Emma Coburn engaged to coach.......why do so many female runners marry their coaches?

Barakus Obama wrote:

thetrailrunner wrote:

the women will weigh in and say there husbands know them best BS

bottom line is that your coach should NOT be a family member,

Period.

It should be someone that has the role of your coach.

this guy I am sure is nice and is a great guy

he is an excellent runner

but he is NOT qualified to coach ab Olympic athlete.

I

Peter Coe

Gjert Ingebrigtsen

Two examples on great coaches that have been family members. They know the athletes the best.

I will take issue with Peter Coe being a "great" coach. Does coaching 2 runners to high levels put you in the great category? If so, what does one call Lydiard?

This thread is crap. It was a financial decision to go with her fiance. I don't believe she has an agent either, so she's keeping all the money to herself and her soon-to-be-husband. If she's getting comparable to Boris Berian, she came away with at least $210,000 for winning the World title/AR, and she's keeping all of it. Smart business move.

IMO, she looked more relaxed than she has in the past. Her fiance knows more closely how she's feeling day-to-day, and they probably work together more closely on knowing when to back off. Give credit where it's due- it's working for her.

thetrailrunner wrote:

Yeah you have a point.

In this case I view this guy Joe as not qualified.

He has a degree in business not exercise science

No experience coaching even HS

Yeah he was a great runner ..but still

And he still is a 27-28 year old.

Just saying

Well, Joe B had an excellent 1st 10 months on the job, coached her from Bronze to Gold... (BTW, the dumbest people in the world are exorcise science majors, It is the new, "too stupid for Phys Ed" major). So being a Business major means Bosshard is at least a lil smarter then the rest of those dumb azzes.

Not since 2005, before Doc Brown's rep came into play.

thetrailrunner wrote:

The bigger issue is that her coach is NOT qualified.

Sure he was a excellent runner. But he does not have the background knowledge to coach an Olympic athlete.

They were HS sweethearts.

Emma made an emotional move.

It was a bad idea and one that will cost her big time when Courtney dusts her in the next Olympics.

But yeah coach Joe is her age....

Most veteran runners don't really need coaches, so it doesn't matter.

luv2run wrote:

Barakus Obama wrote:

Peter Coe

Gjert Ingebrigtsen

Two examples on great coaches that have been family members. They know the athletes the best.

I will take issue with Peter Coe being a "great" coach. Does coaching 2 runners to high levels put you in the great category? If so, what does one call Lydiard?

Lydiard was revolutionary.

HardLoper wrote:

Most veteran runners don't really need coaches, so it doesn't matter.

Tell that to Ryan Hall.

I'd say most veteran runners don't need a coach to do workouts or a training plan... more so they need a coach to not become overtrained, avoid injury, and to work on deficiencies you may not know of

If you are a coach and one of your athletes performs the way Seb did you are a "great" coach. Wetmore is also great.

Coburn is about as far from Hall as is possible, psychologically. That said, if Bosshard gets an "A" for handling Emma, then Jerry gets an A+++ for Courtney.

Illinoisphotographer wrote:

HardLoper wrote:

Most veteran runners don't really need coaches, so it doesn't matter.

Tell that to Ryan Hall.

I'd say most veteran runners don't need a coach to do workouts or a training plan... more so they need a coach to not become overtrained, avoid injury, and to work on deficiencies you may not know of

truth be told. wrote:

This thread is crap. It was a financial decision to go with her fiance. I don't believe she has an agent either, so she's keeping all the money to herself and her soon-to-be-husband. If she's getting comparable to Boris Berian, she came away with at least $210,000 for winning the World title/AR, and she's keeping all of it. Smart business move.

IMO, she looked more relaxed than she has in the past. Her fiance knows more closely how she's feeling day-to-day, and they probably work together more closely on knowing when to back off. Give credit where it's due- it's working for her.

This is the best reply. Basically she took a gamble and won big time. She keeps all the money. I think she's smart enough to be basically self coached at this point. If she starts to get injured or declines with age then a coach might be helpful. As for the Ryan Hall comparisons, that guy is a head case and is uncoachable. He just waited for Jesus to give him inspiring work outs.

trails for life wrote:

Also, I think some people got us off track. The most interesting scenario is choosing to be coached by a beau, not the other way around (date or marry the coach). Others also brought up family -- not sure why that's relevant, as this is a discussion about athletes romantically involved with coach; WvN & Granny don't apply.

Well, that's what you think, isn't it?

hobbycoach wrote:

Lost in all of this blather is the possibility that Emma herself might actually know something about training, and in particular about what works for her.

+1

Very underrated post

Illinoisphotographer wrote:

HardLoper wrote:

Most veteran runners don't really need coaches, so it doesn't matter.

Tell that to Ryan Hall.

Famous American clock cleaner wrote:

hobbycoach wrote:

Lost in all of this blather is the possibility that Emma herself might actually know something about training, and in particular about what works for her.

+1

Very underrated post

+1000

Completely agreed.

indeedfdfd wrote:

Famous American clock cleaner wrote:

+1

Very underrated post

+1000

Completely agreed.

+100000000

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