Teammate can't accept hes not that good

Let the coach take care of it.

Who cares.

Let's have time take care of that.

I would wait until after State to break it to him. The real question is how was he able to make the State team as a Freshman, but hasn't been able to get past the #7 spot as a senior?

So they’re kind of an a-hole and you can still be friends with them but if they really try to pull some BS you can’t make excuses for or support just be like ‘bruh you’re being a dick’. If you lose a friend it’s probably for the best as they sound like an a hole

A lot of runners talk themselves up acting like they're way better than their prs. It's pretty funny but also annoying because it detracts from the good runners who keep their mouth shut and actually perform.

If you feel like you have to address his confrontational behavior for the good of the team dynamic can you do so in a way that doesn’t criticize his ability? It seems like he’s proud of his accomplishments thus far which isn’t a bad thing. He’ll find out on his own eventually whether he can run D2.

0/1000. Start with the word So, and nothing else needs to be said. Try being normal.

I am curious also. Was this kid a real stud as a freshman but has flatlined?

Start paying less attention to him. Have your teammates not acknowledge that he's taking shots at the good runner. When it's appropriate, defend the good runner if he's being insulted. If you begin to isolate him, he'll question himself and maybe shut up. This is a lesson that he has to learn, preferably before he leaves high school.

No reason to "teach" him anything unless teaching him means beating him in a race. you are on a cross country team not 2 MMA fighters at the pre fight press conference trying to see who can compensate the most. let the races do the talking. Don't race in practice... If the guy who is getting recruited is having an issue with the "M" let him take care of that himself.

You should be happy that you don’t have any problems to be concerned about. Mind your own business.

30 second slower guy wrote:

Let's have time take care of that.

What they said!

Very true indeed.

That’s some pu$$y sh!t bro. I can’t believe you would bad mouth me here on letsrun. I am coming after everyone now. I am going to pure hate destroy everyone’s times on the team. You have been warned??

A guy like this wouldn't even be on my radar. He sounds goofy and harmless. Plenty of high school runners have trouble accepting that they aren't stars.

I stopped reading when I saw the phrase “hella average”

So 30 seconds behind the top runner on a team that qualifies for state? Depends on how fast the top guy is right? If he is a 14:50 5k guy, I would imagine a 15:20 5k guy would be desirable to some D2 teams. I do call b.s. though cause how many teams have a 1 through 7 spread of 30 seconds?

Very few teams have a top guy at 14:50. More likely is the top guy is in the 16:30 range and 'M' is in the 17 - 18 range. OP said he is 30 seconds back on a good day, which probably means a minute or more on a normal day.

The High School I teach at has qualified for state 4 out of the last 5 years in a small school division and only once had a boy under 17 who was recruited for an NAIA school (more for track as an 800 guy than XC, but is doing XC in college)

As for having 7 guys within 30 seconds of each other that would be unusual.

Just try to support him, without telling him that he's not that good, even though it is the truth.

db37 wrote:

So 30 seconds behind the top runner on a team that qualifies for state? Depends on how fast the top guy is right? If he is a 14:50 5k guy, I would imagine a 15:20 5k guy would be desirable to some D2 teams. I do call b.s. though cause how many teams have a 1 through 7 spread of 30 seconds?

Ok well OP never said the "other guy" was their top guy. Also he said "30 seconds on a good day" so probably more like a minute usually. "other guy" probably run 16:30 and M proably runs 17:30