Junky cheese mix wrote:
go huskies wrote:the reasons many quit is because they can't handle it. a lot of kids don't enjoy going from a star in high school were their coach had them 1 on 1 and gave them all their attention to a big competitive team where they will be a nobody until they prove themselves. a lot of 4:20/4:30 milers quitting doesn't prove anything. a 4:20 miler in college is useless. unless they can show potential or significantly improve on that, they probably shouldn't even be trying out for the team.
OK, but those factors are true for ALL mediocre to pretty good but not great high school students going to any college!!! So how do you explain all the kids who attend the uconn prpgram and then shit the bed? It probably has something to do with the meathead frat boy atmosphere. Kids are beaten to death at parties there by idiots attending the nearby shit community colleges & creepy thugs with long criminal history who come there and act like total idiots...It's a terrible atmosphere there. If you're serious about running you'll probably do well there but there are a lot of bad influences and distractions
i would say most kid who stick with the program end up improving far beyond what they thought they were capable of. i don't think there are many kids who shit the bed. there are kids who might try to make up an excuse as to why they suck, but it's not the programs fault. and how do meathead frat bros affect what you do on the track? so what if they are annoying in class or get in your way when your trying pick up a floozie. that doesn't affect how you run. a couple jager bombs never hurt anyone. there are frat bros at every college. getting bullied only turns you into a man. it was the best thing that ever happened to me and is the main reason i'm not a pu$$y. if you don't like what someone said, then go home and cry to mommy so she can call the kids parents and tell them what happened.