Surprised no one else has it, but he’ll be training under Ben Thomas as a pro:
“ He will continue to be based in Eugene and train under Oregon coach Ben Thomas.”
Surprised no one else has it, but he’ll be training under Ben Thomas as a pro:
“ He will continue to be based in Eugene and train under Oregon coach Ben Thomas.”
Congrats to him.
If he can win at his home track next year, it will be legendary.
I wonder if Nike twisted his arm to go pro and focus on the track so he could have the best result for next summer.
it really seemed like he wanted to stay at Oregon. Maybe Thomas advocated for this move.
THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:
Surprised no one else has it, but he’ll be training under Ben Thomas as a pro:
“ He will continue to be based in Eugene and train under Oregon coach Ben Thomas.”
https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/09/13/cole-hocker-cathedral-leaves-oregon-track-team-turn-pro/8322876002/
Staying with his current coaching situation is the best news out of all this. If he went to BTC we would only see him run team time trials and as someone else has started Jerry has not really done well with male milers. As for Julian - very very much overrated and once Salazar left NOP and most of those athletes working with Pete have left to find a better situation and or are hurt/running like crap.
Hopefully Nike requires him to be vaccinated, including for Covid19
If only Hocker would go with the one coach who would truly make him a better, faster runner and meet his potential: AlSal. You all know it’s true.
DC Doctor wrote:
If only Hocker would go with the one coach who would truly make him a better, faster runner and meet his potential: AlSal. You all know it’s true.
Look what AlSal did for Mary Cain.
Off the Grid wrote:
DC Doctor wrote:
If only Hocker would go with the one coach who would truly make him a better, faster runner and meet his potential: AlSal. You all know it’s true.
Look what AlSal did for Mary Cain.
What? Tell her to lose weight? You can lead a horse to water but you cant keep it from attempting to ruin your career after it refuses to drink water and blames their thirst on you.
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plus ten
You just know the AIU are target testing this dude now. Only a matter of time until he joins the long list of American track stars that served bans.
Why do it? He already had the very best "supplements" at oregon without the testing, and oregon always had the highest "allowance". Plus, there is less than zero academic pressure at such a cupcake clown college. Now, he gets the same "supplements," takes a cut in pay and has to deal with testing. He'll have to always be worrying about the nike rep remembering to pay off the testers.
No longer a fan.
He has joined the Nike SJW company. It won’t be long until he’s posting BLM and Kaepernick images.
I am questioning the logic behind this.
His stock would have risen with more NCAA titles, and then Worlds.
And now he loses the whole ‘Sundance Kid’ persona by jumping pro.
Unless he/his family really needs the money this is two years too soon.
Have fun humping it at The awful Reggie Lewis track, or getting tripped at Milrose by British dudes who are hardscrabble cruds.
You got some bad advice bro.
OBTW Only (the 250 regular adolescent) LRC posters think you are cool.
It's a shame that even as NCAA athletes are making hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions for the Alabama quarterback, Kessler and Hocker can't sign with a shoe company and still compete. We miss out on a lot of fun and I think that they do too, though Hocker at least had the NCAA experience and 3 titles to show for it.
Nuge wrote:
I am questioning the logic behind this.
His stock would have risen with more NCAA titles, and then Worlds.
And now he loses the whole ‘Sundance Kid’ persona by jumping pro.
Unless he/his family really needs the money this is two years too soon.
Have fun humping it at The awful Reggie Lewis track, or getting tripped at Milrose by British dudes who are hardscrabble cruds.
You got some bad advice bro.
OBTW Only (the 250 regular adolescent) LRC posters think you are cool.
Gotta love the LRC know-it-all clowns who wanna second guess these decisions while having zero idea what terms he got. Running is such a short career, taking the money when you can probably smart. Injuries can end it all quick.
I am a Trump guy wrote:
No longer a fan.
He has joined the Nike SJW company. It won’t be long until he’s posting BLM and Kaepernick images.
That seems logical since Nike has nothing to do with Oregon. I know you are probably a troll but do better.
I am a Trump guy wrote:
No longer a fan.
He has joined the Nike SJW company. It won’t be long until he’s posting BLM and Kaepernick images.
So predictable.
pumpkin seeds wrote:
I am a Trump guy wrote:
No longer a fan.
He has joined the Nike SJW company. It won’t be long until he’s posting BLM and Kaepernick images.
So predictable.
Yep selling out to the woke crowd for money, sad but like you say predictable.
tycobb wrote:
I am a Trump guy wrote:
No longer a fan.
He has joined the Nike SJW company. It won’t be long until he’s posting BLM and Kaepernick images.
That seems logical since Nike has nothing to do with Oregon. I know you are probably a troll but do better.
If you could apply logic you’d realize that Nike publicly supporting BLM and paying Kaepernick a boat load of money has happened since Hocker joined Oregon. I’d hoped he’d make a stand but he’s caved.
I know you think you’re smart but do better.