i know ryan does a great job at flotrack, but floswimming is going nowhere without garrett. the sign was pretty cool, just to see that people are really excited for swimming and it was actually televised on a non-olympic year. this season is getting really big, and there is no coverage, while flotrack keeps on growing. where's the coverage mark?
David Campbell said: “everyone on this website is pretty douche. ryan was just trying to get you guys excited about something, and he seems more enthusiastic about this event than any of you "swimming" fans do. who cares that he may not know a lot about swimming? that's totally irrelevant from this video post. i run track and swim for my school so i think it's awesome that he did this. thanks for the excitement ryan!”
Enough is Enough said: “Hey everyone let's stop all of this - trust me I know how you feel and am now part of the Swimpulse crew trying to do something different. I have kept coming here to see what some of the response is from different sides of the coin.
This has turned into something too ugly - we now have track guys v swimming guys - I understand some may like confrontation - I enjoy it myself, but this stuff is going too far.
Garrett and Flo had a falling out there are many different reasons for that and many if not all should stay private - it is a business and trying to get things out on this is not business like on either side - Flo has to move on and Garrett has moved on to Swimpulse.net.
I would like to thank Ryan - he tried to do something for the business he worked for and for the fans of floswimming - I personally appreciate that he was simple with what he did and didn't try to come off like he knew swimming.
If you like the direction of Flo than keep coming and enjoy it, if not got to a new venue that you do like and don't continually bash on everybody and anybody - I would encourage Flo to do the same move forward and don't cheapen what you are trying to build by being negative.
My two cents - World Champs was interesting, exciting and a great platform for swimming which is exciting and interesting.
Let's all move on and enjoy the sport!!!!”
um there was no coverage of the biggest meet of the year.....
Hey everyone let's stop all of this - trust me I know how you feel and am now part of the Garrett`s crew trying to do something different. I have kept coming here to see what some of the response is from different sides of the coin.
This has turned into something too ugly - we now have track guys v swimming guys - I understand some may like confrontation - I enjoy it myself, but this stuff is going too far.
Garrett and Flo had a falling out there are many different reasons for that and many if not all should stay private - it is a business and trying to get things out on this is not business like on either side - Flo has to move on and Garrett has moved on to Swimpulse.net.
I would like to thank Ryan - he tried to do something for the business he worked for and for the fans of floswimming - I personally appreciate that he was simple with what he did and didn't try to come off like he knew swimming.
If you like the direction of Flo than keep coming and enjoy it, if not got to a new venue that you do like and don't continually bash on everybody and anybody - I would encourage Flo to do the same move forward and don't cheapen what you are trying to build by being negative.
My two cents - World Champs was interesting, exciting and a great platform for swimming which is exciting and interesting.
Let's all move on and enjoy the sport!!!!
Money Money said: “Does anyone have an estimate on garrett's salary at Floswimming.. was it so small that he couldn't personally fund a trip to Rome himself, so all this could have been avoided?”
it's pretty clear that garrett is a money vampire and will suck every dollar out of you and the sport that he can.
Splooshdjjje In Your Face! July 25, 2009 at 1:30pm
David Campbell said: “everyone on this website is pretty douche. ryan was just trying to get you guys excited about something, and he seems more enthusiastic about this event than any of you "swimming" fans do. who cares that he may not know a lot about swimming? that's totally irrelevant from this video post. i run track and swim for my school so i think it's awesome that he did this. thanks for the excitement ryan!”
SwimmingWorld.TV will also be part of the increased coverage with daily recaps from Peter Busch and Jeff Commings, as well as special guest correspondent Garrett McCaffrey. McCaffrey will be appearing live from Rome to discuss each finals session.
everyone on this website is pretty douche. ryan was just trying to get you guys excited about something, and he seems more enthusiastic about this event than any of you "swimming" fans do. who cares that he may not know a lot about swimming? that's totally irrelevant from this video post. i run track and swim for my school so i think it's awesome that he did this. thanks for the excitement ryan!
