You didn’t rock, you sucked.

Hey Bode… Now that you sucked like a high-end vacuum for two weeks, can you shut up?

SESTRIERE, Italy – Bode Miller’s five-ring washout reached the end of its cycle yesterday, 13 days after it began. He left the Olympic hill for good at 3:52 p.m., about a half-hour after he ran over a gate and skied off the first run of the slalom, 15 seconds into an effort that looked as if he were skiing in quicksand.

He signed an autograph for a course worker, and then he was off, cutting diagonally across the slope, skiing toward his RV, apparently unfazed by going oh-for-Turin.

And so the XX Winter Games ended for the backwoodsman from Franconia, N..H., the cover boy and contrarian who kept on saying he doesn’t care about results – and skied like it.

“I just did it my way,” Miller told an Associated Press reporter. “I’m not a martyr. I’m not a do-gooder. I just want to go out and rock. And man, I rocked here.

“The expectations were other people’s. I’m comfortable with what I’ve accomplished, including at the Olympics.”

He didn’t care about results?

He rocked?

What exactly does getting shut out of the medal hunt make you a rocker of?

Honestly, I think Miller actually started to believe his own hype, and thought his cool Nike ads and spiffy website would earn him some kind of medal. The so-called best skiier in the US didn’t even place for a Bronze, and missed a gate in the final event, the Giant Slalom.

Well done, Bode. You totally rocked.

[tags]bode, bode miller, loser[/tags]

http://turningwheels.blogspot.com nathalie

he is just as unorthodox in 2006 as he was in 2002, except he happened to (luckily) stumble and crash his way to two medals when there were no expectations. The hype was created by the media after Salt Lake City, and the guy really hasn’t changed much since 2002. Now he just happens to be the current world cup champion. He probably would have shut up if the media had stopped shoving a mic in his face asking him “why the failure”? He is who he is– is that only acceptable when he takes home hardware? Most olympic athletes just want to do their best, and he believes he did. Had he won a medal, nobody would be criticizing his bar-hopping ways, like in 2002 when we all thought it was funny. He could have done everything the “standard” way and had the same results, like Rahlves or Michelle Kwan or Dan Jansen. He has brought unprecendented attention and interest to his sport, which is GOOD. The bottom line is he is the most successful alpine skier this country has ever seen, so he’s obviously doing something right. I’ll give his methods a pass, and excuse him for missing the podium this time. It takes nothing away from all he’s accomplished.
http://www.insignificantthoughts.com Vinny

I was okay with him coming home empty handed until he started blaming his failure on fans expecting too much last week.

It wasn’t fan expectations that made him run a terrible line in his first event.

It wasn’t fan expectations that kept him out at a bar the night before that run.

The fact is he went out there, put no effort in, and got annoyed at anyone who pointed it out to him.

If he had come home empty-handed and been somewhat humble about it, I would think differently. Instead, he acted like an ass and said some unbelievably stupid stuff, and for that, he belongs on the fucko list.
http://turningwheels.blogspot.com nathalie

I’d disagree that he didn’t put in any effort. His style is so aggressive that he crashes into gates all the time. His aggressive style is what makes him win so much, and unfortunately his style prevented him from winning a medal in three of the events where he DNF. I wonder why he chose to try brand new skis in the downhill event. That’s a questionable decision that the US coaches should have put down.

I don’t remember him blaming fans, but I didn’t keep up with much outside of the results.

The fucko list?! Why didn’t you say that in the first place? That alone says more about how you feel than everything else you wrote!
http://turningwheels.blogspot.com/ nathalie

he is just as unorthodox in 2006 as he was in 2002, except he happened to (luckily) stumble and crash his way to two medals when there were no expectations. The hype was created by the media after Salt Lake City, and the guy really hasn’t changed much since 2002. Now he just happens to be the current world cup champion. He probably would have shut up if the media had stopped shoving a mic in his face asking him “why the failure”? He is who he is– is that only acceptable when he takes home hardware? Most olympic athletes just want to do their best, and he believes he did. Had he won a medal, nobody would be criticizing his bar-hopping ways, like in 2002 when we all thought it was funny. He could have done everything the “standard” way and had the same results, like Rahlves or Michelle Kwan or Dan Jansen. He has brought unprecendented attention and interest to his sport, which is GOOD. The bottom line is he is the most successful alpine skier this country has ever seen, so he’s obviously doing something right. I’ll give his methods a pass, and excuse him for missing the podium this time. It takes nothing away from all he’s accomplished.
http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/ Vinny

I was okay with him coming home empty handed until he started blaming his failure on fans expecting too much last week.

It wasn’t fan expectations that made him run a terrible line in his first event.

It wasn’t fan expectations that kept him out at a bar the night before that run.

The fact is he went out there, put no effort in, and got annoyed at anyone who pointed it out to him.

If he had come home empty-handed and been somewhat humble about it, I would think differently. Instead, he acted like an ass and said some unbelievably stupid stuff, and for that, he belongs on the fucko list.
http://turningwheels.blogspot.com/ nathalie

I’d disagree that he didn’t put in any effort. His style is so aggressive that he crashes into gates all the time. His aggressive style is what makes him win so much, and unfortunately his style prevented him from winning a medal in three of the events where he DNF. I wonder why he chose to try brand new skis in the downhill event. That’s a questionable decision that the US coaches should have put down.

I don’t remember him blaming fans, but I didn’t keep up with much outside of the results.

The fucko list?! Why didn’t you say that in the first place? That alone says more about how you feel than everything else you wrote!

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