hell, I did have a low 1:5x runner on my team in high school who got kicked off the team one season, and it was justified. Came back next season and stopped messing around.
hell, I did have a low 1:5x runner on my team in high school who got kicked off the team one season, and it was justified. Came back next season and stopped messing around.
Mawusimensah
Sounds as if he's using the "wusi" portion of his name more than the "mensa" portion for this battle.
A Duck wrote:
ukathleticscoach wrote:'when he and his son's track coach disagreed over which races his son should run.'
Does his father tell the other teachers when the exams need to be set
Apples and Oranges ring any bells with you?
The comparison is valid. Dad does not get to set the lineup.
Wow you're slow kid wrote:
too fast wrote:If a 2:12 and 17:30-18:30 guy is beating the best guys on the team...that's one sucky HS team. :(
He's not. His times beat the crappy seniors, maybe, but they have guys that run the low 2's, etc. He's not even worth the trouble his dad is giving the school. There will be no scholarship money for a mediocre kid who runs 2:12 in his second year. Best case scenario he gets to low 2's, but not even sub. This would be a tad different if a low 1:5x runner or something was being deprived of the chance to compete, but this is just a slowpoke. What a pathetic joke.
As a coach, this annoys me. The 1:50 kid and the 2:12 kid get the same treatment. The situation would not be a tad different. Just because you're fast, doesn't mean you're entitled to better treatment.
Thundercats_GO wrote:
Wow you're slow kid wrote:He's not. His times beat the crappy seniors, maybe, but they have guys that run the low 2's, etc. He's not even worth the trouble his dad is giving the school. There will be no scholarship money for a mediocre kid who runs 2:12 in his second year. Best case scenario he gets to low 2's, but not even sub. This would be a tad different if a low 1:5x runner or something was being deprived of the chance to compete, but this is just a slowpoke. What a pathetic joke.
As a coach, this annoys me. The 1:50 kid and the 2:12 kid get the same treatment. The situation would not be a tad different. Just because you're fast, doesn't mean you're entitled to better treatment.
I think you are misunderstanding - the father was saying that the son should be running in varsity races against "better" competition and that this was creating fewer opportunities. What I think the poster intended was to say if you had a freshman that was a 1:5X type runner not running on varsity then he would be missing out on opportunities. From everything in the story it sounds like the kid had ample opportunities to run, just not the races that he or the father felt appropriate. Then it sounds like he got booted off because he wasn't participating, showing up to practice, carrying his end of the bargain both in participation and effort.
This is disgusting. The Entitlement Generation is running wild.
Who cares how fast he is? He skipped a bunch of practices without notifying the coach. The coach has every right to not let him compete.
the kid sucks. it'd be different if he was some great talent.
Go dad!
40 mil. seems excessive. How about a compromise solution.
His school district has to cover the equivalent of a four year track scholarship. But (since I'm assuming he's a public HS in NJ) he has to go to Rutgers.
That kid is now toxic. No college coach will be willing to take a chance on someone with issues like he and his father bring to the table.
^this
way to go dad!
[quote]Perfect together wrote:
40 mil. seems excessive. How about a compromise solution.
His school district has to cover the equivalent of a four year track scholarship. But (since I'm assuming he's a public HS in NJ) he has to go to Rutgers.[quote]
I think the University of Phoenix's eCampus would be more appropriate.
Not sure I'd go that far. Look at the kids fball and bball coaches gleefully chase.
Its mute at this point, for now, anyway. His times are good for a HS track 10th grader. He actually looks to have some range. But he needs to improve his times to attract a scholarship I would think.
Disclaimer so Dad doesnt sue me: This post contains only my opinion and I am not representing anything as "fact".
Any athlete, at the high school or college level, shouldn't be bitching for the opportunities given to them. No college coach, or even further down the road some professional running group, would be dumb to take a chance. If the kid was good enough then he would be picked above the others... I'd be interested to see what his fellow seniors ran... then there might be a case, but as for now, the kid is toxic.
BigTex wrote:
That kid is now toxic. No college coach will be willing to take a chance on someone with issues like he and his father bring to the table.
Dad will sue each college for $50M if they deny his son a place on the track team.
If the son doesn't excel--due to lousy coaching--he will sue for an additional $60M.
The lawsuit sky is limitless.
Mawusi is a star! Look at this improvement: 2012-09-25
Mawusi ran a 18:04.00 in the 5000m at Colonial Conf. Batch Meet #3 (Pennypacker Park), placing 4th.
2012-09-20
Mawusi ran a 19:26.00 in the 5000m at Colonial Conf. Batch Meet #2 ((Pennypacker Park), placing 15th.
A Duck wrote:
ukathleticscoach wrote:'when he and his son's track coach disagreed over which races his son should run.'
Does his father tell the other teachers when the exams need to be set
Apples and Oranges ring any bells with you?
They are both fruit
His father should not be interfering, especially as he is plainly a jerk
Seal Lion wrote:
Mawusi is a star! Look at this improvement: 2012-09-25
Mawusi ran a 18:04.00 in the 5000m at Colonial Conf. Batch Meet #3 (Pennypacker Park), placing 4th.
2012-09-20
Mawusi ran a 19:26.00 in the 5000m at Colonial Conf. Batch Meet #2 ((Pennypacker Park), placing 15th.
That must be a typo. Nobody can run 3.1 miles at faster than 10mph. Physically impossible.
worst poster wrote:
Its mute at this point
This is why letsrun is so great.