Does anyone have an estimate on garrett's salary at Floswimming.. was it so small that he couldn't personally fund a trip to Rome himself, so all this could have been avoided?
I have gotten word that garrett will be in rome...will let you all know where to go for garrett...so keep tuned!! and garrett is on facebook so just look him up..his photo is really clear!
too bad... said: “Swimming has so much less depth than running. You have to be rich to get access to a pool etc. whereas in track anyone can do it. Hence why you see poorer countries like Ethiopia, Kenya, Jamaica, etc. do well. Track > Swimming. Swimming is soooo boring too... looks sooo slow.”
too bad you live in the flux of ontological anxiety, the 'poorer' countries you named do well because they are born with natural running qualities and from a young age they run in their local existence its part of everyday life- lack of swimming pools and water in general does inhibit their participation to individuals like eric m in 2000. to compare swimming to your natural running countries, australia do better in swimming as they have more access to water and its in their culture- its really a case of different horses to courses . in both sports there are 'poorer' individual countries who have individuals rise to the the top at times. swimming is slower(like running to many other sports) but we have to deal with forces places upon our bodies that you cannot even comprehend- dense matter does tend to slow down any individual, try running in snow without snow shoes. running is getting to a a genetic stalemate where only the genetic elite break records- swimming is still at a point where hard work and determination get a long way.
Swimming has so much less depth than running. You have to be rich to get access to a pool etc. whereas in track anyone can do it. Hence why you see poorer countries like Ethiopia, Kenya, Jamaica, etc. do well. Track > Swimming. Swimming is soooo boring too... looks sooo slow.
they did rethink garretts budget and he went and got money from elsewhere- thick. you don't think we are not getting plants from team Floreani either? they have just taken on advocare as a sponsor of the website that was implicated in the jessica hardy clenbuterol case- where the indepandent tests at ucla from the ex WADA program head showed that the product had been tainted. would much rather have a product like blueseventy sponsoring the site than one that will settle out of court to clear its name. blueseventy has put money back into the sport and sure the tec suits case will come to a head soon but its been refreshing getting the inside news with their dealings with fina. are we going to be getting updates on the payout to jess hardy from advocare....'hmmmmm' i think not. i don't think what is said on the websites will change the process of regulating the tec suits, but im glad of garrett and floswimming at the time letting us hear whats going on behind the press statements- everyone has their own stance on the suits and floswimmings association with blueseventy has educated my analogue of the issue, but not swayed my collective consciousness
FloTrack fan said: “Got a buddy who just competed at the World University Games so got on here thinking flo swim may have covered the event. Instead, I ended up watching this video with Ryan, who does an amazing job over at flotrack...looks like he just came across this sign and thought he would share. Of course it's not coverage, and doesn't contribute anything.. but don't take your problems out on him, just disregard the video. Looks like you guys have some issues, don't be jealous flotrack is 10 times better. Sucks for you!”
I like flotrack, just not Jerky comments like the one you made. Take it easy buddy - yeah we are hit hard. Garrett did a great job, and now there is nothing on the swimming front. You don't have to be a douche about it.
Ryan From Flotrack said: “sorry for the frustration everyone, i simply put this video up because i walked by the sign and thought it would be cool to see...”
Thanks Ryan. For all of you out there... Flo Track is AWESOME!!! I first found floswimming and loved Garrett's coverage. Still do, and I'll watch whatever he starts... but (yeah there is a but), I like FloTrack! I've used some of the running drills, workouts, etc., to help make my athletes better on the land.
Don't hate flotrack (just floswimming), also if there are workouts on flowrestling check them out, wrestlers are beasts.
All in all, I'll be checking out Track and Wrestling, just not the swimming portion anymore. Sorry Flo Bros, Garrett was the man!
I read some where that 70% of all statistics are made up.
Did he look at the total population of people in the US that run versus swim and compare that to the number of hits/members for each?
