Ron loses his #1 cross runner as a transfer to FSU where Karen and Kevin Sullivan have ties (albeit to the women's team and not the mens but still). I can't imagine uncle ronnie was too happy about this?!!!?!
Does anyone know if there was any drama here or was it a friendly transfer???
From the looks of his facebook page, he's not having any trouble fitting in.
If by friendly you mean marred by dirty booster money, then yes.
sabayon wrote:
If by friendly you mean marred by dirty booster money, then yes.
This has been explained in other threads by Coach Braman himself. Please stop propagating lies against Florida State. He never received a check. He received a scam check in the mail from one of those companies that tries to get your bank information and some Michigan teammates started a rumor he was being paid by FSU.
I heard he received $10,000 to make the transfer.
It just doesn't make sense. now he has to sit out a year. And FSU is an inferior program. They must have thrown a lot of cash at him
Braman does NOT give full scholarships, Lemoncello and Lancashire were both not on full scholarships and they were both olympians.
I heard his boyfriend goes to FSU
Him and Warhurst didn't get along at all and with the exception of the most recent cross country season, Ciarian could never put it together in a race (practicing like a stud). I am sure Ron gave him a release to get his scholarship money back as it was very significant amount.
Ciaran who? why is there a tread about somebody ive never even heard of. What are this kid's PR's?
The kid is an absolute stud, multiple hs/junior european champion in the 1500...why would D1 programs throw so much cash for a runner from Ireland?????
Ron couldn't get along with him and he never ran even close to his potential at U of M outside of one cross race last year.
Now that he has good coaching at FSU he should take off and run some impressive cross and track times
Oh, you Michigan boys didn't want him around but are now so concerned about him being at FSU that you have to throw around baseless accusations. Maybe Big Blue is a little concerned that they aren't so good without the Irishman.
How many years in a row now has Michigan BOMBED at NCAA's.
No Sully, Brannen, or Willis makes it tougher Ron. You ran Ciaran out of town and he will come back to make you look foolish for doing so. UM rsoter is littered with soft, talented guys. If the men were as tough as the women's team year in and year out, they'd at least be able to compete with Wisconsin!
this must make things awkward for him...showing up to practice everyday with a michigan M on your leg.
More awkward than Michigan fans seeing him on the front page of UM's XC webpage? http://www.mgoblue.com/cross-country-m/page.aspx?id=12110Or could it be more awkward than when these boys see that block M attached to an FSU jersey go floating by them at NC's?http://www.mgoblue.com/cross-country-m/page.aspx?id=66442
goblue wrote:
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v79/151/38/2253906/n2253906_37038540_5106.jpgthis must make things awkward for him...showing up to practice everyday with a michigan M on your leg.
for the record, no one calls michigan "big blue"
training thru wrote:
for the record, no one calls michigan "big blue"
Little Blue? Light Blue?
How thin is this guy, if he stays healthy and injury free he will be a massive assest to Florida Satate and ceratinly could end up there number 1 guy with Luke Gunn now graduated and back in England.
Very talented runner and had a few injury problems whilst at Michigan which i think were why he didn't run well, he was also only running 30-40mpw when in Ireland and was cleaning up at every race on pure talent which was why his coach didn't want to push him to hard.
When he went to Michigan he had a slight injury and found it a shock to the system that all the guys were already running 80-100mpw. He jumped in with that mileage straight away as he wanted to help the team straight away and ended up with some serious injury problems.
I think the last season at Michigan was when he started to keep himself injury free and healthy, as well as getting used to the high mileage and that was when he showed some of the potential he has by being their top runner. If he can keep that up at Florida i think he will continue to really improve, if you look at some of his results from when in Ireland and the stuff people have said about him it's clear he has unbelievable potential, he just needs a season of hard work to really let people see that.
Lets not forget he has a lot more talent than say Ledwith at Iona or McCarthy at Providence from wht i've heard and look at what they did last season when they stayed healthy and trained hard for a full season or two.
He doesnt have more talent than David McCarthy at Providence. McCarthy can run a well below 50seconds 400m. Ledwith would be known more as a cross country/10k runner. O Lionaird is a good runner without doubt. however he must be the first irish runner i have heard of to transfer. Unless some nobody has done so. I know Cragg ran for 2teams alright but he went home in between.
Why does it matter that he is Irish and transferred? If he didn't feel it was going well at Michigan then he is entitled to change it up and try to imrpove himself as much as he thinks is possible, everyone wants to be the best they can be and maybe the move to Florida is what he thinks will help him continue to improve and reach the potential he feels he has - it's not a crime to leave somewhere you don't feel is working well for your owen development.
He was actually very close to going to Florida before Michigan and declared his intent, but then when Michigan cam in late to confirm they could accomodate him he spoke to Florida and they gave him the all-clear to run for Michigan - maybe he feels that Florida is where he will most improve and knows that Braman wants him on his team and has his best interests at heart long term as a runner.
