Girl that cussed in post race Footlocker Interview?

The Outsider wrote:

How about the entire team that showed up for practice every day and did what the team was supposed to do and showed some maturity and responsibility. Don't you think that they learned some valuable lessons about what being part of a TEAM is all about.

They have discovered that it was a waste of their time.

J.R. wrote:

The Outsider wrote:

How about the entire team that showed up for practice every day and did what the team was supposed to do and showed some maturity and responsibility. Don't you think that they learned some valuable lessons about what being part of a TEAM is all about.

They have discovered that it was a waste of their time.

You are someone I would want far, far away from my kids. Hopefully you are not a coach. Or maybe you used to be a coach and could never figure out how to reach these kids and help them to grow because you were too busy catering to the superstar athlete.

The Outsider wrote:

And those people usually get fired, just like Julie wasn't allowed to run for her TEAM, simply for the fact that she CHOSE not be part of that team.

After at least two different threads on this and 100's of responses, why is it so hard for those few to really understand the situation like an adult would and realize the coach did the difficult, but right thing. I want my kids learning about important life lessons and not to be taught that you can do whatever you want, as long as you are good. If you and a few others think less of the coach, I am sure she is okay with that. A far higher majority of rational thinkers congratulate her for doing the right thing.

The majority of people, especially runners, are in favor of Julie, and not the coach, just as almost everyone would back the Quenton Cassidy versus the school in Once A Runner. The coach CHOOSE to make and enforce stupid rules about what was required to be on the team, the team didn't choose the "rules" or the coach, the coach was imposed on the team by the status quo and the powers that be. People like you are the reason America is dying: want to fly on the plane, you need to let put our fingers in underage daughter's vagina and anus, what you don't agree with our rules and procedures, then you're a domestic extremist and go on our list, you're not being allowed on the plane because you CHOSE not to be on the plane.

Drizzy wrote:

She did say "bib"

http://www.flotrack.org/videos/speaker/9271

Not even f***ing close to bitch. Wow is letsrun officially the most f***ed up group of people on the internet or something?

If you were trying to show your side of the debate by expressing your intelligence, I think you failed miserably. No, most of the runners are not in favor of Julie, but if you want to keep believing that, go ahead. Coaching is a very, very difficult profession and made even more difficult with the attitudes of a small minority like you. 90% or more of the kids on teams have some sense of maturity and responsibility, but it is those 10% that make it miserable for everyone else. Fortunately the coach does have some power to enforce some "unimaginable" rules such as making the athletes show up for practice half the time (Heaven forbid) and thus has the leeway to let that person go. It takes a very mature coach to enforce these rules, or the message sent to our youth is to do whatever you want, as long as you are good.

By the way, the word you meant to use was "chose" not "choose". I am guessing lose and loose are difficult for you as well, along with advice or advise. Maybe had you listened to the English teacher instead of "being your own person with your own rules",you would be able to write in a coherent way.

A couple of items:

(1) That Colorado girl sounds like someone I would want on a team I coached - spirited, dedicated, can't hide her enthusiasm.

(2) The California girl sounds like someone I would want on a team I coached - because she is very fast and also very dedicated. However, I would have handled the situation very differently than the way her coach did. As long as she respected me and others, I'd have let her train separately from the others sometimes and just told the team the obvious - that she needed more specialized training because she was faster than them.

The Outsider wrote:

You are someone I would want far, far away from my kids. Hopefully you are not a coach. Or maybe you used to be a coach and could never figure out how to reach these kids and help them to grow because you were too busy catering to the superstar athlete.

Actually kids love me, and they love me because I stand up for them, and don't act like some asshole trying to push them around.

J.R. wrote:

The Outsider wrote:

You are someone I would want far, far away from my kids. Hopefully you are not a coach. Or maybe you used to be a coach and could never figure out how to reach these kids and help them to grow because you were too busy catering to the superstar athlete.

Actually kids love me, and they love me because I stand up for them, and don't act like some asshole trying to push them around.

Listen to yourself. Do you honestly think that a coach expecting an athlete to show up for practices half the time is trying to push them around. Really? Do you not see the need for any type of discipline or responsibility at all when you are part of team.

You sound like the parent that thinks their kids like them because they act like their buddy, instead of being their parent. Kids don't really like those kinds of parents, but they realize they can get away with a lot of things so they act like they do. You need to be the coach of these kids, not their buddy. Do you have any idea how important the influence of a coach can be on these kids lives? Tell me years from now which of these kids will still love you. Not many I am guessing. Do you know how many of the kids will probably love the coach with the strong convictions? Probably most of them, expect of course for Julie who wasn't able to skip team practices and still compete in team meets.

I had a high school coach that was a pretty strict disciplinarian. At the time,some of the lazier kids didn't like him, but most of the hard working kids that wanted to be part of team and work hard, did like him. Years later those of us that liked him while he was our coach, still liked him and admired him. The interesting thing is that the ones that didn't like him began to like him years later because he taught them life lessons that they didn't even realize they were getting.

You however will be the coach that gradually everyone loses respect for as they grow up and learn responsibility and realize they needed a coach, not a buddy and that you did a disservice to them. Please reconsider how you are coaching these kids and realize it is not about being "Mr. Popular" now, but about being a coach and helping these kids grow.

The Outsider wrote:

Do you honestly think that a coach expecting an athlete to show up for practices half the time is trying to push them around.

In this case yes, the coach was trying to push Julie around. Thank goodness it didn't work with her.

Do you not see the need for any type of discipline or responsibility at all when you are part of team.

I see the need for a better coach, that is responsible to the young women who come out for the team.

Julie Nacouzi has set a great example of discipline and responsibility because, despite the interfering disruption by the coach, she has reached the highest level of high school athletic performance.

I just clicked the thread to see why the hell it was still on the first page. I think there's a 95% chance that "The Outsider" is getting trolled pretty badly, and the other 5% is the possibility that s/he is one of the greatest trolls of all time.

You're seriously giving rational responses to the guy who graphically depicts groping a girl at the airport? Seriously?

1st!

Its confirmed by herself she said bib. I find it funny that they would ask about it.

http://www.runcolo.com/content/interview-kelsey-lakowske-592/

My God is a God of increase!

J.R. wrote:

The Outsider wrote:

Do you honestly think that a coach expecting an athlete to show up for practices half the time is trying to push them around.

In this case yes, the coach was trying to push Julie around. Thank goodness it didn't work with her.

Do you not see the need for any type of discipline or responsibility at all when you are part of team.

I see the need for a better coach, that is responsible to the young women who come out for the team.

Julie Nacouzi has set a great example of discipline and responsibility because, despite the interfering disruption by the coach, she has reached the highest level of high school athletic performance.

Please this guy is just trolling.

No respectable coach would say it was ok for an athlete to not show up to almost any practices and then still be able to compete for the team.

That coach would have so many parents against them that they would be fired within a year. This is the college level and the high school level.

Stop feeding the trolls please.

Why would going to practice everyday make her more mature? Sometimes the workouts weren't hard enough for her. So if anything, it would have made her a worse runner.

Julie is awesome. I love her.

Why would going to practice everyday make her more mature? Sometimes the workouts weren't hard enough for her. So if anything, it would have made her a worse runner.

Julie is awesome. I love her.

GoJulie wrote:

Why would going to practice everyday make her more mature? Sometimes the workouts weren't hard enough for her. So if anything, it would have made her a worse runner.

Julie is awesome. I love her.

Why did you necro a thread that's over a year old lol.

Where is Julie running now?

I thought that she went to a community college. Not sure if she even runs for them.