Scott Riffs During a Roundtable - Did Dave Castro Really Just Say That?

In an excerpt from the Clydesdale Media Roundtable Soctt Riff's on what Dave Castro said during his week in review.  Apparently, we are not past this.

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Scott Switzer: 00:00

The one thing there's one thing I really wanted to talk about this week, and that is yesterday, Dave did his week in review. And in that week in review, he made some statements that really, really upset me, and it's one of the reasons so when it comes to Dave for me, there's a lot of great things he's done, but there's some stuff that really, like, sticks in my craw about what he did in the old days that I was hoping would get better. And I do think they've gotten better. But when he was on as we can review, someone asked about, should he promote Hiller's Haley Adams video? And he started that with Hiller shits on us.

Scott Switzer: 00:53

Why should I promote his video? And my my response to that is just because Hiller shits on you doesn't mean the content in the video isn't worth sharing and isn't good for CrossFit. Right. It's not promoting Hiller. That video is promoting Haley, and it's promoting CrossFit.

Scott Switzer: 01:15

And you are you are shoving that away because someone said something bad about you.

Charlie Otey: 01:24

Like, did they show Hillary?

Scott Switzer: 01:26

That's the stuff that pisses me off. He then further goes into the the weekend review and says, people wanna whine about getting into the games, then you shouldn't have a tone with us that is shitting on us or done in a tone that's negative, then you'll go to the bottom of the list or you won't get in. So when you make statements like that, it's a third party media basically saying and and, again, he went on a rant about this. I'm just ranting back that that sucks for 3rd party media. You should be able to say your opinion about what things have gone on and what has occurred and not be blackballed because of it in the sport.

Scott Switzer: 02:23

Let's go back. This doesn't done this doesn't just happen with media with Dave. This happened with the fittest man in the world eventually. At the time he took second place, he was not invited to he was not invited to, the invitational. Yeah.

Scott Switzer: 02:42

He was passed over for Jason Khalipa. He was put into a status where he did not have a good relationship with CrossFit for the years that he was champion all because of being blackballed, because he said things, and I believe this in my heart. He said things against CrossFit in the behind the scenes, in the documentaries, in the years he didn't win. Mhmm. So CrossFit passes him up, takes Khalipa instead, and then we have no relationship with the champion and CrossFit for the 5 years the guy wins the the title.

Scott Switzer: 03:25

When you look when you hang out with athletes and then they post a video that you can't see or is blatantly against, the rules of the competition, you say, but they met, they showed us they had the capacity, then you're showing favoritism in another way. If CrossFit ever wants to be an elite sport and to grow, this shit's gotta stop. Like, the NFL can't go around telling everybody who'd says something negative about them, sorry. You can't come to the game on Sunday. Yeah.

Scott Switzer: 04:09

Now we do it in a way that's not, like, is in your faces, Hiller, but we say negative things about CrossFit all the time, But we follow the rules. We do everything we can when we're there. I just this is the stuff that when he got let go, I said, I'm sad to see him go, but I'm excited about the opportunity of where we can go because this little stuff is, are things that are holding back the sport and its ability to grow. When he came back, I was willing to give him a fair shake. Rich said in a, in, in his podcast that he was excited for Dave to come back, but hoped he grew in the time away and things like this would change.

Scott Switzer: 05:00

So this wasn't noticed just by me or other people in the media world. This was noticed by 4 time CrossFit Games champion and legend, Rich Froning. Other people said it when Dave came back that they hoped he grew. And when you when you go off on a riff like that in a weekend review representing CrossFit, it's bad for the sport. Hiller has every right to say whatever he wants to say, and we have the the same right to turn it off or turn it on.

Scott Switzer: 05:36

But he shouldn't be blackballed or take or having access taken away from him because he was critical of the sport. The man has done, and I wrestle with this all the time. His Athena show is freaking awesome. His stuff with Haley Adams, the stuff he did with, with Joe, the affiliate owner up in Wisconsin, was next level. All of that stuff.

Scott Switzer: 06:00

You can't throw that stuff away, and all of that is helping CrossFit as a whole. So there. That's my that's my point. We shouldn't fear backlash if we say something against, if we say something against CrossFit. We all want it to be better.

Scott Switzer: 06:27

That's why we talk about it. You know? And they put themselves in situations where they, they get talked about because when you make a standard for an event and then you show it to the world, and none of the 4 participants do it the way that you described to the rest of the world, you're gonna get made fun of. You're gonna get talked about. Not a single one of the athletes were facing away from the dumbbell when it started.

Scott Switzer: 07:02

That is the standard that was put out there. Come on. And then Dave, in that, we can review also stated that are there media companies fine because they got a 1,000,000 views on that open announcement. They got a 1,000,000 views on the open announcement because people were dying to see what the workout was. Right.

Scott Switzer: 07:22

Not because of the quality of the media. Right. And it didn't it spoke to the base. It didn't bring anybody in. New.

Scott Switzer: 07:33

That Haley Adams video has a potential to bring new people in Right. Because of the way it focused on the affiliate helping her in Virginia, the relationship she's formed with them, and how that has made her feel like a part of a community again. All of that stuff helps CrossFit. So I don't know. That really upset me last night, when I saw that, And I had to say something because we should not be in fear of what we say about CrossFit on this show.

Scott Switzer: 08:13

In my opinion, we are respectful and we're gonna continue to be that way, but we're gonna voice our opinions when something is wrong or something needs fixed. So there's that. I guess that's Scott riffs in the middle of a round table.

Charlie Otey: 08:32

There are riffs in the round table. Well said.

Scott Switzer: 08:38

Any thoughts on that, Charlie? I know you've been around the game a long time.

Charlie Otey: 08:43

Yeah. No. I agree. I mean, it it means it becomes a level of pettiness that you just at some point, if you wanna grow, you can't do that. I mean, like you I mean, everything you said is correct.

Charlie Otey: 09:00

You can't just because somebody disagrees with your opinion, you can't well, I'll show you. Okay? Well And that's why we're here.

Scott Switzer: 09:13

And at the end of the day, I'm gonna I mean, anxious to see how this turns out because Mayhem said a lot of things about CrossFit in their last podcast.

Charlie Otey: 09:23

Yeah.

Scott Switzer: 09:25

And that was kind of referenced in this along with Hiller, but I don't I bet you the way it turn I will be excited to see how it turns out. And if both mayhem and Hiller get the same treatment, whatever direction it goes in.

Charlie Otey: 09:42

Based on friendships and such.

Scott Switzer: 09:45

Correct.