The stats about idiocy, those are probably correct but not near as bad as CS.com. That was the reason I left that site two years ago.
the webmasters obviously post on this site under different names and also delete posts that cause too much debate- or are too much to the point. runners out there just accept that we follow a higher evolutionary sport, you guys are still doing what the cavemen did; swimming is a combination of a persons desire to become one with the element of water in a activity that oscillates between joy and fear, between domination and submission, as the swimmer delivers themselves with controlled abandonment to the forces of gravity. so go for gold and follow your desires but leave the swimming to the swimmers. i have been lucky enough to run my own business from a young age and can say if you are passionate about something, you will find a way to get it done. if there is a barrier, you find a way to get over it- as garrett did, he could have sat back and accepted the financial constraints, instead he found away to do his job. I think garrett deserves a big thumbs up for that! i assume that garrett never got a long with mark, as when you have the lack of faith in someone or the reason they are giving them- that drives individuals to push the boundaries and frantically dedicate themselves to something. garrett in a dogmatic view did the best thing for the swimming community and got the funds to send himself to the event- mark obviously underestimated him and turned to putting his hand out and when that didn't work he decided to fire him. mark subconsciously considers himself center of the world that he has created and has some special dispensation that puts him on the fast track to the future- if he didn't live in that dream world it would be difficult for him to face the reality of his life. i feel sorry for someone who has this overwhelming presumption about what they feel they are entitled to from this world- too bad mark that being insensitive to human needs, will in the end get you no where in this life. your way only leads to a morass of anxiety and apathy. what will happen when the next person outdoes you and has more drive and talent- you can only fire so many people.
So clearly we're getting plants of information here from Team Garrett and we're supposed to be impressed that a "journalist" is on the take from a high tech suit company that is scrambling to survive by controlling what websites say about them? Sorry but that's not a real journalist does.
And some web geek over on collegeswimming.com has figured out that Floswimming is getting under 20% the traffic that Flotrack is (and about 1000 percent the idiotic nastiness). Hmmm. If I were the Floreani's, I'd be rethinking the FloGarrett budget too.
Rumors said: “First of all, the money from blueseventy was entirely to pay Garrett and Chris' travel to Rome. It was far less than $4,000. The Floreani's were sore because Blueseventy rejected their laughable business proposal for more money. Since they didn't feel like blaming themselves or their incompetent marketing guy, Pat Hitchins, they decided to make Garrett a scapegoat.
Garrett only went after the travel funds after the Floreani's told him they would not invest any more money in floswimming.”
Rumors,
I think that's about as accurate a scenario as I've seen posted on this site.
First of all, the money from blueseventy was entirely to pay Garrett and Chris' travel to Rome. It was far less than $4,000. The Floreani's were sore because Blueseventy rejected their laughable business proposal for more money. Since they didn't feel like blaming themselves or their incompetent marketing guy, Pat Hitchins, they decided to make Garrett a scapegoat.
Garrett only went after the travel funds after the Floreani's told him they would not invest any more money in floswimming.
I Would Have Fired Him Too.. July 13, 2009 at 7:36pm
I have owned my own business for the last 20 years and if one of my guys did that I would have fired him too... If he is getting sponsor ship money it is not up to him to decide how it gets spent. It sounds like he should be raising money and giving it to the company and they decide how much can be spent on travel.
Here it is... hot off the press...
They told Garrett to get sponsors to pay for his trip to Rome... so he did... BlueSeventy, somewhere in the $4,000 range...
However, Garrett assumed he was supposed to take all that money and spend it on his travel, etc. But when Flopoop's Big Turds found out he came across that kind of money and didn't turn any of it in... they fired him!
FloTrack fan said: “Got a buddy who just competed at the World University Games so got on here thinking flo swim may have covered the event. Instead, I ended up watching this video with Ryan, who does an amazing job over at flotrack...looks like he just came across this sign and thought he would share. Of course it's not coverage, and doesn't contribute anything.. but don't take your problems out on him, just disregard the video. Looks like you guys have some issues, don't be jealous flotrack is 10 times better. Sucks for you!”
