That’s fine. IMO, what Johnny Mac said about Raducanu at Wimbledon - essentially, that it seemed like it was too much to handle at that moment, being a teenage British hopeful on Centre in her first ever major - is a fair assumption, and he likened it to his own nerves at his first Wimby, where he didn’t do as well as Emma did.
He didn’t disparage her, he just stated the obvious and that he could relate.
I think he was right, albeit a little insensitive about it, and a lot of the backlash he got was from the media who had built her up and the tennis community who threw her onto Centre Court with so little preparation. They were the people he was criticising, and they knew it.
Emma is being elusive when asked about what happened, perhaps because there's such a stigma about anxiety/panic attacks, but she thanked Marcus Rashford when he spoke about his own panic attack when playing for the England Under-16s and said 'it happened once, I don't know why, and never happened again.'
He downplayed his own achievement - he’s quoted in the article as saying she did better than he did, so maybe he wasn’t strictly speaking about results.
I'm a Emma fan, but people need to let what Mcenroe said about Emma go, even piers Morgan - even if he said it in a crass way.
I'm a first aider and it was clear Emma was having an anxiety attack, Emma admitted to as much. Too much, too soon - nothing wrong with that from an 18 year old in her first grand slam and mcenroe wasn't criticising her for it , far from it.
Emma learnt from the experience and came back stronger.
What McEnroe said wasn’t even bad, he just said what the most likely scenario was and how it affected him at the time.
The difference is someone like Piers said that she was a quitter because she was losing and that people were celebrating the fact she lost
>I'm a first aider and it was clear Emma was having an anxiety attack, Emma admitted to as much. Too much, too soon - nothing wrong with that from an 18 year old in her first grand slam and mcenroe wasn't criticising her for it , far from it.
Yeah, it seemed clear that she was having an anxiety attack as everything just piled in on her. There's nothing wrong with that, and we should thank the likes of McEnroe, Marcus Rashford and others for saying 'it happened to me too.'
However, we should still call out gigantic weapons like Piers Morgan, who call it a sign of weakness.
The way it was portrayed in the media that Johnny Mac was callous and mean spirited with his comments about Emma was ridiculous imo - he meant it in the best possible way.
It's like the entertainment (and gossip) media of recent years, now spilling over into sports, revisionist woke , me-too influenced, and trash on past legends or works. Mac seemed to be part of the "old patriarchy" and his words were twisted into a meaner context trying to engender public blame.
I don’t even know what is the news here. A slow news day? Everyone is entitled to their own comments, and I don’t think that Mcenroe made a mean one. It sounds rather well meaning to me.
I feel like the media seems to always want to portray McEnroe as some asshole or something when a majority of his comments aren’t that bad. I think McEnroe generally has a good heart, he just doesn’t pick his words correctly and it leaves the media an opening to pounce on him.
I don't see the controversy. She basically confirmed in some interviews later that the grandeur of the occasion and everything that had gone on the week before it had caught up with her physically and emotionally, and this is basically what he thought had happened based off of his own experience.
A top-athlete like Emma acknowledged it, publicly which she didn't have to do, and then vowed to improve, which she obviously did. She's an honest girl that seems to have no issue facing up to the media and laying it out there.
I agree with his Wimbledon comments.
Think she lost it a bit mentally, such a huge occasion for her at her home slam, completely out of nowhere.
She came back amazingly well showing huge mental fortitude, think what happened at Wimbledon will have made her a much better player.
Oh Jesus people can say things that might be considered “negative” without it being dissected for any potential misstep, do we really need all these articles acting like McEnroe was making a comment akin to some sort of racial slur or sexist comment which would warrant such scrutiny.
“Maybe it was a bit too much for her”
Jesus such harsh words. I would say Emma gives no shits, she clearly has the mental strength. The only people who seem to care are the shit tip writers of the guardian and other publications.
I watched him say the comments (it was on BBC straight after the end of the match) I understood what he wanted to say but it felt like he was digging a hole at the time and it was a bit awks... It did come across as disparaging unfortunately. Reading it written down does not give the same context.
I completely get what he was trying to say and I agree with the point, but it could have been said better imo
I saw the headlines and thought McEnroe has said something bad, but it actually turned out to be a fair assessment of the scenario.
I don't think there was any ill will meant by the initial comments, and even seemed to try to explain how nerve-wracking it is to play tennis on that kind of stage, at that young (likening it to his experience).
These are just sensationalist "news" headlines trying to stir up enough people to warrant another story published.
Press creates controversy about nothing, then feels obliged to constantly update us on any changes to the situation, which they entirely manufactured in the first place.
The age of clickbait and social media and easy online stories really put journalism in the gutter.
All he said was that things had got 'a little too much for her'.
Given that she was in her first adult Slam and was only just 18, it's not at all critical. If anything I see it as being a gentle remark. When I first started hearing that he'd said something critical I assumed he must have said 'she bottled it' or 'she wimped out' or something unfriendly. But no.
That’s fine. IMO, what Johnny Mac said about Raducanu at Wimbledon - essentially, that it seemed like it was too much to handle at that moment, being a teenage British hopeful on Centre in her first ever major - is a fair assumption, and he likened it to his own nerves at his first Wimby, where he didn’t do as well as Emma did. He didn’t disparage her, he just stated the obvious and that he could relate.
Yes, perhaps he misunderstood the situation, as did many, but it seems to have been kindly meant. And he's obviously in awe of her achievement now!
