Alert: this post is not golf related.
Is Bode Miller to these Olympics what Anna Kournikova is to women’s tennis? Since he has actually won in the past, perhaps that’s a bit harsh, but he is making a swift transition from pin-up boy of skiing to poster boy for underachievement.
Oh Bode, even the balls on your sweater look attractive on you.
He can underachieve all he wants in the rest of his career, but when he takes a spot on the
Then again, maybe he’s not to blame at all. At least he admitted his “motives were impure.” Maybe it’s the even greedier corporate buggers that pump all the hype into the hottest ticket. And maybe it’s all of us suckers rooting for him, slurping up their hyper-hyped product.
He’s got one more chance in his last event on Saturday and I just don’t think I give a hoot. If I have to spend that time watching Bode Miller, it would probably be better spent one-handing it with my mouse perusing the many Bode fan-sites on the internet.
February 22, 2006 at 2:41 am
GC,
I agree with you.
And i think that would be a waste of time looking up his web sites.
I like the no golf alert.
February 22, 2006 at 9:12 am
Too funny! Those balls on the shirt really do look nice though 😉
February 23, 2006 at 12:50 pm
My mom sent me an e-mail that I’m harshing on Bode (isn’t she cute?) and now I feel a little guilty so here’s a little follow-up comment:
I’m not just having an opinion for the sake of having one, but I guess I might have targeted my aggression on aspects of Bode’s attitude instead of all the other poor U.S. representatives at the Olympics. Maybe it’s a generational thing, but so many of them seem to be completely self-centered in what is supposed to be a team competition between countries. Sure, there are individual events, but so many of these “athletes” seem to be forgetting the bigger picture and what the Olympics are all about. Good for you to win an individual medal, but the point is for the country to rack up the most of those at the end of the fortnight. Yes, if you win it’s a great accomplishment but more importantly, it’s a great contrubution toward that larger goal.
And some of the interviews are downright embarassing to me as an American. Why must so many of our public faces be those of ultra-privileged self promoters? Off on a rant… back to Bode.
Sorry, Bode. I really do admire some of your ideas and methods outside of the Olympic arena. And I understand you don’t want to compromise your integrity for anything. But being part of a team, and a team that represents a country means contributing to the greater good. And just because you might believe that winning isn’t everything and might not be what you’re there to do, it’s what we’re there to do as a country and you’re taking the spot of someone else who thinks so.
Thanks for keeping me in check, mom. Or did I just make it worse?
February 25, 2006 at 1:27 pm
Perhaps you should go buy and play his new game? 😉
http://www.bodemillergame.com/