Noticed Galen Rupp has zero social media presence?

Silver medal

nuff said.

He probably doesn't use it much himself and chooses not to use it to further his clout. He's clearly not a Wheating kinda guy, and some of us like that.

Maybe he's afraid of the NSA spying on him. Or maybe LetsRun has traumatized him with undeserved ridicule and he doesn't want to further expose himself on the internet.

Was he even buddies with his teammates? I assume just about everyone that ran in college has at least pictures of the guys hanging out. I'm wondering if SaladBar had him training solo most of the time, all of the time

I definitely don't stalk all the Oregon runners. AJ Acosta is a huge tool, so I can't blame Rupp for not wanting to hang out with him. Not sure about the Mercados, Wheating or Puskedra.

Am I suppose to marvel at the Mercado twins because they are savy at social media (and familiar with Oregon jails) while Rupp is not?

I don't give a rats a$$ about Rupp's social media presence or lack of presence. I would rather follow these guys on the track. I could care less about their personal lives.

Rupp is fast. but hes a total dweeb plain and simple

not marketable at all, then again he probably doesnt care

Realism wrote:

Rupp is fast. but hes a total dweeb plain and simple

not marketable at all, then again he probably doesnt care

It's not that he doesn't care, it's that AlSal wants complete control and would prefer he gets all the spotlight instead of Rupp. He's been manipulating Rupp's marketability since the kid was a high school champion. It's what AlSal does, especially in this case. Instead of pushing Rupp to have more of a voice and become the face of the sport, he would rather take all the media attention for himself.

I don't know or care about his relationship with the UO guys, but it should be marketing 101 for professional runners to have a good social media presence. But NOP didn't even have a website until this year and Rupp has almost zero social media presence as OP pointed out. Ritz and Centro have some presence but they are apparently just doing this on their own. With Rowbury joining them they get someone else with a decent social media presence but again it's apparently just stuff she does on her own.

This is strange to me for one of Nike's marquee runners and marquee running group not to be marketed better because Nike is usually a master at marketing. One of the world's great marketing organizations is barely bothering to market some of its top distance runners. It would do Rupp, NOP, and running in general good if Nike put a tiny bit of its expertise and money into marketing Rupp and NOP.

Cheeseburger in Paradise wrote: I don't know or care about his relationship with the UO guys, but it should be marketing 101 for professional runners to have a good social media presence.

What is really surprising is that Rupp's degree is in Marketing.

So I just searched for him on FB and 3rd on the list of results is a facebook group titled: "Galen Rupp is a Dick", which consists of two people.

LOL

"Social Media" is not Rupp Certified. /eot

He's making big money on the Nike circuit. He's been at every major Nike function lately, http://blog.stylesight.com/active/nike-x-cold-weather-performance

It is because he is single handedly the most hated on runner in the world! He has ZERO charisma!

How so?

Cheeseburger in Paradise wrote:

It would do Rupp, NOP, and running in general good if Nike put a tiny bit of its expertise and money into marketing Rupp and NOP.

Galen competes and medals on the World Stage. The rest of those guys never really got out of the NCAA.

Sure, Wheating made it to the Olympics, but he was never competitive on the World Stage.

Personality of a cabbage, doper, goofy looking, iq of a carrot.

Hah wrote:

Personality of a cabbage, doper, goofy looking, iq of a carrot.

Why did you post your resume on this thread?

the clarifier wrote:

Hah wrote:

Personality of a cabbage, doper, goofy looking, iq of a carrot.

Why did you post your resume on this thread?

Because I'm a goofy looking cheater from Portland with a sleazy coach.