I heard it from a friend of his coach that Quincy is going to sign a big NIL deal to attend Maryland and continue to be coached by his high school coach.
I think I'd make a break from hs coach and go get coached by the 92 Olympic Champion. He has pedigree passed down from his coach, great weather, upcoming Olympics in the back yard, probably be on a contending championship team every year, HUGE NIL market etc..
Surprised Florida didn't make Quincy's top 5, but the schools he picked all make sense for the reasons mentioned in the video.
Coach Rob gives a good breakdown of the options overall, and he clearly knows his stuff. That said, some of his points were inconsistent. He knocked South Carolina because he thinks they're not going to be in the national title picture, but then he says USC's national championship aspirations could conflict with Quincy's individual goals because he'll be needed to score points, and he concludes by saying UCLA would be the best choice for Quincy because he could focus on his individual goals and them not being in contention for a team title doesn't matter.
Coach Rob also criticized USC for not having an athlete win the individual 400m title in 2025, but he overlooked the fact that USC had the highest individual finish outdoors of the schools on Quincy's list. William Jones of USC finished 2nd, while Texas A&M's Auhmad Robinson was 7th and UCLA's Gabriel Clement II was 8th.
It will be interesting to see where Quincy goes. All the schools have something positive to offer him.
I thought his breakdown was really ignorant. Quincy runs the 400 and 4x4. All schools will have them do that and nothing more. He's never going to score in the NCAA in the 200 and isn't fast enough to be the 4x1 at any NCAA qualifying 4x1 team.
As long as all schools have 1 NCAA caliber 400 runner that will be returning for Quincy's year, that will be good enough. Once Quincy commits to whichever school, the next 10 best 400m runners in the country are going to be calling that coach within 48 hours, and they will have a higher likelihood of signing international 400m runners when they say they have an Olympic gold medalist committed.
I agree with this - and if he goes somewhere who's coach makes him expand his range of events, then he can take the smart long term choice and go somewhere else that won't make him do that. The transfer portal has changed everything.
I thought his breakdown was really ignorant. Quincy runs the 400 and 4x4. All schools will have them do that and nothing more. He's never going to score in the NCAA in the 200 and isn't fast enough to be the 4x1 at any NCAA qualifying 4x1 team.
As long as all schools have 1 NCAA caliber 400 runner that will be returning for Quincy's year, that will be good enough. Once Quincy commits to whichever school, the next 10 best 400m runners in the country are going to be calling that coach within 48 hours, and they will have a higher likelihood of signing international 400m runners when they say they have an Olympic gold medalist committed.
I agree with this - and if he goes somewhere who's coach makes him expand his range of events, then he can take the smart long term choice and go somewhere else that won't make him do that. The transfer portal has changed everything.
I believe Watts was a 100m guy but kept having hamstring issues. Coach convinced him to move up to 400m. IF Wilson isn't willing to be a part of a program and just wants to do his thing, yes, he should go pro and stick with what and who he knows. At this point, from what I saw from our 400m crew in Tokyo, its not going to make much difference. It's a weak event for us currently and just another infatuation with another young, promising but yet unproven kid. Until you are a finalist on the world stage, you haven't arrived yet.
I also agree, but if he is offered an enormous NIL deal maybe he should do 1 year in college to earn that money then go pro. How much NIL can a freshman get with an Olympic Gold and 44.10 PB?
He's getting bigger and will not improve this year, maybe even slowing down. Last year he was not as dominant as he had been and didn;t have that last 100 kick as he had inthe past
MD will not give him NIL money. Their football and bball teams suck because they're not throwing millions at them. Coach Valmon would not allow another coach to coach his athlete and either would the school.
I always found it interesting that Quincy has run 44.10, along a 1:50 800m but has never broken 21.00. Granted, he hardly runs the 200 and the 800 even less, but I wonder if that makes him more of a speed-endurance 400/800 type athlete instead of 200/400.
Something I’ve noticed is that he doesn’t seem to have a lot of top pure speed. I think his fasted 100m is like 10.6-10.7 or something. Curious how he’s even able to run 44.1 at all, to be honest
I always found it interesting that Quincy has run 44.10, along a 1:50 800m but has never broken 21.00. Granted, he hardly runs the 200 and the 800 even less, but I wonder if that makes him more of a speed-endurance 400/800 type athlete instead of 200/400.
Something I’ve noticed is that he doesn’t seem to have a lot of top pure speed. I think his fasted 100m is like 10.6-10.7 or something. Curious how he’s even able to run 44.1 at all, to be honest
There have been cases of 400 sprinters with slow 100/200 times who went sub-45 (not far under 45, but still sub-45) who have slow-twitch muscle profiles normally found in distance runners. Strange but true.
I always found it interesting that Quincy has run 44.10, along a 1:50 800m but has never broken 21.00. Granted, he hardly runs the 200 and the 800 even less, but I wonder if that makes him more of a speed-endurance 400/800 type athlete instead of 200/400.
Something I’ve noticed is that he doesn’t seem to have a lot of top pure speed. I think his fasted 100m is like 10.6-10.7 or something. Curious how he’s even able to run 44.1 at all, to be honest
He split 21.20 indoors in millrose 400 for a 45.6 or 45.7 (last 100 all in lane 2)
USC has the advantage of proximity and familiarity for the 28 games. I was a student there in '84 when its track was the warmup track, dorms were the Village, etc. For athletes, especially swimmers and water polo, it was a 'home meet' He could compete in '26, '27 then redshirt '28, no moving, no distractions, great weather.
I always found it interesting that Quincy has run 44.10, along a 1:50 800m but has never broken 21.00. Granted, he hardly runs the 200 and the 800 even less, but I wonder if that makes him more of a speed-endurance 400/800 type athlete instead of 200/400.
Something I’ve noticed is that he doesn’t seem to have a lot of top pure speed. I think his fasted 100m is like 10.6-10.7 or something. Curious how he’s even able to run 44.1 at all, to be honest
He hasn't broken 21 because he's never run the 200 in peak form. He was likely a 20.7 guy when he was in 44.10 shape. There are of course, special endurance monsters like Wilson (Champion Alison is another that comes to mind), but at the end of the day you just have to have a certain level of speed to run 44.10.