if Jeff wasn't sponsored by Adidas (he was only under the team sponsorship) then he cant get fired, but he can be told to leave the group for violating the team contract. interesting though that he surely wouldve known this would be the outcome...
also to the poster RE Dever wearing Nike's at NCAA's, I doubt he cares as it was his final year right? other than a fine (which idk if they do) what could they penalise him with>
Jeff was the only Tinman guy I liked. The rest are total tools. Hopefully this is better for him.
Good luck Jeff!! Rooting for you!!!
bloviating wrote:
Don’t think you need the apostrophe
You''''''''''''''''re a douche.
Hilarious that he is dropped for something so trivial and gets NO mention of this on their social media/instagram page BUT when he leads for 85% of a mile race going out way faster than he should have Tinman/Parsons/Drew just gush over him saying how brave he is. These kids really need to get their act together.
They've had how many guys leave in the last 3+ months and not even a single mention. But when those guys were running well they were quick to short them out.
Look at Brogan Austin, he wasn't even an official TME but when he won CIM a couple years ago they happily took credit for his success. Now they never mention him and he doesnt have the TME+Hammer and Axe logo on his profile.
Ostritch wrote:
They've had how many guys leave in the last 3+ months and not even a single mention. But when those guys were running well they were quick to short them out.
Look at Brogan Austin, he wasn't even an official TME but when he won CIM a couple years ago they happily took credit for his success. Now they never mention him and he doesnt have the TME+Hammer and Axe logo on his profile.
I mean this is the problem with every pro runner.
You see them on the instagram when training is going well and races coming up. And then when they have a bad race or get hurt...... radio silence
Smoke weed, talk sh!t like Lane Kiffin wrote:
You can be happy being coached by Joan AND not want to be bossed around by idiots like Sam and Cory.
Beat post on entire thread. These two are the ones who started the mutiny against Tom. Cory for a paid position after leaving ASU and Sam in search of relevance inside the group.
in one of the shots in the video you can clearly see he drew the 3 stripes on.... so he did all that and adidas still found out and fired him? who snitched?
I'd like to hear from Thies whether he was "fired" or kicked out or whether it was his choice to bail. TME painted it like "wore Dragonflys" led to "left the group" but it could be in the opposite order if not entirely unrelated. Their phrasing has led to people assuming they're cause and result and gossip about it here, which is surely intentional. Not unlike the firing of Schwartz, they are desperate for currency when there are no results generating attention.
Looks like they're in no hurry to remove his profile.
DownUndah wrote:
At the end of the latest video in tinmans docu series it gives an update on each runner for Jeff's it said he wore Nike Dragonfly's for his last race and is no longer on the team but is coached by Joan Hunter still
Bit harsh kid was just wearing the best shoes on the market trying to qualify for the olympic trials and he gets kicked off the team for it
Discus.
The club is sponsored by Adidas, thus Jeff is sponsored Adidas. Last time I checked, you can't wear another brand. Am I missing something? I'm sure it's in the contract.
BOHICA wrote:
I'd like to hear from Thies whether he was "fired" or kicked out or whether it was his choice to bail. TME painted it like "wore Dragonflys" led to "left the group" but it could be in the opposite order if not entirely unrelated. Their phrasing has led to people assuming they're cause and result and gossip about it here, which is surely intentional. Not unlike the firing of Schwartz, they are desperate for currency when there are no results generating attention.
The team replied on youtube comments and said it was breach of contract that he wore the shoes. Jeff Thies is still training with Coach Hunter, but is no longer officially part of the team.
imagine how savage it would have been if he would have qualified with those things on. lol.
DownUndah wrote:
Jeff Thies kicked off Tinman Elite for wearing Dragonfly's
Dragonfly's what? Who is Dragonfly?
Syd's still on there, same for Brogan and Cam.
gumpyrunner wrote:
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae76b57b1059821a59e21fe/1617730371114-GRLJG7OQPD3NQAXBBW17/jkh-78.jpg?format=750wLooks like they're in no hurry to remove his profile.
muscleman88 wrote:
You can’t blame the guys for wanting to run in a professional group, where they get to race in meets for free, and get free gear. All you hatin hobby joggers pay $100+ to slug away 545s at your yearly turkey trot, and pay money from your boring jobs to buy Garmin’s and multiple pairs of running shoes a year.
Are these guys cringey? Of course. At least they are in a position to do what they love, and y’all take the time away from your lame lives to comment. The main things that bothers me, is they seem to take no personal accountability. If the firing of a coach was their hardest part of the year, and causes them to lose that much focus, then they weren’t as focused as they say they were. Additionally, they pick and choose what to be transparent about. Why not give details about what they didn’t like about the coach, and what his thoughts were back to them? Why.l not go into detail about the other guys they don’t update on?
I think you have this board confused for your Planet Fitness “judgement-free zone” group. Most of the people on here don’t sweat paying for a few hundred dollars in apparel and footwear. Many of us on here own businesses or have multiple streams of income. No one blames them for running in a pro group, who even said that?
I know several other professional adidas athletes who didn't get adidas new superspikes in time - super wierd move from Adidas to not make that a priority. If they have spikes comparable to Nike and Asics (which they have) getting them on their pros feet should be priority #1.
Wonder when adidas will be firing / ending the contract of fellow dragonfly wearer Ms Gudaf Tsegay?
They can't make Tinmen fire Jeff but not also fire the Ethiopian lady who's been wearing the Dragonfly for months in races on the circuit.
Shame on adidas the $20bn being so far behind with running shoe tech. Painful to see adidas athletes wearing inferior product and being whooped by swoosh wearing runners.
How is this harsh or a reflection of TME group priorities?
You have a sponsor who is providing you with Money/gear/ race and travel expenses/probably food and housing/coaching and a million other things and literally the biggest thing you do in return is you wear their brand in exchange. And you show up racing in a competitor brand, you get cut simple!
If I paid a dude to put up a billboard of my company and when I passed it the next day, he'd put up a poster of my biggest rival using my money, I'd sack him on the spot. Its not any different.
Great job TinMom!
You’re hot on LetsRun. Keep it up, but don’t qualify for anything!
F&cking hacks……
