The Jerry Schumacher disaster.

Julian team no notable performances? Rogers Bronzer medal and 1:56. Hull in the 1500 final breaking NR and AR. Klosterhalfen and Osako races still upcoming.

BTC has had a strong meet with a few races still upcoming. You all act like Woody Kincaid should be a medalist. The dude just being in Tokyo is a coaching miracle. Frerichs was deadly and Fisher was brilliant. Centrowitz is beyond anyone's responsibility but for Centrowitz at this point in his career. Pretty obvious to me that the two Nike based programs are showing up quite nicely in Tokyo.

Soy What? wrote:

Even Courtney's race was poorly handled from a coaching standpoint. Her acceleration was too sharp and aggressive and cost her a gold IMO. As a coach I would emphasize a smooth and strong turning of the proverbial screw.

No. She did exactly what she had to do to get a medal. The winner ran her down with a sizeable gap like a guy.

Mixed bag for BTC. Frerichs ran her best race by ignoring the BTC philosophy, and Fisher's fifth is creditable. Ahmed in sixth is about par for expectations.

On the other side, Centro bombed. Kincaid, Scott, Tuntivate, Schweizer, and Cranny have all under performed. Let's see what Kincaid and Cranny can do in their remaining events.

Tbh, they all just look like they lack real racing experience. Scott talked about BTC being a sit and kick group, but championship racers need to be adaptable. Hopefully, they'll race properly on the circuit next year instead of hiding away on high school tracks

hottakess wrote:

Weird that you didn’t mention Frerichs and Fisher.

Some of his runners are off the burritos, some still on.

Flanagan's ghost wrote:

BTC has had a strong meet with a few races still upcoming. You all act like Woody Kincaid should be a medalist. The dude just being in Tokyo is a coaching miracle. Frerichs was deadly and Fisher was brilliant. Centrowitz is beyond anyone's responsibility but for Centrowitz at this point in his career. Pretty obvious to me that the two Nike based programs are showing up quite nicely in Tokyo.

Agreed on all fronts. I was a bit disappointed in Cranny and Schweizer while the race was going, but looking at it now it’s a good result in a quick race. Optically it was bad because they never even put themselves up in it. Let’s see how Fisher and Ahmed go in the 5k tomorrow.

Reiterating the fact that Woody Kincaid being a double Olympian is an absolute miracle. Don't make him into something he’s not — his 10k was fine, he’ll run a fine race tomorrow too.

Another BTC medal, Silver for Moh Ahmed. Jerry's "disastrous month" continues

These boards have been beyond parody the last couple days.

Posters are either trolling, or have no idea how big the gap between "national class" and "world class" really is. If you thought the Americans were gonna roll through the distance events and grab a bag full of medals you're incredibly naïve.

chogeeeeee wrote:

Centro, trash. Likely hurt or burned out.

Karissa, burned out.

Cranny, more burned out than even Karissa.

Houli on the juice.

I could go on.

No one has had a worse 60 days than Jerry Schumacher. Centro was clearly cooked, or injured during the semi. His stride looked like he was broken. Centro was his prize.

Jerry should be fired immediately following this absolute embarrassment of an Olympic performance.

Ahmed Silver in 5, Fisher 5th in 10, GDS 5th in 15. I suppose it depends on how you look at things. Are you typically just a very negative person?

Soy What? wrote:

Even Courtney's race was poorly handled from a coaching standpoint. Her acceleration was too sharp and aggressive and cost her a gold IMO. As a coach I would emphasize a smooth and strong turning of the proverbial screw.

Hahahahahahahaha hahaha

Hahahahahahahaha

NO

High hopes wrote:

Mixed bag for BTC. Frerichs ran her best race by ignoring the BTC philosophy, and Fisher's fifth is creditable. Ahmed in sixth is about par for expectations.

On the other side, Centro bombed. Kincaid, Scott, Tuntivate, Schweizer, and Cranny have all under performed. Let's see what Kincaid and Cranny can do in their remaining events.

Tbh, they all just look like they lack real racing experience. Scott talked about BTC being a sit and kick group, but championship racers need to be adaptable. Hopefully, they'll race properly on the circuit next year instead of hiding away on high school tracks

Frerichs said after the race this was the plan if the race was slow. Not sure what nonsense you're spouting. Do you even pay attention to the sport?

Tainted by coaching a drugs cheat then pretending he hadn’t heard of the substance she’d been taking,glad most of his crew bombed,no room for cheats and their appeasers in sport.

Ahmed silver. I suspect I’ll be told he ran a bad race strategy and it is Jerry’s fault too.

Who could have imagined that the "Never Race" club would get throttled in actual races.

Grant Fleishcer looked like absolute azz in the 5. Kincaird too.

I'm just grateful that we have been able to officially put the nail in the coffin to the longtime myth that Alberto's runners were dirty and Jerry's crew do things the right way.

We need Alberto back

hottakess wrote:

Ahmed silver. I suspect I’ll be told he ran a bad race strategy and it is Jerry’s fault too.

Lol. Jerry did alright. Where is the criticism of the other coaches that had athletes under performed. They’d been working the last 3 years to peak in 2020. I feel like that’s why we’ve seen so many upsets and fall offs.

LOL the only good result from Julian's group is Rogers with the bronze. Compare that to two silver medals, two fifth place finishes, and many finals appearances for BTC.

It's not even a contest.

Chef Gordon Ramzi wrote:

Who could have imagined that the "Never Race" club would get throttled in actual races.

Grant Fleishcer looked like absolute azz in the 5. Kincaird too.

Yep that silver medal really sucked.