Speaker of Hard Truth wrote:
Armchair QB wrote:
I've got a very strong feeling that the option of
Hall coaching you is nonexistent. I'd say you're safe.
Boom!
Well, my best running days are behind me, and I never was at the level of a US Champs qualifier or D1 All-American. But I had a few college teammates who were, and if one of them asked my advice of Hall as a coach, I’d say something like:
“Dude, I don’t know. He had that whole ‘God as coach’ thing, and based on a number of anecdotes it sounds like he was basically winging it. Then there’s the fact that he was pretty darn inconsistent as an athlete and often didn’t run his best at the biggest races. Plus he recently posted that training schedule he made for his middle school-age daughter, and it was totally disproportionate for a kid that age. Maybe the guy has learned from his mistakes, but that’s not a chance I’d want to take on a brand new, highly inexperienced coach”.