Morgan McDonald leaving Ritz???

MorganMcDonaldFan420 wrote:

About to move to kona with paulo wrote:

Why would a professional runner make a stupid video like this? "Can I survive a double threshold day??" - really?

maybe im an old man yelling at clouds, but this just seems ridiculous

Because it's a joke that makes fun of content creators (i.e. ask a question where the obvious answer is "yes," yet for some reason more people click on videos with those kinds of questions, so the trend perpetuates)... Obviously a professional can survive double threshold. That's sort of the whole point behind double threshold. He's making a video during his aerobic base phase because he likes making videos.

Also Morgan is signed through LA with On, was an Olympian for Australia for the past 2 Olympics, and still has not got out of his injury woes into consistent training. All the incentive is there for him to keep pushing and try to build consistency for some big races and PRs in the next few years, leading up to 2028. Olli's a world medalist (I think his commonwealth gold qualifies, based on the field he beat), George is a 2x world champion, and Morgan appeared to have a higher ceiling in college than both of them. I expect the guy is praying for an injury-free year or two so he can finally show how good he really is at the 5K.

sorry but no wrote:

Really?!?! wrote:

Of any team OAC athletes have options outside running. They have Harvard, Stanford and 3 Notre Dame grads. Yared could go to dental school any time he wants. Sage was biochem major. Coffee club is very entrepreneurial. This is not a team of running or nothing athletes.

Sorry but just because you went to a big name school doesn't mean your marketable. What degree did they have? And what have they done with it for 10 years. Nothing. Let's face it Sage will NOT be doing anything with a biochem major. Like what? She has ZERO experience and the clock is tickiing. I know plenty of book smart people that couldn't get their act together to have successful careers. None the above look promising. "Gee, let's start a coaching website and try to get into HS coaching." BTW coffee club is a joke and a hobby. Not a career.

who is this poster with a constant axe to grind against Sage? wrote:

Maia: History & Literature (I know some people will roll their eyes at this, but consulting and banking firms truly don't care what someone majored in at Harvard so long as they have a high GPA, interesting resume highlights, and good people skills.)

Ky: Management Science and Engineering (can be specialized into essentially a tech-focused business degree)

Yared: Biochem

Sage: Chemical & Biological Engineering, pre-med, stats minor

Joe: Biochem

Olivia: BA in Marketing, MS in Business Analytics

Mario: Chemistry

Neither of us can predict the future, but you sound absurd and bitter saying that "none of the above look promising." Truly, what can you point to that makes you think these people could only pursue coaching after they're done running? When it comes time for them to leave professional running, they'll be able to tell interviewers about how their running careers required performance under pressure, long-term goal seeking, time management, and persistence through adversity (you don't have to "buy" that spin, but that's obviously how their resumes will look and what their interviews will sound like.) These are athletes that are used to being high achievers, tend to come from high-achieving families, and likely have some connections amongst their friends, parents, and running fans in their alumni networks. Most of them (primarily Maia, Yared, and Sage) demonstrate interests outside of running, and don't seem like they'd be fulfilled if they only pursued coaching for the next 40 years (though, if they did, would it really be so bad?)

I picture many of the OAC crowd following in the footsteps of people like Kori Carter (2017 World Champ to Wharton to strategy at Nike) or Donn Cabral (2016 Olympian to law/business dual degree). I'll be shocked if Maia doesn't end up at Fuqua, Wharton, Stern, GSB, etc. Sage may not decide to go to med school, but why can't you picture her working for a biomedical research company? I don't have any personal stake in this, but the most likely second careers for the more "academic" OAC athletes would seem to be in non-running fields, just based off the profiles of similar athletes.

Also: Sage has been out of school for four years, Yared for three, Joe for five, and a few of the others for less. Your hyperbolic statement about them doing nothing with their degrees for ten years doesn't aid your point.

OAC takes to the threads wrote:

who is this poster with a constant axe to grind against Sage? wrote:

Maia: History & Literature (I know some people will roll their eyes at this, but consulting and banking firms truly don't care what someone majored in at Harvard so long as they have a high GPA, interesting resume highlights, and good people skills.)

Ky: Management Science and Engineering (can be specialized into essentially a tech-focused business degree)

Yared: Biochem

Sage: Chemical & Biological Engineering, pre-med, stats minor

Joe: Biochem

Olivia: BA in Marketing, MS in Business Analytics

Mario: Chemistry

Neither of us can predict the future, but you sound absurd and bitter saying that "none of the above look promising." Truly, what can you point to that makes you think these people could only pursue coaching after they're done running? When it comes time for them to leave professional running, they'll be able to tell interviewers about how their running careers required performance under pressure, long-term goal seeking, time management, and persistence through adversity (you don't have to "buy" that spin, but that's obviously how their resumes will look and what their interviews will sound like.) These are athletes that are used to being high achievers, tend to come from high-achieving families, and likely have some connections amongst their friends, parents, and running fans in their alumni networks. Most of them (primarily Maia, Yared, and Sage) demonstrate interests outside of running, and don't seem like they'd be fulfilled if they only pursued coaching for the next 40 years (though, if they did, would it really be so bad?)

I picture many of the OAC crowd following in the footsteps of people like Kori Carter (2017 World Champ to Wharton to strategy at Nike) or Donn Cabral (2016 Olympian to law/business dual degree). I'll be shocked if Maia doesn't end up at Fuqua, Wharton, Stern, GSB, etc. Sage may not decide to go to med school, but why can't you picture her working for a biomedical research company? I don't have any personal stake in this, but the most likely second careers for the more "academic" OAC athletes would seem to be in non-running fields, just based off the profiles of similar athletes.

Also: Sage has been out of school for four years, Yared for three, Joe for five, and a few of the others for less. Your hyperbolic statement about them doing nothing with their degrees for ten years doesn't aid your point.

All with NOTHING. Since they e been doing nothing but running since college. How obvious that the OAC crew pulled all their academic so called “achievements “ into this post. Guess what. - those degrees are worthless. None of them will be pushing them. They will all be worthless coaches! Mark my words