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After the Olympics it was; Jamaica beat the US in the sprints, what will happen the next time they meet, will Jamaica roll over and the US regain it's prominence in the sprints or can Jamaica duplicate Beijing.
Well that question has been answered emphatically, Jamaica has again whipped the US in the sprints, so now the quetion has been changed and the answer along with it, the question now is who won the championship, as evidenced by this Philadelphia Inquirer article.
US tops Jamaica in track golds
It is extremely interesting how that dynamic has changed quickly and the celebration by the US camp of the three golds on the last day, can you believe the relief that camp was feeling.
As I had said some time earlier this whole apple cart would have turned over if VCB had taken the gold and a stronger attempt made at the 4*400 womens, JA was potentially one unexpected gold medal from taking the whole thing. With a little competition you never know the US 4*4 w might have dropped the baton or just plain get rattled.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sport...ack_golds.html
Anyway it is clear that the game has changed, the question is whther JA is ready for the challenge, can JA pool the little resource, the various coaching talents all in the same tent without destroying the very thing that has been stiched together in glorious pieces, the Mills Camp, The MVP camp, the "farin" athletes camp, the rest.
Was this the one chance to take it all or is this the start of a more consistent competitiveness at the top echelons of the sport, my guess is that it is the first, we will continue to do well but to consistently compete at the top 3 level is not possible based on the current structure and administration and the key players are already so far apart, each faction wanting a bigger share of a little pie and not realizing that there is a bigger pie out there, that will lead to larger slices for all.
We will have Bolt for a while and we will have Mills and Franno for a while and if a strong effort is not made to bring the pieces together and to get the best local coaches to pick these guys minds and see what they are doing and how they are doing it then don't expect to see this same performance once these players disappear off the scene. This is what they call the perfect storm, everything comes together at one moment to create something greater than could be expected or has ever been seen historically, kind of like West Indies cricket in the 70's, to have a Holding, Roberts, Garner, Croft, Marshall, Richards, Lloyd, Gomes, Greenidge, Haynes, Richardson etc all playing at roughly the same time. That was no program putting that together that was just more of the perfect storm theory (of course looking at that idea from a positive perspective, the gelling of timing, talent, coaching, resources etc). Ja has always had excellent talent and now some really good local coaching now that will only last for a while.
The key question is can we get our act togther fast enough to create some real synergy out of Franno, Mills and Bolt, JAAA combination, the answer is already evident in everything I have seen in the press, we can't even keep the kassa kassa ah yard, we spill it out for the whole world to see, it is a pity, I really relished the opportunity to win the whole thing and I hope we can take that opportunity at the next WC but it really will require some serious effort and planning on the part of the administration and coaches to make that a reality regardless of how good the talent is, key example is the womens 4*4 team, how the race was run, the people who ran it and the outcome, to have two 49 point something runners in our camp and two others who could run low 50 point in a flat 400 and to get beaten by 4 seconds shows that we are not ready to compete from an organization standpoint.
Yes the game has changed, the sad part is that we have already dissloved into a fractionalized camp that will not be able to bring a cohesive effort to challenge the US in the midst of this our perfect storm.
Well that question has been answered emphatically, Jamaica has again whipped the US in the sprints, so now the quetion has been changed and the answer along with it, the question now is who won the championship, as evidenced by this Philadelphia Inquirer article.
US tops Jamaica in track golds
It is extremely interesting how that dynamic has changed quickly and the celebration by the US camp of the three golds on the last day, can you believe the relief that camp was feeling.
As I had said some time earlier this whole apple cart would have turned over if VCB had taken the gold and a stronger attempt made at the 4*400 womens, JA was potentially one unexpected gold medal from taking the whole thing. With a little competition you never know the US 4*4 w might have dropped the baton or just plain get rattled.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sport...ack_golds.html
Anyway it is clear that the game has changed, the question is whther JA is ready for the challenge, can JA pool the little resource, the various coaching talents all in the same tent without destroying the very thing that has been stiched together in glorious pieces, the Mills Camp, The MVP camp, the "farin" athletes camp, the rest.
Was this the one chance to take it all or is this the start of a more consistent competitiveness at the top echelons of the sport, my guess is that it is the first, we will continue to do well but to consistently compete at the top 3 level is not possible based on the current structure and administration and the key players are already so far apart, each faction wanting a bigger share of a little pie and not realizing that there is a bigger pie out there, that will lead to larger slices for all.
We will have Bolt for a while and we will have Mills and Franno for a while and if a strong effort is not made to bring the pieces together and to get the best local coaches to pick these guys minds and see what they are doing and how they are doing it then don't expect to see this same performance once these players disappear off the scene. This is what they call the perfect storm, everything comes together at one moment to create something greater than could be expected or has ever been seen historically, kind of like West Indies cricket in the 70's, to have a Holding, Roberts, Garner, Croft, Marshall, Richards, Lloyd, Gomes, Greenidge, Haynes, Richardson etc all playing at roughly the same time. That was no program putting that together that was just more of the perfect storm theory (of course looking at that idea from a positive perspective, the gelling of timing, talent, coaching, resources etc). Ja has always had excellent talent and now some really good local coaching now that will only last for a while.
The key question is can we get our act togther fast enough to create some real synergy out of Franno, Mills and Bolt, JAAA combination, the answer is already evident in everything I have seen in the press, we can't even keep the kassa kassa ah yard, we spill it out for the whole world to see, it is a pity, I really relished the opportunity to win the whole thing and I hope we can take that opportunity at the next WC but it really will require some serious effort and planning on the part of the administration and coaches to make that a reality regardless of how good the talent is, key example is the womens 4*4 team, how the race was run, the people who ran it and the outcome, to have two 49 point something runners in our camp and two others who could run low 50 point in a flat 400 and to get beaten by 4 seconds shows that we are not ready to compete from an organization standpoint.
Yes the game has changed, the sad part is that we have already dissloved into a fractionalized camp that will not be able to bring a cohesive effort to challenge the US in the midst of this our perfect storm.
We cannot ignore the following harsh facts:
Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 
05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015
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