Running Michelle Wie excuse thread

[slappy4428]

"My boob of a father keeps getting in the way!"

Far better...

 

[hondo]

She has played 14 majors.

She has seven top-10 finishes.

Not seven "made the cuts".

Seven top-10 finishes.

None of them in the past two years. Who are you kidding? She's supposed to be getting better at 18 or 19, not regressing.

 

[Beef03]

But chicks dig the long ball

 

[zagoshe]

She is still so young she could turn it around and live up to her promise.

But at the current rate, she is on track to go down as the biggest bust in any sport, far worse than Ryan Leaf or anyone like him, given all the advance hype and endorsement money she has received.

 

[accguy]

From a Sunday NYT story:

"In her last 99 holes at major championships, Wie is 34 over par. Comprising her last five major championship finishes are four missed cuts and a tie for 84th."

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Barack Obama is putting too much pressure on Michelle Wie.

Oh wait, wrong thread. ...

 

[hondo]

Memo to BTE

From a Sunday NYT story:

"In her last 99 holes at major championships, Wie is 34 over par. Comprising her last five major championship finishes are four missed cuts and a tie for 84th."

It's laughable that you would continue to bring up her major championship record in the face of what she's done lately.

 

[shotglass]

And STILL, get back to us when she drops down to something like 30% top-ten finishes in majors entered.

Or better yet, pass judgment after she gets through actually being a student at one of the nation's top universities.

 

[zagoshe]

And STILL, get back to us when she drops down to something like 30% top-ten finishes in majors entered.

Or better yet, pass judgment after she gets through actually being a student at one of the nation's top universities.

No, maybe Nike and everyone else should have gotten back to us after she actually had, you know, accomplished something......

And you are missing the point completely -- her top ten finishes are nice -- her ZERO wins are nowhere near in line with all of the ridiculous hype and wealth that has been bestowed upon her for no other reason other than she is young and halfway attractive and the LPGA is so desperate for attention they jumped on board with it all.....

 

[Birdscribe]

Ron Sirak with his usual lucid, well-written take on the matter.

http://www.golfdigest.com/golfworld/columnists/2008/07/gw20080704sirakview

 

[PeteyPirate]

And STILL, get back to us when she drops down to something like 30% top-ten finishes in majors entered.

Or better yet, pass judgment after she gets through actually being a student at one of the nation's top universities.

No, maybe Nike and everyone else should have gotten back to us after she actually had, you know, accomplished something......

And you are missing the point completely -- her top ten finishes are nice -- her ZERO wins are nowhere near in line with all of the ridiculous hype and wealth that has been bestowed upon her for no other reason other than she is young and halfway attractive and the LPGA is so desperate for attention they jumped on board with it all.....

I agree completely, but I wouldn't blame her for taking what was offered. If you're so angry about it, why not address it with Phil Knight instead?

 

[BTExpress]

No, maybe Nike and everyone else should have gotten back to us after she actually had, you know, accomplished something......

Then attack Nike.

Start a thread entitled "Running Nike jumping the gun endorsement thread"

This is so ****ing typical of the pile-on mentality of this place.

"WE said you were going to be so great. WE publicized your 300-yard drives as a 13-year-old and proclaimed you to be the next great thing. And you you are not performing like WE thought you would! What's wrong with you??????"

She took money from companies begging to give it to her before she had accomplished anything.

Big deal.

Everyone on this board would have done the exact same thing.

If Wie gets her name on a police blotter or flunks out of school or throws a club and hits somebody with it, fine. Rip her all you want.

But this "Running Michelle Wie isn't as good as WE said she was going to be" crap is getting old.

 

[poindexter]

No, maybe Nike and everyone else should have gotten back to us after she actually had, you know, accomplished something......

Then attack Nike.

Start a thread entitled "Running Nike jumping the gun endorsement thread"

This is so ****ing typical of the pile-on mentality of this place.

"WE said you were going to be so great. WE publicized your 300-yard drives as a 13-year-old and proclaimed you to be the next great thing. And you you are not performing like WE thought you would! What's wrong with you??????"

She took money from companies begging to give it to her before she had accomplished anything.

Big deal.

Everyone on this board would have done the exact same thing.

If Wie gets her name on a police blotter or flunks out of school or throws a club and hits somebody with it, fine. Rip her all you want.

But this "Running Michelle Wie isn't as good as WE said she was going to be" crap is getting old.

I agree, most if not all would have taken the barrels of money thrown at her five years ago.

But not many would have chosen the bizarre career path that the Wie Family has chosen - appearing to do everything in their power to avoid actually playing golf against her competition... the Men's Tour, going to college - it's bizarre - and certainly worth a thread on a sports board, IMO.

 

[PeteyPirate]

Yes, going to college is bizarre. Playing in tournaments that you're invited to play in, crazy.

 

[poindexter]

Yes, going to college is bizarre. Playing in tournaments that you're invited to play in, crazy.

Its done wonders for her game.

 

[BTExpress]

But not many would have chosen the bizarre career path that the Wie Family has chosen - appearing to do everything in their power to avoid actually playing golf against her competition... the Men's Tour, going to college - it's bizarre -

Her path is the same used by Venus and Serena Williams.

On magazine covers at age 12 . . . playing exhibitions at that age against the pros . . . avoiding juniors competition . . . even boasting about playing against the men (Venus played a non-sanctioned match against one).

And, of course, their dad was roundly criticized for it all.

At first.

 

[zagoshe]

And STILL, get back to us when she drops down to something like 30% top-ten finishes in majors entered.

Or better yet, pass judgment after she gets through actually being a student at one of the nation's top universities.

No, maybe Nike and everyone else should have gotten back to us after she actually had, you know, accomplished something......

And you are missing the point completely -- her top ten finishes are nice -- her ZERO wins are nowhere near in line with all of the ridiculous hype and wealth that has been bestowed upon her for no other reason other than she is young and halfway attractive and the LPGA is so desperate for attention they jumped on board with it all.....

I agree completely, but I wouldn't blame her for taking what was offered. If you're so angry about it, why not address it with Phil Knight instead?

Wait, I'm not angry about anything.

I am saying -- all of this "why is everybody picking on this poor wittle girl..." stuff is BS.

If you are going to take millions and agree to become the face of the LPGA and the next great superstar --- don't be shocked that when you **** the bed or you fail to live up to even half of your hype -- which she clearly has failed to do -- people will be quick to point it out and people will NOT be willing to hold you to the same standards as everyone else.

Further, my biggest objection to Michelle Wie is that she continued to try and play on the PGA tour when she hadn't even proved a thing -- and still hasn't -- on the LPGA tour.

 

[zagoshe]

But not many would have chosen the bizarre career path that the Wie Family has chosen - appearing to do everything in their power to avoid actually playing golf against her competition... the Men's Tour, going to college - it's bizarre -

Her path is the same used by Venus and Serena Williams.

On magazine covers at age 12 . . . playing exhibitions at that age against the pros . . . avoiding juniors competition . . . even boasting about playing against the men (Venus played a non-sanctioned match against one).

And, of course, their dad was roundly criticized for it all.

At first.

The main difference being that Serena and Venus both had won multiple tournaments by age 17, Serena won two grand slam events at age 18 and Venus had her grand slam title by age 20 and likely would have had it a year earlier had it not been for an injury and Wie hasn't won ****......

 

[Pastor]

If you are going to take millions and agree to become the face of the LPGA...

When did she become the face of hte LPGA?

 

[PeteyPirate]

If you are going to take millions and agree to become the face of the LPGA...

When did she become the face of hte LPGA?

It was a clause in the Nike contract, remember?