Fair of Foul? Criticism of Jon Gault/LRC by Cooper Teare

There are plenty of legit reasons to not talk to or support letsrun. This is not one of them.

this is lame af

David Willey had a fully syndicated company, a full staff and regional access to athletes because he and his writers knew how to respect boundaries at RW.

Letsrun has one phone number, one office, a core of three staff, no actual publication, and no syndication.

And you believe that THEY have the right to break a story?

Furthermore, I'll accept their right to break the story if you can tell me what legitimate press company backs them.

RW=Rodale Press

LR=????

Jon Gault did nothing wrong. Just more Cooper Tears.

This is actually pretty amusing, and gives an indication of how clued in you are about the norms of journalism. Rodale no longer exists (RW is now published by Hearst), and David Willey left RW (and perhaps journalism) five years ago. Maybe that wasn't such a great model after all?

More importantly, you seem to be confused between the roles of "journalist" and "publicist." If you're making arrangements with sources about what to report and when you can report it in order to fit in with their plans and make them look good, you're a publicist.

This whole thing is hilarious when you consider that about 003% of the population knows let alone cares who/what Cooper Teare, BTC and LRC are.

Lotta runners want to be "pros" but don't want to act professional. This is a great example.

Please, please, please look for one second at any other real professional sport and realize how wrong Cooper is here.

Start acting like a pro champ, you are a pro now.

Your arguments are wrong, on both counts.

1) How does having a "fully syndicated company" automatically grants a veneer of legitimacy. Have you read Runners World since they killed Running Times?

2) Anyone with a cellphone and the internet can become a reporter in this day and age. No one can lay exclusive claim to the news. There is no ethical or moral imperative to defer to a "legitimate" publishing house.

LOL!!! The world of arrogance personified to a whole different level. Cooper didn't get a chance to "break the news" himself. That is too funny to not laugh at. Cooper Who? Did he think people were waiting for his announcement? The Age of Arrogance never ceases to amaze me.

I honestly really enjoy a cooper teare interview. It's nice to hear somebody give real answers and not just giving coach speak or saying the company line. It is so rare nowadays. I hope he continues to be an open book.

But, he went too far here. You can be open without talking like you are hanging out with your frat buddies and drinking a few beers.

Honestly, if he is comfortable having the things he said out there, more power to him. It doesn't bother me. I think it's mostly kind of tongue in cheek stuff that people take too seriously, but I have a feeling he won't like the reaction his fellow runners have. This is speaking to that entire interview in general. Mocking the way people dress, talking about cringe running teams, individual runners, etc.

But He is just plain wrong on the Gault thing. Hope he learns to get over that stuff.

Newsflash - LRC doesn't do journalism either. It is the TMZ of running - hot takes, rumors, message board antics, aggregating the work of others and then using it as the basis of their own reporting, etc. Please name a major story in the sport that LRC has broken? Please cite a moment where LRC got an exclusive interview that had not already been done by another site or publication?

A lot of us come here to keep up on the sport but LRC is not some paragon of sports journalism nor are they the primary conduit of choice for anyone truly important in this sport. If they were, then the content during major championships would not be Gault and The Brojos doing a performative wrap-up show/Zoom meeting from their AirBnB.

It just goes to show how weird running coverage is.

Can you imagine anyone complaining about Adam Schefter or Ian Rapoport breaking the story about an NFL player getting traded to another team?

We're talking about a coaching change, not an intimate personal detail in someone's life that should have never been made public.

What do you mean? It's a fact that Teare is moving to Bowerman. Like any journalist, they acquired information from a reputable source and cross-checked it. Sure, they didn't go out of their way to bend over backwards to Teare's whims, but they certainly did nothing wrong and were just doing their job...

Who IS John Galt?!

100% on point!

Thanks for the reminder. That was an awesome moment. Jakob clearly has a good head on his shoulders. He probably checks out the threads about him and laughs.

As I said in the other thread. Teare is several years older than Jakob but sounds like he is 8 years younger. What an immature guy, and that at 23. An age where some have their masters degree and their first real job, some have kids while others will have their second olympic gold in middle distance running. No excuse and no reason to behave that way by teare. Definition of a big fish in a small pond. Will he be able to mature?

Cooper wanted to replicate Lebron James’, “The decision”.