Hold up. I was on flocrap the other day and didnt see any Usain Bolt interviews on your gay ass site. But on floswimming there are countless olympians and WR holders.
FloTrack fan said: “Got a buddy who just competed at the World University Games so got on here thinking flo swim may have covered the event. Instead, I ended up watching this video with Ryan, who does an amazing job over at flotrack...looks like he just came across this sign and thought he would share. Of course it's not coverage, and doesn't contribute anything.. but don't take your problems out on him, just disregard the video. Looks like you guys have some issues, don't be jealous flotrack is 10 times better. Sucks for you!”
Ryan From Flotrack said: “sorry for the frustration everyone, i simply put this video up because i walked by the sign and thought it would be cool to see.
as for the anger, i know its hard. its hard for me too. garrett is my roommate and i haven't even got a chance to see him through all this because i am overseas. change is never easy and will be tough on both sides. i know both ends will end up ok, especially Garrett, because he is a great guy with so much to offer as you all know. its tough right now, but its not going to get any better if the community is just angry all the time. sorry if this video upset you in any way, like i said, just wanted you to see what i saw while walking in the streets.”
thanks guy, thats pretty sweet to see that theyve got a nice lil countdown out there for everyone to see.
Anonymous Coward said: “oh my gosh give these guys a break, none of us know what went on behind the scenes that caused this to happen. the sites suffering right now, but just give it time and it will bounce back. garret did a great job but there are other people out there just as qualified, if not more so. you people are acting like this is the end of your life now that garret is off the site. its really not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things, just get a life and stop bashing on the floreani brothers, the people that REALLY made floswimming and are trying to keep it alive despote its obnoxious fans.”
so I heard somewhere that the Floreani brothers were notorious for posting anonymously on their sites in order to "direct" discussions...
New Coke, your analogy is horrible. This isn't in response to losing market share a la coke but it was a decision made at the management level for reasons WE DON'T EVEN KNOW. I for one respect the Flo team in general for attempting to keep this site going and keep adding content even when they don't have someone to run the site.
It isn't the best of circumstances, but making every comment section a "lets bash the guys at flo for getting rid of Garrett" session does nothing to accomplish anything. In fact, I'll go out on a limb and say that everyone who does that is just as bad as Craig Lord when he rants on suits in every single news story, and we all know how useful that is. I loved Garrett as much as the next guy, but lets try not to forget what his goal was, and what the goal of this site still is: to promote the sport of swimming. So rather than hating on flo every chance we get, why don't we try to get excited about the Eric Shanteau, Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps, Aaron Peirsol, Tyler Clary and the biggest meet since the olympics that would seem to be much more beneficial.
oh my gosh give these guys a break, none of us know what went on behind the scenes that caused this to happen. the sites suffering right now, but just give it time and it will bounce back. garret did a great job but there are other people out there just as qualified, if not more so. you people are acting like this is the end of your life now that garret is off the site. its really not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things, just get a life and stop bashing on the floreani brothers, the people that REALLY made floswimming and are trying to keep it alive despote its obnoxious fans.
Many of the respondents on this site might not remember when Coca Cola tried to change the recipe for standard Coke. A version called "New Coke" was released and the old version was not available. The New Coke failed miserably. Coke Corporate did not understand or, in fact, discounted the loyalty of Coke drinkers to the original recipe. But, Coca Cola quickly recognized the error of their ways and put "old" coke back on the market. hmmmmm.
sorry for the frustration everyone, i simply put this video up because i walked by the sign and thought it would be cool to see.
as for the anger, i know its hard. its hard for me too. garrett is my roommate and i haven't even got a chance to see him through all this because i am overseas. change is never easy and will be tough on both sides. i know both ends will end up ok, especially Garrett, because he is a great guy with so much to offer as you all know. its tough right now, but its not going to get any better if the community is just angry all the time. sorry if this video upset you in any way, like i said, just wanted you to see what i saw while walking in the streets.
