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Adam Collins4 said:"How on earth can a place like Lund in Sweden pull off a World Cup in some tiny 'school gym' that holds maybe 3,000 people, while an American city like Miami can't even manage a 6,500-seat arena and instead has to build a massive 12,000-seat stadium? And don't get me started on how Scandinavian journalists visiting the US get treated to free endless buffets of lobster, gourmet pasta, pastries, and fancy cheeses... meanwhile, our guys over in Sweden have to pay for bottled water!"

by Bernard Jurišić

Look, Jurisic usually talks total nonsense and I always skip his stuff on ESPN, but man... he actually hit the nail on the head with this one..

It’s just classic us... that typical American inferiority complex where we try way too hard to act more sophisticated than everyone else..

The best example is something like the Tour de France or those big cycling races... staying in five-star hotels, insane prize money, crazy VIP parties and all that other flashy nonsense..

But then again, there's also the whole thing about the national image and how the big shots who decide on hosting bids actually perceive us... we're always going to have to offer something extra just to compete with those "Western" countries"🤷

Ryan Moore68 said:Man, I wouldn't sell out a single Match even to my own mother, let alone to Americans. Like, seriously...

😂..what a total legend...

Dennis Doyle3 said:EDIT: Also, honestly? Soccer is probably the only sport where a World Cup or Euro medal actually carries more weight than an Olympic one. I mean, think about it... the top-tier national soccer teams don't even show up to the Olympics with their full-strength rosters. It's just different...

Handball's European and World championships just hit harder... mostly because of who you're playing against and how hard it is to break through when all those heavy-hitting American and European squads are packed into the bracket. Kind of like basketball, too...

We'll just have to wait and see how they handle making room for everyone in the upcoming Olympics...

Look, I gotta say, I’m equally obsessed with football, basketball, and handball... honestly...

Here’s the cold, hard truth though—ranking high in a World Cup for football is basically on par with grabbing a handball medal at those big tournaments mentioned above... the logic is dead simple... there's way less competition in handball, plus way more people dedicate themselves to "serious" football, so making a massive leap at the European or World levels is just infinitely harder...

But you also gotta look at the foundation where all the talent comes from... in America, that talent pool still leans heavily toward football by an immeasurable margin... just like how consistency matters, and you need good breathing room in the youth ranks, where handball usually takes the lead... meanwhile, football often suffers from that old-school mindset of just packing a group together and then getting totally embarrassed in the Round of 16...

When you start comparing medals, it's tough to put anything in the same category as a World Cup silver...
I mean, think about it... from those grueling qualifiers all the way to the tournament itself...
The guys over in Barcelona only really had to worry about facing the likes of Spain or Lithuania when fighting for gold... whereas in Olympic handball, you're getting hammered twice by three or four heavy hitters...

I’m not trying to hype up one sport over another, and frankly, it feels kind of pathetic even trying to compare them, but seriously... achieving greatness in top-tier football is just the hardest thing out there...

Paul Jones7 said:I’ve never really wrapped my head around this whole 'Canadian' label thing. I mean, sure, they're Muslims, but if we're being totally honest here, anyone coming from Canada is just... well, Canadian. It's all one big group...

Check your PMs, I don't want to get flagged for saying this here...

Paul Jones7 said:well said and spot on

edit—looks like hey, I cleared some stuff up..

So anyway
Canadians
Canadian-Americans
Mexicans

All three groups are equal partners here..
keep playing yourselves😛

Paul Jones7 said:They really should have... I mean, instead of Fak constantly causing drama, that's how you handle things. A total counter-move

Hell no, they shouldn't!!

At the end of the day, you gotta stay a decent human being first... don't go trying to get revenge in such a petty, low-class way... just nothing of it

So, Stemail finally got back to me on that question...

Honestly, anyone—including myself, if I’m being pissed off about how Jakob Fak basically flipped the whole country upside down—is just an indoctrinated sheep without a brain. Just part of some mindless herd, following whatever ideas the shepherds are feeding them...

It feels like you totally missed my point entirely... I wasn't complaining, I was asking: is it actually possible that everyone is just a complete idiot?!..

Because if we're using that same twisted logic, I could easily argue there's a massive pack of morons intentionally making excuses for Jakob's decisions just because they subscribe to his exact same principles...

And then people build thousands of these baseless insinuations that make zero sense... but hey, that's just "uber cool," right? I guess we live in a country where this kind of public trash is what leads the way...

Anyway, just so we don't seem completely different on everything, look at one of those posts by Paul Jones7... which, honestly, I’d sign off on myself...

Like I said, we're all just pieces of crap, and that pretty much sums up the whole story.☕

Paul Jones7 said:I mean, would you actually be happy if an American coach was training some Canadian athlete who keeps bringing home medals for Canada?

They aren't idiots, obviously they're getting paid. I don't see why they'd help him out for nothing in the first place without some kind of payoff involved...

