Any of us know how Crocker was swimming the day before the race? The morning of? No? For all we know, Crocker pushed a 49.0 in workout the day before. Any of you in the coaches shoes watching him warmup? Anyone ever done well or seen someone do well when they weren't 100%? We know nothing except how to look at this with 20/20 hindsight and that makes it real easy to be critical of the coaches. I'm sure we are all so smart we would've made the "right" decision with the same info that Reese had.
If Hall was "the man" then he should've swum faster at the trials and made this a non issue. He didn't and that left the door open. He didn't get on the relay for being Gary Hall and that's the way it should be. Apparently his well known ability to perform when it counts didn't show up at the trials. When it counted.
According to the published guidelines about team selection, having the 3rd fastest time gets him on the plane to the games. That's it. Gary Hall knows that and I think most of you know it by now. To keep repeating it doesn't change it.
Any of us know how Crocker was swimming the day before the race? The morning of? No? For all we know, Crocker pushed a 49.0 in workout the day before. Any of you in the coaches shoes watching him warmup? Anyone ever done well or seen someone do well when they weren't 100%? We know nothing except how to look at this with 20/20 hindsight and that makes it real easy to be critical of the coaches. I'm sure we are all so smart we would've made the "right" decision with the same info that Reese had.
If Hall was "the man" then he should've swum faster at the trials and made this a non issue. He didn't and that left the door open. He didn't get on the relay for being Gary Hall and that's the way it should be. Apparently his well known ability to perform when it counts didn't show up at the trials. When it counted.
According to the published guidelines about team selection, having the 3rd fastest time gets him on the plane to the games. That's it. Gary Hall knows that and I think most of you know it by now. To keep repeating it doesn't change it.
