MEN:
-10th in SEC
-Beat LSU and Vanderbilt
- No runners under 25:00
-Let’s hope Coach Solinsky has a long term plan
WOMEN:
-13th in SEC
-Beat LSU
-Fisrt runner 56th
This school does very well recruiting instate talent. Women have benefited from international student/athletes as well.
CS recently started (mid July) and there's no way he can fix the distance issue at UF in a few months. I think the earliest anyone can expect to see an improvement in UF's distance program via CS's coaching is outdoors and even that is a major stretch. My guess is there's a lot of chaff in the current roster and the distance culture needs an overhaul. With some changes (roster updates and an actual focus by the staff on distance) UF can make some progress. And they need to throw some money at getting their runners out of Gainesville during the summers so they can actually run. It's too hot and rainy there at that time of year.
There will never be a "focus" on distance. They are winning national championships without distance runners. All walk on guys and that isnt changing anytime soon.
nartional titles wrote:
There will never be a "focus" on distance. They are winning national championships without distance runners. All walk on guys and that isnt changing anytime soon.
This is probably true but other schools have done more with less. I really hope Solinksy can turn them around, UF does too little with what it gets
Gator women were great when Morgan was in charge
FL is up and coming. Their previous coach absolutely decimated runners and had several great athletes such as mac reynolds not live up to their potential. They now have young talent (Especially Matt Clark and Nick Deal from back to back state champ team Creekside) and solinsky will take the team to a new level. Go Gators
Watch interviews with Solinsky on UF website. They are redshirting their entire top 7 this year. Talks about allowing the guys to get used to the training and also gives opportunity for the younger/JV guys to get some experience.
They are a team building for the future
They had basically given up on this season before it even started. Didn't travel out of state and redshirted a lot of their decent runners. So they are bad, but not quite as bad as those results indicate.
dbsquirt21 wrote:
FL is up and coming. Their previous coach absolutely decimated runners and had several great athletes such as mac reynolds not live up to their potential. They now have young talent (Especially Matt Clark and Nick Deal from back to back state champ team Creekside) and solinsky will take the team to a new level. Go Gators
Hey Matt... Good to see you posting on here ;)
The jury is still out on Solinsky. What has he done as a coach to prove that he is ready to coach a high level SEC or NCAA program? It'll be interesting to see what the next few years brings for Florida. No doubt he was a great high school, college, and pro runner, but does that mean he can actually coach it? Does he have the knowledge and patience to develop? Best of luck and hoping for great results
dbsquirt21 wrote:
FL is up and coming. Their previous coach absolutely decimated runners and had several great athletes such as mac reynolds not live up to their potential. They now have young talent (Especially Matt Clark and Nick Deal from back to back state champ team Creekside) and solinsky will take the team to a new level. Go Gators
Bolles, Satellite, and T-Prep would have eaten those "back to back state champ" teams.
NotAbradt wrote:
dbsquirt21 wrote:
FL is up and coming. Their previous coach absolutely decimated runners and had several great athletes such as mac reynolds not live up to their potential. They now have young talent (Especially Matt Clark and Nick Deal from back to back state champ team Creekside) and solinsky will take the team to a new level. Go Gators
Hey Matt... Good to see you posting on here ;)
DB remember that time I made Nick Deal cry in the last hundred of the 32 at districts... ahhh had a good time with those state champs
Your so called "Great athlete" Mac Reynolds ran 9:25 and 4:19 in high school. On TFRRS he ran 14:35 and 3:47. I would say he progressed about how one should.
This high school smack is way better than the original post. Keep up the good work boys, just remember to return your chips afterwards.
kod3200 wrote:
NotAbradt wrote:
Hey Matt... Good to see you posting on here ;)
DB remember that time I made Nick Deal cry in the last hundred of the 32 at districts... ahhh had a good time with those state champs
Happy KOD day Mother fu
saywhaaa wrote:
The jury is still out on Solinsky. What has he done as a coach to prove that he is ready to coach a high level SEC or NCAA program? It'll be interesting to see what the next few years brings for Florida. No doubt he was a great high school, college, and pro runner, but does that mean he can actually coach it? Does he have the knowledge and patience to develop? Best of luck and hoping for great results
The experience and knowledge Solinsky gained over the course of his career will allow him to forget the majority of what he learned and still know way more than most who currently coach. He'll be fine and so will the Gators, just give them time.
Tallahassee has hills mofo