I bet this was precipitated by Nike cracking down on Harvard runners wearing other shoe brands this fall. What value is there in his New Balance NIL if he has to race in a Nike singlet and Nike spikes all the time?
Ordering my tickets now for the NB Indoor Grand Prix, I'll bet they have some good races set up for Parker, Graham and Elle.
While I understand why he went pro now, I'm not happy about it. I wanted to see him do more on NCAA track before he graduated, especially get an elusive NCAA track crown.
Nike is in an absolute disaster right now. Smart move by Blanks. They (Nike) have struck out over and over again on the biggest talent out there from a marketing prospective. How on earth did they lose Valby when she had an NIL?? NB, adidas, and ON just completely having Nike’s lunch in the last 4-5 years since Capriotti left. Syd, Noah, Gabby, .. the list will only grow.
Nike’s arrogance, combined with their incompetence and increasingly lousy product, has diminished this once great brand into a shell of a company. Stock is also a disaster. They truly may not recover.
Meh, what a safe choice. Blanks has so much potential, won’t reach that in Boston. He needs to live at altitude.
You are half right. He needs to live at altitude at some point. But not this year. He should not change something too quickly that is clearly working so well. He'll do altitude camps, of course, but NB and Boston and Harvard makes sense as a package deal.
But your logic makes it sound like people should decline the money and wait to go pro until they are actually good enough to win at the highest level. Is that your theory?
If so, what about people like Tuohy and Drew Hunter who went pro, made the money, and then didn't really pan out? Do you think they should have waited as well? Would they have still gotten paid after not panning out?
Meh, what a safe choice. Blanks has so much potential, won’t reach that in Boston. He needs to live at altitude.
You are half right. He needs to live at altitude at some point. But not this year. He should not change something too quickly that is clearly working so well. He'll do altitude camps, of course, but NB and Boston and Harvard makes sense as a package deal.
I also expect he'll move to altitude after this year. Finishing the last few months of a Harvard degree is a pretty good excuse to be in Boston, but once he graduates I fully expect he'll be in Flagstaff or Park City or something. He seemed to react well to altitude in his off year between HS and college and I'm sure he knows that.
Nike is in an absolute disaster right now. Smart move by Blanks. They (Nike) have struck out over and over again on the biggest talent out there from a marketing prospective. How on earth did they lose Valby when she had an NIL?? NB, adidas, and ON just completely having Nike’s lunch in the last 4-5 years since Capriotti left. Syd, Noah, Gabby, .. the list will only grow.
Nike’s arrogance, combined with their incompetence and increasingly lousy product, has diminished this once great brand into a shell of a company. Stock is also a disaster. They truly may not recover.
Nike makes good product but is a disaster in distance running. Mike Smith and the mysterious group have already got it wrong. Nike missed their chance on Blanks, Nico Young and Parker Valby. Nikes new coach is at an Adidas school for another year. The entire thing is a confusing mush of nothing. I don’t thick athletes want to run for Smith in the long run. There are better options out there.
Nike is in an absolute disaster right now. Smart move by Blanks. They (Nike) have struck out over and over again on the biggest talent out there from a marketing prospective. How on earth did they lose Valby when she had an NIL?? NB, adidas, and ON just completely having Nike’s lunch in the last 4-5 years since Capriotti left. Syd, Noah, Gabby, .. the list will only grow.
Nike’s arrogance, combined with their incompetence and increasingly lousy product, has diminished this once great brand into a shell of a company. Stock is also a disaster. They truly may not recover.
Nike makes good product but is a disaster in distance running. Mike Smith and the mysterious group have already got it wrong. Nike missed their chance on Blanks, Nico Young and Parker Valby. Nikes new coach is at an Adidas school for another year. The entire thing is a confusing mush of nothing. I don’t thick athletes want to run for Smith in the long run. There are better options out there.
Let’s not forget Nico Young. Is he still being coached by Mike Smth next year. If so how will Nike’s new group having their top athlete running in three stripes? I wouldn’t be surprised if this Nike group doesn’t happen. If Nike was dedicated to this group Smith would not be at NAU this year.
I bet this was precipitated by Nike cracking down on Harvard runners wearing other shoe brands this fall. What value is there in his New Balance NIL if he has to race in a Nike singlet and Nike spikes all the time?
Ordering my tickets now for the NB Indoor Grand Prix, I'll bet they have some good races set up for Parker, Graham and Elle.
Meh, what a safe choice. Blanks has so much potential, won’t reach that in Boston. He needs to live at altitude.
You are half right. He needs to live at altitude at some point.
Do you mean on a long term basis? Why?
He's done pretty damn well not living at altitude so far. Right? And of course he could do periodic camps at altitude without living there. And of course one can live and train " at altitude" without moving there with technology [artificial altitude rooms].
So....no, he doesn't " need" to live at altitude on a long term basis to succeed.
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