The downvotes say a lot. The fact that an athlete was an Olympic or WC medalist says ABSOLUTELY nothing about their ability to manage a staff, recruit or coach athletes from generally speaking 18-22 years of age. NOTHING.
She'd probably have some decent success recruiting, especially with 18-22 year olds. Not sure about the coaching end of it though, that's a different animal.
She has kind of been surrogate big sister for Team Boss, and probably talks coaching and strategy all the time with runners and Joe. But agree, probably not ready for prime time without any official experience. Could see them putting in for the job, her career is almost if not already over.
Blue Oval Podcast with some interesting choices to replace Wetmore -- Dathan Ritzenheim, Chris Solinsky, Jenny Simpson, Alex Gibby (Harvard) Pete Watson (Boston College) John Hayes (Wake Forest)
You guys have no clue. It's not a popularity contest. And it's not about a 25 year-old book or news story or some youtube video montage.
Firstly, no one that ran for Wetmore and liked him is going to follow after him. The guy just got pushed out the door. A loyal alum wants nothing to do with that.
Secondly, college coaching is a different animal, it's not professional running. There is so much stuff to balance on the admin side. The amount of time spent with recruiting and travel alone is what does most people in. The X's and O's of training are way down the list even if it's the fun stuff.
Thirdly, it has to be someone with thick skin that handle the fishbowl of Boulder, CO. It is not just another college town where xc / running can fly under the radar.
Lastly, you never want to be the coach who follows next after a hall of fame coach. You want to be the person that follows the person that follows the hall of fame coach. That way there is a buffer and you are given a fair shot at a clean slate to build the culture of the program.
Lastly, you never want to be the coach who follows next after a hall of fame coach. You want to be the person that follows the person that follows the hall of fame coach. That way there is a buffer and you are given a fair shot at a clean slate to build the culture of the program.
This ^ x100. You never want to follow the legend, you follow the person that followed the legend.
CU was absolutely not a "complete backwater" before Wetmore. While Q was coach, they had many many years of top-level success on the XC scene. Please do more research before making such an outlandish claim. Marc Scrutton comes to mind, among many amazing Buffs from the '70s and '80s. CU's teams routinely placed in the Top 10 at Nationals.
I ran for Q the one season I had eligibility ('86) as third man on our D1 fourth-place at Nationals. We could have placed as high as second if our number two man had not been hobbled by an injury.
I also knew of Wetmore since my high school in NJ was in the same conference as the XC powerhouse Bernardsville, the alma mater of Brad Hudson. Wetmore apprenticed under Ed Mather, the legendary Bernards coach.
True about Buff history under Q, but Hudson never went to Bernard’s hs
Head XC job at Grand Canyon posted 7/2, Sara Slattery give her notice to accept Colorado job and GCU posted XC job immediately to try and fill but UC boulder waiting to announce?
Slattery left Grand Canyon years ago. I think that she already works at CU in some capacity but, I like the idea of her moving into the XC/Distance role.
Seems like there were a lot more probable candidates mentioned early on and now people are randomly just throwing out the names of former Buffs runners.
In any other sport the most obvious move would be for CU to back up the truck for the successful G5 coach up the road, Brian Bedard at CSU. Challenges: he's older and a CSU lifer.
wetmore had this coming. eating disorders are a serious issue within distance running among women and men. the most recent example is poor Allie Ostrander and how she and her teammates were treated at boise state. listening to my dad who though anonymous was very elite in the 90s talk about eating disorders and male distance running is heart breaking. nobody’s career should end due to catabolysis or any other eating disorder related reason like my dad’s did. Wetmore was never asking scholarship distance runners to not be obese, he was telling borderline anorexic people to eat even less. he would have an issue with Elle St Pierre’s body type. coaches like Wetmore hate men with anything beyond starvingly lean muscle and women who don’t look 15 years old. people don’t have to be burning muscle instead of fat to be fast and it’s time that people who act this way like him face some consequences.
This. Anyone defending the weight loss = better athlete philosophy needs to learn some science about the human body. Weight is comprised of more than excess body fat and is variable from person to person, even more so in females. That's not to say men are immune to eating disorders. I've known quite a few male runners with eating disorders and other mental health problems, 3 of which ended their own lives because there is (in general) even more shame and lack of support for men. It's about time this is taken seriously.
What’s a normal PCT for stress reactions/fractures for D1 distance runners? Were the stress reactions diagnosed by a physician or self reported by the athlete? But in general stress reactions seem common to me.
I'd say gaslighting medical concerns in athletes in favor of performance seems more common.
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Although he certainly should be sought after without a doubt, He would never consider CU for a second! He is a Ram and built that CSU program into a Power.
I got a text this morning from a source who is almost never wrong saying it's Diljeet. Makes sense. Great hire. Imagine how good CU will be if they actually have a coach who recruits and can coach.
I got a text this morning from a source who is almost never wrong saying it's Diljeet. Makes sense. Great hire. Imagine how good CU will be if they actually have a coach who recruits and can coach.
If true. As I mentioned earlier it's going to be entertaining to watch all of her athletes at BYU scrambling to transfer to CU.
I got a text this morning from a source who is almost never wrong saying it's Diljeet. Makes sense. Great hire. Imagine how good CU will be if they actually have a coach who recruits and can coach.
Is she coaching both genders or just women like BYU?
I got a text this morning from a source who is almost never wrong saying it's Diljeet. Makes sense. Great hire. Imagine how good CU will be if they actually have a coach who recruits and can coach.
If true. As I mentioned earlier it's going to be entertaining to watch all of her athletes at BYU scrambling to transfer to CU.
If this happens, I don't think that you will see that many transfers. Many of the women would be devastated to see Diljeet leave, but Mormons see BYU like the rest of us see Harvard, Yale, or Princeton. Success and social clout in LDS circles stems from a BYU degree and connections made there.