Tara Davis transfers from Georgia

Should he have sent the tweet? No. It was petty and he’s human. But is that a reason to appeal? Heck no. You can’t have it both ways...you can’t love social media when your daughter uses it to her advantage and then hate it when someone else uses it.

Also... as the mom of an athlete whom Petra’s courted.... how could the parents NOT see he is a single-minded guy who really only wants NCAA champions? He really ONLY recruits kids who have represented their country at U18/U20 global competitions. He didn’t hide his ambition, And if you fell for thr “we’ll do whatever is best for the athlete” line... well then I feel bad for you.

Tara signed a scholarship before ‘she decided where she was going’ to try to get around NCAA dead period restrictions. And then complained. It didn’t hurt recruiting. Unless she didn’t want the other schools to know she visited TX. Or they don’t want an athlete who skirts the rules.

It’s over. She can compete this season unattached. What’s she missing out on? Conference and NCAA. Those same kids will be at TX Relays and / or USAs. No biggie.

Newsflash wrote:

Nice piece by Hall with a window into the highest level of college track. Texas will be just the same. Even if they sold you on the opposite. All the top teams opporate in this way. A product of ADs hiring hardnose football type coaches for every sport. Floreal wants to win and he's being paid a LOT to get it done. Only difference is Texas is not where Georgia is right now. Tara will be one of few super stars on the team. She'll be expected to perform.

Not true. Was coached by Flo and he really cares about his athletes as people. He is extremely competitive but there is a big difference between him and Petros. Flo is in coaching for the right reasons.

Ga in the right wrote:

I agree. Before social media, it would have been the 2 universities announcing the transfer. Why do people think the athlete is now in control of the information just because they have a twitter account? I think Georgia is completely in the right for announcing it and for denying the opportunity to compete immediately.

Exactly! Very well put.

Can someone please explain to me why anyone on this site would care about a long jumper

Who should they care about?

RayT wrote:

Who should they care about?

The site is called letsrun, not letsjump. You figure it out.

She only jumps?

Ckhlfuguluof wrote:

Can someone please explain to me why anyone on this site would care about a long jumper

cause she is smoking hot, she should do some nudes!

Ckhlfuguluof wrote:

Can someone please explain to me why anyone on this site would care about a long jumper

She runs hurdles a lil bit.

Nottrue wrote:

Flo is in coaching for the right reasons.

Seriously curious... what are "the right reasons" to be in coaching?

I don't see it. She looks more like a slimmer Serena Williams than Sydney McLaughlin.

Not sure she understands what she's getting into:

“In the environment that I was in, I didn’t feel like I was happy. I think I lost the love for the sport when I started making it a job too soon – before I even went pro. And I think I put a lot of pressure on myself. In the environment that I was in, you’re surrounded by a lot of professional athletes who have already been to the highest stages and have world records and stuff. I just think I needed to step away from all of that and focus on myself and my event, taking it at my pace instead of trying to jump on board with everybody else.”

– Sydney McLaughlin telling Letsrun why she didn’t follow Edrick Floreal to Texas. Despite her great success at Kentucky, she didn’t feel happy in her training environment.

Texas has the best student athlete dining facility in the country. She'll love the bbq. One of their former ncaa champion sprinters currently doubles as the school mascot.

She already put 20 pounds on during this process. I doubt she will ever get back to the same level.

bloviating wrote:

The demands were probably too much. Petro rides his athletes and most American divas can’t take that for too long. Her jumping is probably not coming along as she imagined and he is probably pushing more and more needing her points. Her thunder was stolen by a more talented freshman coming in and producing in crunch time. Shame because he can coach the field.

I never understood this.

If an athlete has aspirations to keep running or jumping, or throwing beyond their college years, why should they tolerate a plantation mentality from their coach?

The coach has them for 4 years at most. That's either a lifetime, or a small segment of time.

My brother turned down a full ride to UCLA back when it had Lew Alcindor. I asked him why. He said because the coach listed the events he intended to race him in, and his goal was the Olympics in one of them.

He stayed at home and made the Olympics in his current country and did very well in his career. Lots of medals and titles.

College and high school coaches are largely over rated. The college sporting experience is largely over rated.

Good for her to go where she will enjoy the experience. The coach sounds like a real dickhead. Not at all interested in the development of the athlete.

There is no "plantation mentality" at Georgia. Petros cares a lot about his athletes - that's exactly why he holds them to an extremely high standard.

If you are a parent, are you going to be happy with your son/daughter getting C's in class? Or are you going challenge them to do better because you know they can do better? You can either be the "cool parent" and have a 35 year old son working at mcdonalds and living at home, or you can be a real parent and teach your son hard lessons that will allow him to be successful in the real world.

Tara wants to be told she's perfect even when she's failing. Doing that isn't going to do her any favors in the long run.

There is no way to tell an athlete they are perfect when they are failing. I think you are grasping at straws now.

Here's my question... since she made such a big deal about wanting to compete this year, why hasn't she entered any meets as an unattached athlete? Texas A&M is 2 hrs away, Houston is just under 3 hrs driving... just sayin.

She was hurt. Just started working out again. Who knows why she wanted the eligibility.