damage control wrote:
Cynical take but a lot of people predicted this after Shelby got busted. The University of Oregon job was supposed to clean up the image of the team, and a good excuse to wind it down.
Nike sponsors a lot of doped runners but a bust at BTC was a little too close.
The big question is whether Nike will move to create another top pro team.
All correct, and the answer to your question is: yes.
damage control wrote:
Cynical take but a lot of people predicted this after Shelby got busted. The University of Oregon job was supposed to clean up the image of the team, and a good excuse to wind it down.
Nike sponsors a lot of doped runners but a bust at BTC was a little too close.
The big question is whether Nike will move to create another top pro team.
Nike has already started rebuilding the team buy getting rid of those who are not happy with Eugene. The new University Facility was always intended to support a pro team. There will be a new coach and a new high altitude camp that functions year round.
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Yes, naturally. AW - NOP - BTC - UAC - XYZ. One trick is to always have overlapping personnel, so they know what to do. Discretely.
So after all, does Jerry end up being just a more sanitized version of Salazar, but not really that different?
tradition... wrote:
Yes, naturally. AW - NOP - BTC - UAC - XYZ. One trick is to always have overlapping personnel, so they know what to do. Discretely.
Lump OTC in with your XYZ. They had what, two busts + Lauren Johnson?
Good point.
Good, it's a fitting end. Nike sullied Bill's good name by slathering it onto shoes, something he never would have allowed while he was alive. Then they extended that by starting a promotional running club and bloated it with a thirsty coach who borrowed microdosing strategies from AlSal. Glad to see it dying swiftly.
Ghost of Bill Dellinger wrote:
Good, it's a fitting end. Nike sullied Bill's good name by slathering it onto shoes, something he never would have allowed while he was alive. Then they extended that by starting a promotional running club and bloated it with a thirsty coach who borrowed microdosing strategies from AlSal. Glad to see it dying swiftly.
1 - Bill is alive and living in Grants Pass
2 - Bill coached AlSal
3 - Bill also worked with Adidas “DellingerWeb” he sold his name
your comment is now dying swiftly sorry!
dna wrote:
1 - Bill is alive and living in Grants Pass
2 - Bill coached AlSal
3 - Bill also worked with Adidas “DellingerWeb” he sold his name
your comment is now dying swiftly sorry!
this guy is sharp!!
Rip Bowerman Pro Team wrote:
Nike Beaverton friend told me earlier this week that Fisher, Cranny, Seccafien, Thompson are all gone. I thought he was trying to wind me up but now this news is out I'm waiting on the other news to drop.
Fisher and Cranny are the last real poster boy/girl the team have. I don't see how the team moves on from this.
Wow. Correct
Schweizer will resurrect the team
Kerry Switzer wrote:
Schweizer will resurrect the team
Hope so . . . but she has to resurrect herself first . . . 3rd year in a row she will miss fall practice due to heel/achilles surgeries (2021, 2023) and injury recovery (2022).
Per their IG posts, looks like Frerichs and Aragon are the only BTC women training in Eugene this fall.