Let's go Australia, Olympics thread

[Sam_Malone]

Port.

They can have him.

 

[brucetiki]

To be honest who cares who he goes for (though Port supporters aren't normally the Westminster attending type).

He's already done far more than what most Port players will ever do.

 

[jenny61_99]

Yeah.

Schools work on a level of hierarchy, not a dictatorship.

Never, ever heard of line manager used within education system before. Must be different in SA.

 

[Red mist]

To be honest who cares who he goes for (though Port supporters aren't normally the Westminster attending type).

He's already done far more than what most Port players will ever do.

Immanuel.

 

[adelaidecrows]

Lulz at the Cat B talk.

The kid's just won a Gold Medal at 18. He's all set up to be the Golden Boy of swimming for the next 10 years. Slogging around Alberton as a back-up ruckman would be the last thing on his mind.



Loved the fact that this side doesn't go the whole "we're just so lucky to be on the same court as the Dream Team." They're cut they lost, as they should be.

And Paul George is a flog, complaining that the Aussies are dirty.

NBA stars think they're tough warriors. Turns out they're soft as.

NBA players aren't soft, they just think that international teams should just let them put on a show and win. It's arrogance. International basketball should be some of the toughest basketball a player can play. Like any sport. It's playing for your country which means players should be fighting tooth and nail for a win. Team USA need to get used to the fact that less and less teams will be full of fan boys and they can and will lose trying to be nothing but showman. Join the globe trotters if you lack the passion to go hard.

 

[Geoffa32]

The Olympics is only on one channel?

Is this 1988?

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[jbanger]

7, 7two & 7mate

 

[brucetiki]

Immanuel.

Falls in the same category right

 

[Red mist]

Falls in the same category right

Yep. Pretty much.

 

[GreyCrow]

From a young age and ss an Australian I have always thought as the pinnacle of any sport is to play for the national team if applicable. The Australian mentality. The reality is Kyrie is not Australian in his mindset and that if it was the reverse and someone moved over here from the states at 2 years of age and became a great player would the expectation be he plays for the boomers? Of course, because he would feel like an Australian every step of the way. I have no doubt that if Kyrie group up here he would be a boomer in a heart beat. The media needs to stop this sort of thing. Just because someone was born in Australia before going to another country doesn't make them Australian and they should play for Australia. It's not like the Boomers even gave a shit about his talent and it was the USA national junior teams that developed him. Move on Australia nothing to see here.

Ben Simmons likes this

 

[Runnin Blue]

Ben Simmons likes this

Ben Simmons was born here and grew up here and his mum's Australian. Very different to Kyrie Irving's situation.

 

[Tadpole]

I doubt Kyle would ever go back to playing football professionally. I don't think an AFL premiership is even in the same ballpark as winning an Olympic gold medal.

 

[BACCS]

I first heard about Chalmers a couple of years back when he was an absolute freak of a swimmer, but wasn't fully committed yet and loved playing footy. He was a gun footballer, could have definitely pushed AFL. As his Dad said, footy is still a huge passion for Kyle.

Managed to watch the race quickly at work on the phone, had a massive fist pump as soon as he won, this is huge for swimming in this country. This entire Olympic campaign has been brilliant, could not be any happier. Hopefully Mack Horton knocks off that flog in the 1500m and it would just tops things off beautifully.

To make up that much ground in the last 50m of an event like that is truly remarkable, people who have swum competitively will understand that is very hard to do. Certainly not the last of Olympic golds in his career either!

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Yeah.

Schools work on a level of hierarchy, not a dictatorship.

Cool kids > Bullies > Jocks > Nerds > Goths > Smelly kids > Druggies

 

[BACCS]

I doubt Kyle would ever go back to playing football professionally. I don't think an AFL premiership is even in the same ballpark as winning an Olympic gold medal.

He won't now, but swimming has always been his secondary sport. Unfortunately not a Crows man!

 

[adelaidecrows]

Ben Simmons was born here and grew up here and his mum's Australian. Very different to Kyrie Irving's situation.

Ben went back to the states to go to college to give his . Plus there is no certainty he would even get close to playing for Team USA where as as soon as the next Olympics he would be a walk up start for the Boomers. Same situation applies to Exum. I do hear Canada is trying hard to poach Thon Maker from us. I don't know what it is but we can't stop producing NBA players at present. Our next olympic team will be even better then this one.

 

[Elite Crow]

Cool kids > Bullies > Jocks > Nerds > Goths > Smelly kids > Druggies > Wayne's

Edited for accuracy

 

[adelaidecrows]

Ben Simmons was born here and grew up here and his mum's Australian. Very different to Kyrie Irving's situation.

Was a gun junior footy player too. Imagine someone with his athleticism playing AFL.

 

[BACCS]

wow really impressed with maturity of Mcevoy. Stay classy

He took a picture with some of the lifeguards at the Olympic trials here in Adelaide, he is a genuine nice guy that hasn't got a big head.

 

[adelaidecrows]

Thon Maker's cousin is Swans Player Aliir Aliir

 

[Runnin Blue]

Ben went back to the states to go to college to give his . Plus there is no certainty he would even get close to playing for Team USA where as as soon as the next Olympics he would be a walk up start for the Boomers. Same situation applies to Exum. I do hear Canada is trying hard to poach Thon Maker from us. I don't know what it is but we can't stop producing NBA players at present. Our next olympic team will be even better then this one.

We need to convince Jerome Randle to stay in Adelaide permanently so his kids become Boomers lol.

 

[adelaidecrows]

We need to convince Jerome Randle to stay in Adelaide permanently so his kids become Boomers lol.

Sthe Aussie school system at present is seen as very poor compared to the USA especially when it comes to sports development so I think the trend now is for them to really only treat our NBL seasons as a job and they still live in the states except during the season.

 

[BACCS]

Falls in the same category right

Not in fees or number of people, Immanuel is a much smaller school.

 

[Runnin Blue]

Sthe Aussie school system at present is seen as very poor compared to the USA especially when it comes to sports development so I think the trend now is for them to really only treat our NBL seasons as a job and they still live in the states except during the season.

I was joking...there is no way Randle settles in Australia permanently.

 

[BACCS]

Ben went back to the states to go to college to give his . Plus there is no certainty he would even get close to playing for Team USA where as as soon as the next Olympics he would be a walk up start for the Boomers. Same situation applies to Exum. I do hear Canada is trying hard to poach Thon Maker from us. I don't know what it is but we can't stop producing NBA players at present. Our next olympic team will be even better then this one.

It's very much a golden age for basketball in this country, a gold medal in the Olympics shouldn't be out of the question in Tokyo. Heck, still a strong chance in Rio.