Josh Kerr On Jakob Ingebrigtsen's Tactics, Inner Circle, and Ego: Trash Talk or Truth Talk?

Was Josh just trash talking or telling the truth? You decide.

0:00 Josh Kerr Talks About Jakob Ingebrigtsen
01:30 Audio clip #1: "The ego is pretty high on this one"
02:14 Jakob vulnerable in unpaced races?
03:57 Audio Clip #2: Jakob surrounded by yes men?
07:52 Should Jakob address his weaknesses?
11:09 Jakob's 2023 season
14:13 Big Mile in Hawaii: Nuguse vs Centro vs Kessler

[albmena]

Kerr: “Jakob doesn’t win many non-paced races”

Yea but Kerr doesn’t win many races period 😂

[DCGomez-zgwd]

Jacob’s off day, Olympic silver. Josh’s off day, last place.

[BellLapMiler]

2 men in the world can run 3:27 & Josh Kerr isn’t one of them

[michealsizemore]

Love Jakob. Don't care what anyone says.

[joejoejoe]

They are both incredible athletes with great attitudes. Jakob’s manner is not arrogance, as some think, he just has unbelievable self belief and high expectations of himself.
I love both runners for the way they are, and it’s great for the sport that they are as fearless expressing themselves as they are in their running.
We don’t need to pick a side; just appreciate them.

[janetstorm]

Josh Kerr is just spitting in the wind. How is this a rivalry when Kerr in all these years has beaten Jacob one time. The rivalry I see brewing isn't Kerr its Nuguse. Kerr may not even medal next year, Nuguse is way better. I like when these guys always down play the most important race and that was the Tokyo Olympics when Jakob won gold. In track and field the Olympics is everything. Steve Cram was great, world record holder won the world champs, but it was Coe and Ovett who won the Olympics. Even Hicham El Guerrouj multiple world champs and records but was considered less than by many including himself till he won that Olympics Gold Medal. There fools on letsrun needs to stop downplaying the Olympic Gold Medal which he won easily and broke the Olympics record by 3 seconds. Jakob isn't going to change tactics for the likes of Kerr. He does not fear Kerr. Kerr is the one who needs to be cautious because there are people behind him coming. It seems to me there is definitely some jealousy going on here. It just sounds to be like Jakob has rented some space in Josh Kerr's head 😅🤣😂😁🤪😀😛

[james_track]

Ingebrigtsen is 10 times the athlete as Kerr.

[ZATHURAKEY]

Also, Jacob has beaten J Kerr in every other non-paced race they have been in and the same for Jake Wightmen . He has lost to both guys once but, has beaten them every other time paced or non-paced races !

[troys]

Kerr suddenly grew “tired” and was done for the season (save the 5th Ave Mile) after promptly getting out kicked by Nuguse in Zurich, Kerr’s first and last track meet of the year as the World 1500m champ - Ingebrigtsen, meanwhile, broke another WR and almost broke another in the Bowerman mile - as a track distance fan, I’d much rather follow Ingebrigtsen’s record- and near-record setting season than Kerr’s one sit-and-kick win - and if anyone doubts Ingebrigtsen’s kick, rewatch the World 5K where he caught Katir in the stretch after Katir had a 5m lead with 75m to go, and rewatch the Prefontaine 3K where he holds off the world indoor mile record holder Kajelka (SP?) in a spirited sprint to the finish

[No_One_Special]

I think we'd all love to see Josh Kerr try to front run. He'd be out of the race before the final finish.

[AllInTheGame]

A little bit of animosity between the two is great for the event/sport! Surprised there was no mention in the latest episode of 18yr old Freshman JaMeesia Ford's 35.83 indoor 300m season opener last Friday (#2 NCAA all-time just 0.04s from breaking Abby Steiner's 35.80 NCAA Record & #7 all-time in history) which is crazy impressive!

[jamie.lennon]

Does Josh not realise that Jakob is just playing to his strengths by front-running? You can't call it a weakness when his worst finish since 2019 has been🥈

If Jakob took a sit and kick approach, sure he might win 🥇 but he also might finish 4th!

Similarly, if Josh tried to front-run, he might make the podium but he also might finish dead last. You play to your strengths. I don't get why he's being so critical here?

[DrProfX]

“… it’s such a bold statement… but I love it!” 😂👍👍

[kevinmorgan]

It's not as if a bunch of people are passing him up the home straight. At most, it's one per loss. So only one guy each time managed to get past. And all the others are getting paced and can't get past anyway. Not sure the argument holds up. Sit in and it's a lottery... Centro got to the front in a very slow race and ran 50secs for the last 400m... anyone who beats that has to run 49!!!... Jakob makes it a true race.

[jmysterio]

It does seem Jakob is vulnerable on occasion down the stretch, Wightman also showed that. Wouldnt call it a weakness because it doesnt happen very often.

[nwredhawln]

Love the trash talk. 1500 Indoors World Championship

[ZATHURAKEY]

Everyone forgets El G, who was the greatest miler of the 2000's didn't loose many races except the Olympic final 1500's . Was he not the greatest miler ever even though he lost two non -paced races ??

[GbawlZ]

I think your sample size is way too small to draw that conclusion. The fact that you can point out three total races he has lost in the last handful of years is proof of that. Everyone knows Jakob is cocky -- he's so cocky that he kicked his dad to the curb and became his own coach (before the scandal involving his dad came out). As an unbiased viewer, it seems to me like Josh Kerr let his single win over Jakob get to his head to the point where he feels like he is better than him. It's far more likely that Jakob, who doubles up on races in major events, overestimates his ability to handle that workload on occasion and loses a race. If he simply picks one race in next year's WC, he will win the event he races, including the 1500M, I would bet money on it. The fans in this sport, a long with the peanut gallery on Youtube, are so quick to dethrone the top dog when they have a single bad race. People are already writing off Eliud Kipchoge for his Chicago performance, and as evidenced by this video and others, are drawing wild conclusions about Jakob based on his few losses to runners who are clearly not on his level. Does anyone view Josh Kerr or Jake Wightman as contenders for gold at any point in their careers? No. What other runner throughout history has been held to the standard Jakob is being held to? That tells you everything you need to know about his talent.

[milocavapoo]

A healthy Jakob will beat every runner in the 1500m with or without pacers. His improvement in 2023 was phenomenal with world records Kerr will never achieve. Kerr has also been cocky since getting 3rd in the Olympics but barely won a race since. A bit hypocritical calling out Jakob for having an ego when I’ve heard him bigging himself up pre-race then failing miserably the past 2 years other than that 1 race when Jacob was clearly ill. He’s just jealous he has to eat Jakob’s dirt 99.9% of the time!

[mariqstigler]

Jakob is levels above Kerr. Stop with the nonsense. Rojo is an absolute 🤡 and Kerr is still salty that he doesn't have half the accolades as Jakob.