Stanhope wrote:
so Ben True was interim for like 2 weeks or so?
How is the alumni backing for this hire?
True is interim xc coach. Nelson is the T&F director.
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A disaster wrote:
This hire is almost as crazy as Trey Brokaw and his wife getting hired at K-State
K State assistants
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Dez Mez wrote:
A disaster wrote:
This hire is almost as crazy as Trey Brokaw and his wife getting hired at K-State
K State assistants
This means K state has 11 coaches on staff. What
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erikcharter wrote:
Here's my theory with Sudbury & Rudolph: Martin Smith was at the point in his career where he was content to hand women's distance off to a reasonable caretaker so he could have it out of his hair. Sudbury is young & aggressive & sincerely wants to build a top 10 women's program that is as good as the men's. The obstacles to that are the quality of the Big 12 - Oklahoma State, BYU, Colorado & Utah are all formidable and have better recruiting footprints or situations than ISU, while the rest of the conference has become good at cherry picking 1-2 Africans who can score at 3, 5, & 10k. The one advantage ISU has is that, other than Oklahome State, the Midwest region is not great so they have a reasonable path to NCAA Cross Country every year. Rudolph was a very solid coach at ISU but was an average recruiter. The group that are juniors & seniors right now are not great. Rudolph needed to become a better (and more global) recruiter to take the team where Sudbury wanted to go and I think she just saw an easier path at Tennessee where she inheits a far better team than she leaves behind. It's probably a win/win if Sudbury, Wallace, & a new 3rd coach can better recruit a team that fits the vision.
I've heard a lot to support that. I think Rudolph had a great culture (athletes tended to love her and rarely left the program and they rarely took girls on roster that would threaten that culture) but trained a bit conservatively (especially in middle distances on the track). Sudbury was significantly more aggressive in training and recruiting. I get the impression Wallace could be a middle ground - a bit more aggressive with training, but gentler touch than Sudbury. Athletes seem cautiously optimistic about the changes.
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Patrick Peterson is no longer listed on the Eastern Kentucky site or staff directory. I think he will be rolling into Ames soon if he's not here already,
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Maryland Sprints
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coaching?? wrote:
UIC - Assistant Coach
Does this have the event specialty posted? Usually if it’s missing that means they already have someone picked out.
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Virginia Tech Distance
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Huge shakeup at VT. Looks like Ben Thomas has cleaned house. New jumps, multi, sprint and distance coaches
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Dez Mez wrote:
Virginia Tech Distance
MO seems to be importing africans
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relax! they are volunteer coaches. That terms doesn't exist anymore so everyone is listed as 'assistant coach'.
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Forcing kids to run with significant injuries. Yelling at kids he wants them to transfer so he can replace them with Kenyans. Telling them they are spending too much time on their academics. Randomly yelling abuse at the kids at practice on a regular basis….Just a few of many examples…
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I think the current sprint coach got promoted to Associate Head Coach
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Current Sprint Coach got promoted by Ben
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Looks like he has a good staff that he put together
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Another big pickup at VaTech, Ellis is a heck of a coach.
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CSUN Distance
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Matt Kane…. Tim Cawley???!!! Hilarious!! Dude will wreck the crew! Has had one super freak in his career that a janitor could coach to Oly Games. What a Joke! Ha.
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FsU doozie wrote:
Matt Kane…. Tim Cawley???!!! Hilarious!! Dude will wreck the crew! Has had one super freak in his career that a janitor could coach to Oly Games. What a Joke! Ha.
Is that you Leevan?
I would not say this is THAT bad but Matt Kane definitely does not want any heavy hitters on his staff who will outshine him. Good coaches, but can they recruit and keep star athletes?64
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