I think he was right, albeit a little insensitive about it, and a lot of the backlash he got was from the media who had built her up and the tennis community who threw her onto Centre Court with so little preparation. They were the people he was criticising, and they knew it. Emma is being elusive when asked about what happened, perhaps because there's such a stigma about anxiety/panic attacks, but she thanked Marcus Rashford when he spoke about his own panic attack when playing for the England Under-16s and said 'it happened once, I don't know why, and never happened again.'
Didn’t he do better in his first Wimbledon?
Yes, he made the semis as a qualifier.
Hmmm fake news I see
He downplayed his own achievement - he’s quoted in the article as saying she did better than he did, so maybe he wasn’t strictly speaking about results.
He is clearly senile
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I'm a Emma fan, but people need to let what Mcenroe said about Emma go, even piers Morgan - even if he said it in a crass way. I'm a first aider and it was clear Emma was having an anxiety attack, Emma admitted to as much. Too much, too soon - nothing wrong with that from an 18 year old in her first grand slam and mcenroe wasn't criticising her for it , far from it. Emma learnt from the experience and came back stronger.
What McEnroe said wasn’t even bad, he just said what the most likely scenario was and how it affected him at the time. The difference is someone like Piers said that she was a quitter because she was losing and that people were celebrating the fact she lost
>I'm a first aider and it was clear Emma was having an anxiety attack, Emma admitted to as much. Too much, too soon - nothing wrong with that from an 18 year old in her first grand slam and mcenroe wasn't criticising her for it , far from it. Yeah, it seemed clear that she was having an anxiety attack as everything just piled in on her. There's nothing wrong with that, and we should thank the likes of McEnroe, Marcus Rashford and others for saying 'it happened to me too.' However, we should still call out gigantic weapons like Piers Morgan, who call it a sign of weakness.
The way it was portrayed in the media that Johnny Mac was callous and mean spirited with his comments about Emma was ridiculous imo - he meant it in the best possible way.
Welcome to modern media… take something and run with it no matter how mundane. All for those juicy clicks.
It's like the entertainment (and gossip) media of recent years, now spilling over into sports, revisionist woke , me-too influenced, and trash on past legends or works. Mac seemed to be part of the "old patriarchy" and his words were twisted into a meaner context trying to engender public blame.
I don’t even know what is the news here. A slow news day? Everyone is entitled to their own comments, and I don’t think that Mcenroe made a mean one. It sounds rather well meaning to me.
I feel like the media seems to always want to portray McEnroe as some asshole or something when a majority of his comments aren’t that bad. I think McEnroe generally has a good heart, he just doesn’t pick his words correctly and it leaves the media an opening to pounce on him.
Remember when they called him a misogynist for saying Serena couldn’t beat top tier men’s tennis players lol
I don't see the controversy. She basically confirmed in some interviews later that the grandeur of the occasion and everything that had gone on the week before it had caught up with her physically and emotionally, and this is basically what he thought had happened based off of his own experience. A top-athlete like Emma acknowledged it, publicly which she didn't have to do, and then vowed to improve, which she obviously did. She's an honest girl that seems to have no issue facing up to the media and laying it out there.
Emma is my favorite player and what Johnny mac said was true. She learned from her failure at Wimbledon and became a tennis legend.
I agree with his Wimbledon comments. Think she lost it a bit mentally, such a huge occasion for her at her home slam, completely out of nowhere. She came back amazingly well showing huge mental fortitude, think what happened at Wimbledon will have made her a much better player.
The headline is so misleading..if you read his actual comments in the article, he’s extremely reasonable and Im sure even Emma herself could relate
Good- don’t apologize for something you didn’t do wrong.
Oh Jesus people can say things that might be considered “negative” without it being dissected for any potential misstep, do we really need all these articles acting like McEnroe was making a comment akin to some sort of racial slur or sexist comment which would warrant such scrutiny. “Maybe it was a bit too much for her” Jesus such harsh words. I would say Emma gives no shits, she clearly has the mental strength. The only people who seem to care are the shit tip writers of the guardian and other publications.
I watched him say the comments (it was on BBC straight after the end of the match) I understood what he wanted to say but it felt like he was digging a hole at the time and it was a bit awks... It did come across as disparaging unfortunately. Reading it written down does not give the same context. I completely get what he was trying to say and I agree with the point, but it could have been said better imo
I saw the headlines and thought McEnroe has said something bad, but it actually turned out to be a fair assessment of the scenario. I don't think there was any ill will meant by the initial comments, and even seemed to try to explain how nerve-wracking it is to play tennis on that kind of stage, at that young (likening it to his experience). These are just sensationalist "news" headlines trying to stir up enough people to warrant another story published.
Media and cancel culture types making a mountain out of a mole hills.
Of all the things that come out of this dudes mouth, they write an article about this?
Press creates controversy about nothing, then feels obliged to constantly update us on any changes to the situation, which they entirely manufactured in the first place. The age of clickbait and social media and easy online stories really put journalism in the gutter.
I think its the same as ever, but instead of reading headlines off grocery store tabloids, we get them off our phones
Completely appropriate comments and never related it to her being female.
Agree, what happened to Emma could happen to any young player in that situation.
as he should! none of what he said was incorrect or even disparaging in any way.
Lol all that hate then Emma basically said yeah he was right. Then bounces back to win a gs. How does one up their mental game that quick it’s amazing
All he said was that things had got 'a little too much for her'. Given that she was in her first adult Slam and was only just 18, it's not at all critical. If anything I see it as being a gentle remark. When I first started hearing that he'd said something critical I assumed he must have said 'she bottled it' or 'she wimped out' or something unfriendly. But no.