The Imperative Voice Real13 wrote:
yeah, it's a goofy thread, carl coaches UH and put kids in the last olympics.
re the secondary question, i think quality has increased, and the gap from front to back in a NCAA (or olympic, for that matter) final has narrowed. i think in older days when it was more about talent, coaching mattered less, and the coach didn't have to be some sporting genius, he just had to deliver you to nationals unhurt, at which point you nlow their doors off.
i think NCAA races are getting ever-faster and tighter at which point you need some edge. coaching, training, details, all matters. at which point it takes a high degree of knowledge of training and an event to add anything, and the odds favor that being a former successful athlete at a fairly high level. you have to be able to detect even small issues or missed opportunities. i don't think a former football player kineez major catches that.
Dr. Joe Vigil blow that statement out of the water.