I could be wrong, but didn’t GDS make a pro-Shelby post or story on Instagram last June?
Perhaps it disappeared after being a story or was later removed if it was a post?
Like I said, I could be wrong, but if this did happen (together with the fact that her sister is still involved with BTC) it would illustrate that this is more emotional (fatigue) than it is actually related to a belief that Shelby broke rules.
she is leaving because she doesnt want to get busted.
Athletes have to have faith that their 'team' can drug them properly without getting caught. BTC / nike are proving that not only can they not prtoect their doping athletes from being caught, btu that they cant manage the aftermath either.
she thinks the next place will be able to drug her without being caught.
Let me be honest, when I first got a text tonight that she was leaving, I texted the person back and said, "Wait, she thinks the whole group is dirty?" But now that I've had time to actually read her instagram post and think about it, I think people may be making too big of a deal of this.
But we are going to be interviewing her and we are going to ask her point blank if she saw anything shady or immoral.
I bet the answer is no.
If she saw something immoral or shady, why in the hell would she have her sister join in November of 2021 as GDS had been there for like a year? Plus wouldn't her sister be leaving as well?
I think people need to remember two things. 1) Debues Stafford suffers from anxiety.
DeBues-Stafford says she has long suffered from general anxiety, and the nearly two-year layoff from racing messed with her mentality heading into the Olympic year.But it’s another thing altogether to get the mind right for competition....
“I definitely have a general pattern of anxiety that, when you’re in a race situation, becomes exacerbated. I’ve struggled with race anxiety, specifically, my whole life, and it definitely got worse after my mom died.”
Sure being asked about Shelby might be annoying but it's not crippling for a Frerichs, Cranny, etc, but it might be for GDS.
2) She's now had 4 different coaches in 4 years. She moves around a lot.
She left her original setup in Canada to move to GB and train with Laura Muir/Andy Young at the end of 2018 or beginning of 2019. Despite setting "no less than 11 PBs and eight national records", she left them for the BTC in 2020. Now she's left the BTC to go back to Canada.
So it will be interesting to see what she says when we interview her but at this point I really think that all of you who think this is a sign she knows Shelby is dirty are mistaken. I bet she just doesn't like having to train under a bit of a grey cloud.
You're going to interview her and you already posted the question and what you think she'll answer? Why even bother?
She is not going to admit anything or implicate anyone. I personally do not think any top pro distance runner is clean. That aside, the issue here is guilt by association due to Houlihan's anti-doping ban. Whether or not the whole team doped, one of their members got caught and that cast a shadow on the whole team.
So all the Pros are dirty, but your precious Tuohy and the NCAA athletes (with their great testing system) are not?! Ok. Tool!
Let's be clear, GDS is not leaving BTC because it is anything to do with her moral choices and views on the group/Jerry/Shelby. In the last few interviews she's done (including LetsRun after NB Indoors), she's been very clear in talking about how much her mental health and anxiety is affected by things and how she struggles with it. Including in the IG post "However this event and its ongoing aftermath continued to be a major distraction and stress for me. For the sake of my athletic performance and mental health, I needed to move on." so without even passing judgement on that comment, this (leaving BTC) is a reaction to being associated with the group and people saying things about BTC/Shelby, moreso than her own personal opinion on what happened.
If you did have some moral issue with the group, beyond the time it may take to be able to leave, why would you advise your sister it's the right place to join?
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Why now, and why not right after it happened? Were the contract reasons, or did she suddenly grow a spine?
As an executive in a public job, I can think of many spine-filled options.
Maybe after spending June 2021 with the distractions of a hidden positive and pointless lying within her team, she stated that she wanted an anti-doping policy on BTC… and none was forthcoming after months of Nike doublespeak.
She should get compensation from Nike for possible missed sponsorships while her team was under a cloud in the run-up to the Olympics (when a runner should have the most sponsor value, if not associated with a dirty runner). Maybe that and the obvious contractual issues with leaving BTC as one of its stars took time.
And of course, choosing and ensuring the right set-up in Canada, where training groups are less well resourced than BTC.
Give me a break. “Mental health”? Grow the eff up. You run in circles for a living.
I disagree with what you are saying about mental health in general but in this case I thought it was kind of lame to bring up. You can’t deal with your teammate being busted? What does she care unless she’s dirty too? It really shouldn’t have been that hard to not be distracted by this. Good for her for moving on though although I wish she just said she didn’t want to be associated with a cheating program but unfortunately she didn’t say that. It was too much of a distraction for her
Yup. He actually looked at the facts and stated them unlike the majority of people on here that are brainless and just want to jump to the argument that beat suits their desires. She really isn’t doing anything profound by leaving BTC and she didn’t really take any sort of stance. Don’t know why it’s being made out like she has
I can't believe nobody has yet pointed out that GDS is leaving only 1 week after the "Burrito track club" shirt came out. Was this the final straw? Will Rojo be taking credit for the move?
Let's be clear, GDS is not leaving BTC because it is anything to do with her moral choices and views on the group/Jerry/Shelby. In the last few interviews she's done (including LetsRun after NB Indoors), she's been very clear in talking about how much her mental health and anxiety is affected by things and how she struggles with it. Including in the IG post "However this event and its ongoing aftermath continued to be a major distraction and stress for me. For the sake of my athletic performance and mental health, I needed to move on." so without even passing judgement on that comment, this (leaving BTC) is a reaction to being associated with the group and people saying things about BTC/Shelby, moreso than her own personal opinion on what happened.
If you did have some moral issue with the group, beyond the time it may take to be able to leave, why would you advise your sister it's the right place to join?
I do not disagree with this. But if that is the main reason, why aren't any of the BTC members show support for this move?