2o3nfeq wrote:
Tinman certainly should be given credit for Drew Hunter's success, but let's not forget that Drew was coached by his parents thru his junior year, using Tinman style training and a logical volume progression his first 3 years of high school. It is not as if Tinman started coaching Hunter as a 30 mile per week, poorly coached, 4:20 runner and the next year he magically morphed into a 3:57 miler...the foundation was already there. Similarly, Grace Ping was quite a successful runner before Tinman took over her training. Not trying to say he isn't good at what he does- he is- but he is also working with very talented individuals who were already experiencing success when he took them on. He is just taking them to higher levels. Morgan Pearson will be interesting to watch. He already is improving under his new coach, and he is another one who I think most of us would agree was well coached prior to coming to Tinman.
It is true that we are jealous of the Tinman's success. That is a natural emotion. Salazar, Tinman, and others get the best prospects to coach only because of their name. There are those on this site who could do just as well with people like Rupp and Hunter. IF they had the name and public confidence behind them.
It's not distance running that is complicated. It's life that is complicated and takes a lot of learning. That is the purpose of Let's Run. This has been a good thread and there are many legitimate comments on here.