FloTrack fan said: “Got a buddy who just competed at the World University Games so got on here thinking flo swim may have covered the event. Instead, I ended up watching this video with Ryan, who does an amazing job over at flotrack...looks like he just came across this sign and thought he would share. Of course it's not coverage, and doesn't contribute anything.. but don't take your problems out on him, just disregard the video. Looks like you guys have some issues, don't be jealous flotrack is 10 times better. Sucks for you!”
Got a buddy who just competed at the World University Games so got on here thinking flo swim may have covered the event. Instead, I ended up watching this video with Ryan, who does an amazing job over at flotrack...looks like he just came across this sign and thought he would share. Of course it's not coverage, and doesn't contribute anything.. but don't take your problems out on him, just disregard the video. Looks like you guys have some issues, don't be jealous flotrack is 10 times better. Sucks for you!
Anonymous Coward said: “for those of you who are hating on the flotrack/wrestling guys, maybe you dont realize that they are trying to balance the demands of garretts old job and still find time to keep floswim from falling apart. keep it up guys im rooting for you.”
NIce try, posting as AC to defend yourself. Trying to balance? you are going to need a fleet of people to make up for what he meant to all the people who visited his site for his work. Keep it from falling apart? Too friggin' late, the rats are already crawling off this sinking ship.
Give this guy a break. He doesn't even work for Floswimming, he decided to put up a video to contribute to the coverage (or lack thereof) that Floswimming has. He didn't fire Garrett, he just uploaded a nice quick video.
for those of you who are hating on the flotrack/wrestling guys, maybe you dont realize that they are trying to balance the demands of garretts old job and still find time to keep floswim from falling apart. keep it up guys im rooting for you.
coverage=close to none..poop
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there were so many AMAZING swim at trials and there is like no coverage. luckily i was there so i dont have to rely on this crap to keep me updated
way to go flopoop
Disappointed Beyond Belief July 12, 2009 at 5:28pm
You guys are doing a great job of sinking floswimming into the toilet. The coverage since Garrett left has been the worst ever. And now you are trying to get us excited about this guy's nose? Give it up!! Swimnetwork.com is way better - and it stinks!
I was actually rooting for the bird to have another pass and take you out! wow a sign, you are sure putting in a lot of effort to do better than Garrett. shove your golden meet track event up your arse
Hey everyone, I was in Rome a couple days ago for a track meet and was doing some site seeing. I walked by this World Champs sign and it was pretty cool. I am sure everyone is getting exciting, I know I am for our World Champs in August. Enjoy the competition, should be exciting! July 12, 2009
Flo In Rome And The FINA Countdown
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“everyone on this website is pretty douche. ryan was just trying to get you guys excited about something, and he seems more enthusiastic about this event than any of you "swimming" fans do. who cares that he may not know a lot about swimming? that's totally irrelevant from this video post. i run track and swim for my school so i think it's awesome that he did this. thanks for the excitement ryan!”
“Hey everyone let's stop all of this - trust me I know how you feel and am now part of the Swimpulse crew trying to do something different. I have kept coming here to see what some of the response is from different sides of the coin.
This has turned into something too ugly - we now have track guys v swimming guys - I understand some may like confrontation - I enjoy it myself, but this stuff is going too far.
Garrett and Flo had a falling out there are many different reasons for that and many if not all should stay private - it is a business and trying to get things out on this is not business like on either side - Flo has to move on and Garrett has moved on to Swimpulse.net.
I would like to thank Ryan - he tried to do something for the business he worked for and for the fans of floswimming - I personally appreciate that he was simple with what he did and didn't try to come off like he knew swimming.
If you like the direction of Flo than keep coming and enjoy it, if not got to a new venue that you do like and don't continually bash on everybody and anybody - I would encourage Flo to do the same move forward and don't cheapen what you are trying to build by being negative.
My two cents - World Champs was interesting, exciting and a great platform for swimming which is exciting and interesting.
