Looks like some Oles are racing this weekend at two different meets while the rest of the MIAC is smartly laying down base training. Hope they bring some helpers to count laps. Power will run out out of fingers and toes before the race is over. Not sure what they teach at whatever backwater Indiana college he’s from, but tallying numbers above 12 are just hard for him.
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Did the MIAC and coaches come up with a plan to make the highland course seem less like a St. Paul Central JV meet? You have to think soccer and football are getting a lot more than a poorly marked course, a few flags, and six porta potties in a city park that has my step dad’s scramble 20 minutes after the race ends.
Hearing that that athletes are in the transfer portal and his very public disdain of valued team traditions only adds to the the so-called Power hate. I call it being honest about someone that isn't qualified to be a leader men. Reading the 2025 page that talks about how much other coaches dislike him only lends more credibility to that argument.
In talking with other alumni, we're planning to withdraw all monetary support for the program until a change is made. I'm sure the new AD won't be supportive of the lack of support from the proud alumni base.
I’m as anti-Power as the next guy, but I kinda like him being there because a better coach would have won multiple national titles with the talent has had. I’m content with hi having a few victories in a down era of the the MIAC nationally.
I will say, that the women’s coach outs on a great meet. She seems to make sure that meet feels like a true championship. No offense to Hamline, who I know is budget-challenged but everyone that has commented on the MIAC meet they hosted feeling like a high school jv meet.
Is the previous poster from Hamline or St. John's. That's just hard to read.
In the spirit of Christmas, I've put together a list for "Ole" Santa
1. The return of grad transfer Bocovich or Kelly. I bet the current group would even be excited to see Cassidy come back out.
2. The ability to grow facial hair for Deaver. A mean mustache would shave six second off his steeple and only put him 15 second behind The Future.
3. A coaching science book for Power. A Daniels, Canova, or even Couch to 5K could do wonderful things for his coaching acumen.
4. In lieu of coaching education, maybe just a better coach for the Oles. An 8th place team in XC should finish better than 5th in the MIAC for track and at this point, that's where the team will be for Indoor. Maybe we'll see them run a few guys under 14:45 or 8:50, but if their December meets prove anything its that the Oles are only relevant for Cross Country.
5. A Ricks-Power boxing match on the undercard for the Jake Paul vs. Connor McGregor Netflix fight. Ricks has the athleticism edge and the wiliness of old age. Power could lay on top of him and slowly suffocate him.
A high school teammate of mine is being recruited by the Oles. He told me Power said he thought both Will Kelly and Logan Bocovich would have been national championship contenders. What is this guy smoking?
Also, the Ole transfer rumors appear untrue based on Strava. Will be interesting to see if they can repeat their XC success on the track.
I don't think either of them could beat Bati and they have both gotten way better since they left Northfield. Kinda makes me wonder if Bati were to go to St. Thomas or become a Gopher what he could do.
Bocovich wss 8th two years ago and somehow still has eligibility. I don’t think it’s a stretch to think he would be a national championship contender based on how much better he has gotten. To wit, I don’t believe he would have gotten to this level were he still at St. Olaf. Having better training partners, altitude training, and considerably better coaching along with being close to 30 years old are considerable advantages. Kelly had his chances and didn’t even make the national meet this year, so thinking he’d be a contender at D3 is pretty silly. Power is Power. So full of crap he’d fill a like of porta potties at a MIAC cross country meet.
D1playground wrote:
I don't think either of them could beat Bati and they have both gotten way better since they left Northfield. Kinda makes me wonder if Bati were to go to St. Thomas or become a Gopher what he could do.
Or BYU, where he wouldn’t be the oldest on the team
If I’m Mo, is slip Indoor for USA cross nats and then build a big block for chasing sub 29 outdoor.
And thinking ahead to next Fall, will any MIAC runner finish within two minutes of Mo?
I read today that one reason the Georgia QB is transfering is due to his toxic girlfriend, Cavinder twin No. 1. They failed to mention the absurd number of DM's from the MIAC's second favorite Coffee.
Also, word is Gusties have received two commits from athletes Power really wanted. This could be good for the MIAC. I'm sure Brendo sends them Letsrun links and tells them they can be in his top five as freshmen. The Oles bring back too many guys for that to happen next year.
Is Olaf from St. Olaf really that obsessed with the Cavinded twins? Interesting
HmmMaybe wrote:
Is Olaf from St. Olaf really that obsessed with the Cavinded twins? Interesting
It appears so. The printouts worked according to plan...
With Andrew Rock’s latest win, Power is the only men’s track or cross country coach in the last 20 years (maybe longer) whose team won a MIAC championship that didn’t win coach of the year.
Quite an honor!
Chad can go to Europe for half the Indoor season and have more national qualifiers than Power and Ricks combined.
While most of the MIAC or just a couple Johnnies and Gusties hate on the Oles, the rest of the country expects them to be pretty solid next fall.
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