Phil and Todd lost their opening round match. Not to make excuses, but the night before Phil marched in the Opening Ceremonies and had to be on his feet for over 5 hours. He later admitted he had "dead legs" and was routinely getting beaten on his block. Usually Phil is the most intimidating blocker in the world, giving rise to his nickname, The Thin Beast.Diana thinks they lost because it was so hot and muggy, due to fogging and sponsorship issues , Phil and Todd had to wear their sunglasses without lenses, just frames. I am going with dead legs...
In their other 2 Pool B matches, Phil and Todd "Unleashed the Beast" and meeched (Todd's term for destroyed) the Swiss and Argentineans. Phil utterly dominated the Swiss hitter who is 6'8' (see picture), and was killing on his jump serve against the Argentineans who are among the best passers in the world.
Phil and Todd made it out of Pool Play into the round of 16, but with the opening round loss, they have made the road to gold a bit harder. They will loose their top seed because they didn't win the Pool B. I still have faith.
3 comments:
Sunglasses with no lenses? that's just silly.
Dead legs...puhleeze. I stand by my theory that a major fashion flop made Todd and Phil fall apart to the Latvians.
if i had an endorsement deal, i would have kept on the glasses.
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