won a Gold medal in Women's Slalom skiing, they suck. It happened 11 hours ago. |
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| Author: | spanky [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 2:19 pm ] |
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Douchebag wrote: Mini Ditka wrote: It's similar to overrating Michael Phelps. Fantastic swimmer and one of the best, if not the best, all-time in his event no doubt. But could he win all those medals if he was running track? If he was running track he'd have a shot at one or possibly two gold medals per Olympics. The fact that certain countries can load up the medals in certain events skews their overall performance. The best college parties are the ones with cameras out and the laptops open. |
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| Author: | veganfan21 [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 2:29 pm ] |
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man of few opinions wrote: i enjoy these kinds of discussions where you are asked to disregard anything that negatively affects the point you want to make such as "if you take out everything the U.S. did real good at in the Olympics they were terrible". wow, good analysis. It's true though. Take Jordan for example. You remove the second three peat because Shaq wasn't mature enough to dominate, and because LeBron was in middle school, then what has he done that's so historic? Three rings total isn't worth the fame he garners. Plus if he wasn't over six feet there's probably no way he plays in the NBA to begin with. Overrated. |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 3:51 pm ] |
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redskingreg wrote: Infomercial gifs are the new "lists of three" I really enjoy the "husband completely disgusted with what wife made for dinner" series |
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| Author: | Bagels [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 3:57 pm ] |
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its mashed potatoes, what could be that gross about that
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