I propose a rule change for the championship committee. If someone misses their heat at USMS Nationals due to general stupidity and day dreaming, they should be allowed to swim in an open lane in that same event.
John Smith
(2006 psuedo champion, 50yd back)
Originally posted by Matt S
No, this is NOT the same as the two U.S. sprinters who missed their preliminary heat in the 72 Olympics because their coach gave them bad info. This is Masters. We're doing this for fun and missing one or another race is not the end of the world.
Matt
Point taken... in that case, while the sprinters could blame their coach, John hasn't a coach to pin his lapse on... and here I was trying to point out that he wasn't alone in his plight. However... hold on... maybe there's a way for John to pin this one on his coach and thereby once more find himself in distinguished company--if he doesn't mind being tied in with runners. ;)
(I think that really I should have included a "smiley" in the original post, but lately my posts are such that I thought I might better signal with an emoticon on those rare occasions when I'm entirely serious.)
Originally posted by Matt S
No, this is NOT the same as the two U.S. sprinters who missed their preliminary heat in the 72 Olympics because their coach gave them bad info. This is Masters. We're doing this for fun and missing one or another race is not the end of the world.
Matt
Point taken... in that case, while the sprinters could blame their coach, John hasn't a coach to pin his lapse on... and here I was trying to point out that he wasn't alone in his plight. However... hold on... maybe there's a way for John to pin this one on his coach and thereby once more find himself in distinguished company--if he doesn't mind being tied in with runners. ;)
(I think that really I should have included a "smiley" in the original post, but lately my posts are such that I thought I might better signal with an emoticon on those rare occasions when I'm entirely serious.)