Let's all move on and enjoy the sport!!!!”
my two cents is better than yours
This has turned into something too ugly - we now have track guys v swimming guys - I understand some may like confrontation - I enjoy it myself, but this stuff is going too far.
Garrett and Flo had a falling out there are many different reasons for that and many if not all should stay private - it is a business and trying to get things out on this is not business like on either side - Flo has to move on and Garrett has moved on to Swimpulse.net.
I would like to thank Ryan - he tried to do something for the business he worked for and for the fans of floswimming - I personally appreciate that he was simple with what he did and didn't try to come off like he knew swimming.
If you like the direction of Flo than keep coming and enjoy it, if not got to a new venue that you do like and don't continually bash on everybody and anybody - I would encourage Flo to do the same move forward and don't cheapen what you are trying to build by being negative.
My two cents - World Champs was interesting, exciting and a great platform for swimming which is exciting and interesting.
Let's all move on and enjoy the sport!!!!
Also....about all of the reruns on the site that make it look like something is happening.......lame
“Does anyone have an estimate on garrett's salary at Floswimming.. was it so small that he couldn't personally fund a trip to Rome himself, so all this could have been avoided?”
“everyone on this website is pretty douche. ryan was just trying to get you guys excited about something, and he seems more enthusiastic about this event than any of you "swimming" fans do. who cares that he may not know a lot about swimming? that's totally irrelevant from this video post. i run track and swim for my school so i think it's awesome that he did this. thanks for the excitement ryan!”
SwimmingWorld.TV will also be part of the increased coverage with daily recaps from Peter Busch and Jeff Commings, as well as special guest correspondent Garrett McCaffrey. McCaffrey will be appearing live from Rome to discuss each finals session.
“Swimming has so much less depth than running. You have to be rich to get access to a pool etc. whereas in track anyone can do it. Hence why you see poorer countries like Ethiopia, Kenya, Jamaica, etc. do well. Track > Swimming. Swimming is soooo boring too... looks sooo slow.”
“Got a buddy who just competed at the World University Games so got on here thinking flo swim may have covered the event. Instead, I ended up watching this video with Ryan, who does an amazing job over at flotrack...looks like he just came across this sign and thought he would share. Of course it's not coverage, and doesn't contribute anything.. but don't take your problems out on him, just disregard the video. Looks like you guys have some issues, don't be jealous flotrack is 10 times better. Sucks for you!”
“sorry for the frustration everyone, i simply put this video up because i walked by the sign and thought it would be cool to see...”
Don't hate flotrack (just floswimming), also if there are workouts on flowrestling check them out, wrestlers are beasts.
All in all, I'll be checking out Track and Wrestling, just not the swimming portion anymore. Sorry Flo Bros, Garrett was the man!
Did he look at the total population of people in the US that run versus swim and compare that to the number of hits/members for each?
The stats about idiocy, those are probably correct but not near as bad as CS.com. That was the reason I left that site two years ago.
And some web geek over on collegeswimming.com has figured out that Floswimming is getting under 20% the traffic that Flotrack is (and about 1000 percent the idiotic nastiness). Hmmm. If I were the Floreani's, I'd be rethinking the FloGarrett budget too.
“First of all, the money from blueseventy was entirely to pay Garrett and Chris' travel to Rome. It was far less than $4,000. The Floreani's were sore because Blueseventy rejected their laughable business proposal for more money. Since they didn't feel like blaming themselves or their incompetent marketing guy, Pat Hitchins, they decided to make Garrett a scapegoat.
Garrett only went after the travel funds after the Floreani's told him they would not invest any more money in floswimming.”
I think that's about as accurate a scenario as I've seen posted on this site.
Garrett only went after the travel funds after the Floreani's told him they would not invest any more money in floswimming.
They told Garrett to get sponsors to pay for his trip to Rome... so he did... BlueSeventy, somewhere in the $4,000 range...