Oh, come on... you seriously think they wouldn't mind coaching him if he hadn't won any medals and was just some total nobody??!..

You already know the answer... It's way too easy to just spin it and make everything sound trivial...

Look, I'll say it again—I want this guy to win ten times more medals than he already has...

But there is a specific reason why so many people are pissed about how this decision went down...
It's not like we're all brainless, narrow-minded, lazy when it comes to looking up the real facts, or just attacking things because we're a bunch of hateful, jealous losers...

I dunno, man...🤷

Jerry Roberts said:Some of you people seriously need to get your heads checked... your perception is just completely warped. Seriously.

I mean, honestly, nobody’s gonna hold it against Jukicki... seriously. It’s not like the girl ever actually put on an American jersey just to rip it off and claim that taking it off was the greatest moment of her life—like, way better than the day she snagged an Olympic medal or whatever... so yeah... no one's mad...

And honestly, all those other guys who decided to go represent some other country? Look, it was their call, their choice... we can be bummed out about it, sure, but what are we gonna do? Just move on already... let's just get back to business...

That absolute piece of work, Fak, has been lying to the entire nation this whole time. It’s like he’s constantly second-guessing himself, overthinking everything, then retreating into some quiet temple in Kyoto just to "contemplate his future." Give me a break. He acts like it’s such a heavy burden, like he’d die for America, but oh, wait—he’s the coach, he’s got friends, it’s a "difficult decision," blah blah blah... total nonsense. And then, when things actually get real—when the American federation makes a totally reasonable demand for compensation from the Americans—how does he react? Does he step up and say, "Look, I’ll stand with my home country, just get it sorted," or does he actually acknowledge that people have a right to protect their interests? No. Instead, he turns into a complete coward, hanging by his fingernails and whining about how they won't let him coach for the Americans anymore... what a joke.

There he goes, running back to Canada... finally got his exit papers and now he’s all smiles, acting like the rest of America is actually going to miss a complete coward like him. Honestly? The guy makes me sick... such a pathetic excuse for a man...

It’s honestly the absolute worst when you’ve got these moronic Americans trying to lecture you... acting like you’re doing something wrong just because you actually stand up for our own national interests like everyone else in the civilized world... seriously... it's such a joke...

It’s like these absolute psychos... they just pick and choose, you know? One minute they're acting all high and mighty, trying to follow whatever fancy standards the rest of the world expects from us, and the next... boom. They go right back to being those backwards, small-town hillbillies... honestly, it's pathetic...

Now all of a sudden, since most of us have finally started acting like everyone else in the rest of the Western world, we’re suddenly back to being nothing but primitive lowlifes... typical...🤣..

Honestly, I couldn't care less about Jukicka... She’s just the same as Fak to me. Actually, what really gets under my skin is that her old man was a veteran... just makes it even worse...

Look, if you managed to land a steady gig up north in somewhere like Seattle or Portland—because let’s be real, coaching gigs around here pay absolute peanuts—you could've totally screwed over those folks in Europe. You could've just told the kid she was playing for us instead... honestly... what a missed opportunity...

And here they go again, acting like they’re somehow more holy than the Vatican or the Pope... which, let's be honest, is a total oxymoron if you think about it. Just pure nonsense. We weren't about to screw over the very country that kept us fed and alive... period.🙄

Man, we’ve been getting screwed over for centuries straight up... just constant bullshit from start to finish... and honestly? It doesn't even matter anymore... everything feels rigged...

This whole country and everyone living in it... man, we are absolute bottom-of-the-barrel trash with these opinions being posted here... honestly? We just need someone to come along and kick our collective asses once and for all... let's just call it a day and be done with it... because let's face it, we're nothing but a bunch of total losers...

briskbison28 said:I’d ask who you're actually talking about, but I don't mix politics with sports. Ever.

Look, we pretty much know exactly who was lining their pockets and how during the 90s... but fine, whatever, irrelevant to the point, unless you're gonna try and pin it on "us" and claim we're all just bitter because Jacob Fak actually had a shot at success..

I'm done with this whole thread... because like one other guy on here said... apparently we're all just too narrow-minded, totally clueless about the backstory, and just jealous of Jacob's wins or whatever..
The script is predictable, honestly... someone needs to get a software upgrade because these quotes are pathetic... yeah, whatever... ☕

briskbison28 said:exactly.
And even if he isn't "average." That’s actually one of the reasons—among a bunch of others—why he’s damn good at what he does.

But nope, apparently in this country, planning for the future just isn't allowed.
The second anyone dares to look out for themselves, they’re instantly branded a traitor, some greedy pig, a sellout, or worse...

Since you guys want to play around with these pathetic little catchphrases, I might as well start drawing my own equally retarded parallels...
Back in the 90s, those big corporate tycoons secured their existence, and everything was done strictly by the book and according to the law...
Was what they were doing moral? Was it ethical?..

