Jon Green Quits as Coach of Mary Cain's "Atalanta" Running Club

They should change the team name from Atalanta to Eris, the greek goddess of strife and discord.

Anyone else catch the results of this team from last weekends Adam Sanford meet in NYC?

Aoibhe Richardson 9:22.5

Jamie Morrissey 10:47.46

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Didn't Atalanta NYC just form in Summer 2021? So Jon gave notice almost immediately if they have been looking for a replacement for six months. I guess being the coach of an Olympic medalist gave Jon options.

Looks like not many want to be the coach of "Atalanta" if it took six months just to find a replacement. I think the mix of the personality of Mary Cain combined with Alyson Felix is toxic

Is this a good or bad result for them? There were only 4 women in that 3000m race and the winner ran 8:45:10 so there are huge gaps between them and the winner

She really is just floundering for attention isn’t she

Put the name and running performances aside, if possible.

My understanding was that this "club" was offering a living-wage to young women who otherwise wouldn't have the running resume to snag a contract and that there would be mentoring of young girls across NYC.

I haven't seen one Instagram post showing them mentoring young girls. It's mostly photo shoots.

The three women on the team all seem like great people, but they also seem like they would have no problem landing a job outside of running. Degrees from Michigan and Stanford go pretty far.

When this project was first announced, everyone was like "How can these women afford to live on NYC on 60k a year...they'll have to share a 200 sq foot apartment in Brooklyn". I don't think any of these women are struggling to get by.

If I'm off base, forgive my ignorance. But if you are going to have a roster of conventially attractive and educated white women, at least post a picture of one of them helping a kid with math homework or something.

Agree with this... like I guess you can blame the pandemic for a while, but its been almost two years at this point. The team should be doing the work that it claimed it would be doing with much hooplah when it was founded.

The whole thing has the vibe of a school project Mary Cain did in buisness school, that she was able to get a bunch of big names behind the concept... and then nothing

Just clarifying a few facts here. Green wasn't fired. He resigned for the new opportunity in December and did the right thing and stayed on until March to help them out while they worked on bringing in a replacement.

Isn't that obvious from the "Jon Green Quits" part of the title of this thread?

Looks like you've been in contact with someone, got any juicy gossip?

“Anyone think coaches are overhyped?” -ftfy

This whole website is a testament to the fact that you do not need a coach to understand or apply methodology.

coaches? Cope. Seethe. Dialate. Your days of scamming and fraud are numbered

yes, I was very surprised to hear they asked her if she wanted the job so soon after the team was announced. So far it seems she made the right choice to stay with the D1 team.

so...a 90 day notice? Working for free isn't the "right thing to do." Are you so old and out of touch that you actually think that sacrificing time, earning potential, and expertise - ESPECIALLY in a field as underpaid below-the-curve as sports management/coaching.

Either less or more metamucil because this dose isn't working, geri

Would rather a coach with a “shallow” resume than a coach with a history of doping up their athletes

Yes, they need to bring in Allie Kieffer to neutralize that mix.

I don't think that would be able to neutralize the toxicity from Mary Cain let alone both of them. Just look at the latest post from Mary Cain's Instagram where she mentions everybody involved with Atalanta (even board members you never heard of) and Julia's Lucas taking over coaching but not a single mention of Jon Green leaving or anything he has done, not even a hashtag. It's like Mary Cain is pretending Jon Green doesn't exist. That's ice cold and I can totally see why Jon Green left her setup.

this was going to happen all along. This group is all about helping women in the running community and inspiring women, hence why there are no men. Jon Green was only temporary until they found a woman coach. This is more than a "pro" group it is a non-profit with a mission, and hiring a coach who is a woman was part of the strategic plan all along. This whole thread is so hateful toward this just because Mary is a part of it and y'all would love to see a story about its failure. Maybe put some positive energy out there every now and then.

Did you come over from the Fast Women message boards just to post that on LRC?