However, Garrett assumed he was supposed to take all that money and spend it on his travel, etc. But when Flopoop's Big Turds found out he came across that kind of money and didn't turn any of it in... they fired him!
“Got a buddy who just competed at the World University Games so got on here thinking flo swim may have covered the event. Instead, I ended up watching this video with Ryan, who does an amazing job over at flotrack...looks like he just came across this sign and thought he would share. Of course it's not coverage, and doesn't contribute anything.. but don't take your problems out on him, just disregard the video. Looks like you guys have some issues, don't be jealous flotrack is 10 times better. Sucks for you!”
I am just saying
“Got a buddy who just competed at the World University Games so got on here thinking flo swim may have covered the event. Instead, I ended up watching this video with Ryan, who does an amazing job over at flotrack...looks like he just came across this sign and thought he would share. Of course it's not coverage, and doesn't contribute anything.. but don't take your problems out on him, just disregard the video. Looks like you guys have some issues, don't be jealous flotrack is 10 times better. Sucks for you!”
and isn't French the official language of FINA?
“sorry for the frustration everyone, i simply put this video up because i walked by the sign and thought it would be cool to see.
as for the anger, i know its hard. its hard for me too. garrett is my roommate and i haven't even got a chance to see him through all this because i am overseas. change is never easy and will be tough on both sides. i know both ends will end up ok, especially Garrett, because he is a great guy with so much to offer as you all know. its tough right now, but its not going to get any better if the community is just angry all the time. sorry if this video upset you in any way, like i said, just wanted you to see what i saw while walking in the streets.”
“oh my gosh give these guys a break, none of us know what went on behind the scenes that caused this to happen. the sites suffering right now, but just give it time and it will bounce back. garret did a great job but there are other people out there just as qualified, if not more so. you people are acting like this is the end of your life now that garret is off the site. its really not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things, just get a life and stop bashing on the floreani brothers, the people that REALLY made floswimming and are trying to keep it alive despote its obnoxious fans.”
It isn't the best of circumstances, but making every comment section a "lets bash the guys at flo for getting rid of Garrett" session does nothing to accomplish anything. In fact, I'll go out on a limb and say that everyone who does that is just as bad as Craig Lord when he rants on suits in every single news story, and we all know how useful that is. I loved Garrett as much as the next guy, but lets try not to forget what his goal was, and what the goal of this site still is: to promote the sport of swimming. So rather than hating on flo every chance we get, why don't we try to get excited about the Eric Shanteau, Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps, Aaron Peirsol, Tyler Clary and the biggest meet since the olympics that would seem to be much more beneficial.
“Your right, it's hard for everyone. Thanks for trying to help Ryan. The anger just seems really deep.”
as for the anger, i know its hard. its hard for me too. garrett is my roommate and i haven't even got a chance to see him through all this because i am overseas. change is never easy and will be tough on both sides. i know both ends will end up ok, especially Garrett, because he is a great guy with so much to offer as you all know. its tough right now, but its not going to get any better if the community is just angry all the time. sorry if this video upset you in any way, like i said, just wanted you to see what i saw while walking in the streets.
“Got a buddy who just competed at the World University Games so got on here thinking flo swim may have covered the event. Instead, I ended up watching this video with Ryan, who does an amazing job over at flotrack...looks like he just came across this sign and thought he would share. Of course it's not coverage, and doesn't contribute anything.. but don't take your problems out on him, just disregard the video. Looks like you guys have some issues, don't be jealous flotrack is 10 times better. Sucks for you!”
“for those of you who are hating on the flotrack/wrestling guys, maybe you dont realize that they are trying to balance the demands of garretts old job and still find time to keep floswim from falling apart. keep it up guys im rooting for you.”
Jessica Hardy got busted for roids and she blamed them...........
way to go new "FLO"
Keep livin' the dream floswimming
www= poop
website= poop
there were so many AMAZING swim at trials and there is like no coverage. luckily i was there so i dont have to rely on this crap to keep me updated
way to go flopoop