You heard it here first!!! TheHansons Brooks Project will be more successful then Jerry or Salazar by 2016!!

How many medals will they win at Moscow 2013.

Read the headline! This is a work in progress but once the train gets moving it can't be slowed down. Plus you don't have to worry about doping accusations like Salazar's group which is a bonus as well.

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Keith and Kevin get in top athletes just like the Nike groups or Mahon in Mammoth. The only difference is the other coaches are better. I like the Hanson's group but they have always had access to the top talent, they just don't do anything with it.

We need to see theses Hanson athletes win medals this year at IAAF Moscow otherwise you are full of bull.

Stanford and UCLA dumped their coaches recently because of the lack of world level qualifiers and medals which their alumni demand.

Not going to happen unless they pull in Ryan Hall or Shalane Flanagan. Those two will both win the marathon trials and be the only 2 that are capable of medaling in 2016.

We heard it here first...and we heard it here last

I do not believe that Desiree Davila would approve of this and therefore it will not happen. She must give her approval for any changes in the HBDP.

Well if Ryan Hall joins the group that would be a good start. Unless that happens I don't see them being a factor internationally.

1. I have heard puskedra has visited Hansons

2. Amy Hastings has been out as well

3. Ryan Hall has been mentioned

4. Neely Spence joined over the summer

If they keep getting athletes like this it won't be long until some big things start happening in Michigan

You mean the Mizuno Project?

Bbmm wrote:

1. I have heard puskedra has visited Hansons

2. Amy Hastings has been out as well

3. Ryan Hall has been mentioned

4. Neely Spence joined over the summer

If they keep getting athletes like this it won't be long until some big things start happening in Michigan

????? The only athlete they have out of those 3 and ever will is spence. She's not even worth mentioning compared to the other 3

Case in point: Mike Kilburg: 28:20s 10k runner from UP, Leigh Daniels NCAA champ, Jankowski, etc.. Even with runners like Rizzo and Arciniaga who weren't blue chip recruits out of college: Both left Hansons, both knocked 2+ minutes off their marathon PRs after leaving.I wouldn't compare the Hansons to Nike and Mahon:.differences in training environments, athletes with actual agents, and access to altitude make it too hard to compare. But yes, the there are many better coaches than the Hansons.

Kansas City Cheif wrote:

Keith and Kevin get in top athletes just like the Nike groups or Mahon in Mammoth. The only difference is the other coaches are better. I like the Hanson's group but they have always had access to the top talent, they just don't do anything with it.

As a native Michigander (Michiganian), I would love to see Hanson's expand and succeed but I don't see it happening. Yes, I like the fact that they are clean or drug free. One thing to consider is the hostile winter climate in Michigan. Not good for serious distance running. In Southeast Michigan, there are no significant elevation changes. Maybe 300 to 500 feet max. No altitude, max is 1100 ft near by.

If I were a 2:10 to 2:15 marathoner in my early or mid 20s, I'd head west and join the big boys.

I think Hanson's will have moderate success in the future. I have also noticed that they have a moderate turn over, thus many do not remain with them very long.

Hopkinton wrote:

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2/10, strictly because some people thought he was serious.

100% false as usual from the California medals nutjob.

No Medals means No Job wrote:

Stanford and UCLA dumped their coaches recently because of the lack of world level qualifiers and medals which their alumni demand.

Yeah right and Ted Tollner should never have been fired.

Urheksshe wrote:

Bbmm wrote:

1. I have heard puskedra has visited Hansons

2. Amy Hastings has been out as well

3. Ryan Hall has been mentioned

4. Neely Spence joined over the summer

If they keep getting athletes like this it won't be long until some big things start happening in Michigan

????? The only athlete they have out of those 3 and ever will is spence. She's not even worth mentioning compared to the other 3

Not yet, but I think (and hope) you will eventually be wrong about Neely. I think she's been brought along intelligently and will just keep getting better. I worry though that she may stall at some point with the Hansons.

jake riley, props to him for a great college career, and even more so to colby lowe, but here's the different between top tier and second tier talent:

top tier: the best group

2nd tier: 2nd best group