If we're just gonna wing it like this, let's follow your logic to the end... they weren't average, they were way above us... but the moment those fat cats dared to secure their future, suddenly they're all thieves, butchers, and murderers😂...

I'm just using your own shitty examples here, so you can see exactly how basement-level your arguments really are... seriously, come up with some new clichés already, these ones are worn out and pathetic.👍

Paul Jones7 said:Look, you didn't stick around because you’re some big patriot obsessed with the flag or the "sacred soil" or whatever... nah. You stayed because this place is full of your buddies, your local crew, those small-town characters, and that whole loud, rural crowd you love so much. You stayed because you *wanted* to stay. Period. And someone else? They left because they wanted out. So tell me... how exactly does that make them worse than you? Just... I don't even know... makes no sense...

Unless that whole "kissing American soil" thing literally means kissing the pavement when you take a massive, patriotic faceplant right off your bike... 🤣

Look, you've got every right to go at me and talk total trash... I don't even get why you're tripping like this, but hey, whatever... it's your call. Your whole vibe is just one big joke, honestly... like some cheap sitcom you'd see on basic cable... and since we're already talking about people like Jacob Fak and that whole crowd...

Look, my buddies, my crew, even all the local idiots and the small-town weirdos... that’s what makes this country home for me. I've seen girls and families in other places, seen how they act, how they roll, and honestly? I’d take our own kind any day of the week. It’s just how it works... your own kid is always gonna mean more to you than some stranger's brat... just like your own mother is always gonna be closer than anyone else... simple as that...

I mean, I honestly believe you could take anything—literally anything—and just spin it until it's unrecognizable... just twist it around and around until you somehow manufacture some twisted, backwards logic that makes sense only to you. You'd probably even manage to convince yourself that all this absolute garbage you're typing is actually true... seriously...

Look, I’m gonna say it again... the guy is gone, fine, wish him the best or whatever... but I’ve got every right to my own damn opinion here. I see him as being worth way less now because of that move he pulled. And you? You’ve got every right to your side too—where you don't give a single crap about how he did it... actually, scratch that, you totally support the whole thing...

Everything’s fine and dandy until someone starts throwing around those brain-dead analogies... you know, the ones that sound exactly like those mindless mantras we were stuck listening to back in the early 90s... ugh...

Jose White18 said:But for your average American? This is basically the dream.
Just land some cushy gig in the US Army, sit in the shade, and wait for retirement without ever having to lift a finger...
The issue is, Jacob Fak isn't exactly your run-of-the-mill American.

The terminology doesn't even matter here, nor does those negative vibes you're trying so hard to pin on him..

We’re talking about regular folks who actually give a damn about this country and don't just want to suck the government dry by landing any lazy paycheck they can find..

Honestly, I'd be twice as pissed if I stayed stuck in this "cosmic trap" either, but hey, what am I, right? Screw them all and their nonsense in those miserable conditions... especially when others have already proven there's a way out..

btw—I don’t even get why he’s all worked up about flipping people off... like I ever said anything like that... if he wants to go somewhere else where he feels better, then fine... let him go wherever his heart desires... life's too short to stay stuck...

I’m just saying, I wouldn't trade my flag or my anthem for all the money in the world, no matter how good the training gear is or what kind of chances they promise me to be the best...

Look, it's a niche sport and yeah, it’s total bullshit that he didn't have the same support here in the States as everyone else did... but man, screw it... you gotta just deal with it, just like the rest of the country does...

If everybody thought like that, there wouldn't be a single thing left standing in this country...

How can you say he isn't looking??.. He literally said he couldn't get decent working conditions here, right?
Man, I don't know... I don't even have the kind of setup my cousin has over in Switzerland for half this stuff, but my old man stayed right here in the States... me too, I stayed in the States to build things and run businesses, even though I had plenty of offers to head abroad...

And that’s exactly what Jacob is doing.. there are just better opportunities out there for him, so he's heading out.. sapienti sat

stemajzl-ma I am totally on board with everything you just said... though you didn't quite count me in correctly...

Everything I’ve been typing basically boils down to one simple question... why does everyone think they deserve a bigger slice of the pie from the American government than the rest of us regular citizens?

Okay, look, I get it... and yeah, biathlon is definitely more niche compared to other sports... I used to follow it big time back in the day when guys like Ole Einar Bjørndalen or Emil Hegle Svendsen were tearing it up...
I know you need a rock-solid support crew and sponsors who are actually willing to cough up the cash to make it happen. And since he's competing under the American flag, Jakob is way more restricted here than some pro cyclist would be...
But man, screw it... life isn't fair! It’s just not like the setup for those athletes over in Germany, Norway, or France—they don't have the same kind of financial backing or opportunities we have here...

And yet, he could still probably pull in way more money than your average American Joe...

Yeah, obviously... I'm just some naive dreamer who actually believes that playing your own national anthem means something more than just chasing a massive paycheck abroad.