2012 Olympics: Swimming

www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../31447.asp Grevers was faster than that in the morning, compared to Lochte's, um, has Ryan Lochte ever done a 100 freestyle before? I'm a bit emotional right now, having just watched the 4x100 relay, so forgive me. That was a disaster. At least when Bernard gave away the lead in 2008, it was to the fastest split in world history. The Frenchman swam great, but there is no excuse for putting a middle distance swimmer like Lochte on as the anchor leg of a 4x100. He's the hot swimmer right now and is on every magazine, but the coaches have to be more clear-headed than that. Matt Grevers should have been on that relay, with Phelps as the anchor leg. I know this is not fair of me, as hindsight is 20/20. This wasn't as bad a decision as leaving Gary Hall Jr off the relay in 2004 in favor of Ian Crocker. But this was pretty bad. Lochte's leg was probably the slowest, if you factor in the relay start. He's our best male swimmer right now, but he's middle distance, not sprint. The coaches need to do some serious soul searching right now.

www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../31447.asp Grevers was faster than that in the morning, compared to Lochte's, um, has Ryan Lochte ever done a 100 freestyle before? I'm a bit emotional right now, having just watched the 4x100 relay, so forgive me. That was a disaster. At least when Bernard gave away the lead in 2008, it was to the fastest split in world history. The Frenchman swam great, but there is no excuse for putting a middle distance swimmer like Lochte on as the anchor leg of a 4x100. He's the hot swimmer right now and is on every magazine, but the coaches have to be more clear-headed than that. Matt Grevers should have been on that relay, with Phelps as the anchor leg. I know this is not fair of me, as hindsight is 20/20. This wasn't as bad a decision as leaving Gary Hall Jr off the relay in 2004 in favor of Ian Crocker. But this was pretty bad. Lochte's leg was probably the slowest, if you factor in the relay start. He's our best male swimmer right now, but he's middle distance, not sprint. The coaches need to do some serious soul searching right now.