Who will Alberto Salazar coach when his sanction is lifted?

Of course people will want to run for him. He’s got a better track record of producing medalists than just about anyone. Medals and success equal money, which is a heck of a lot more important than if people on let’s run think you’re dirty. There are plenty of coaches with histories of doping/suspicion of doping and people still train with them. Not to mention the fact that none of his athletes got in trouble for anything.

His Wikipedia page is a bit outdated. States he's worked with Alan Webb who is a member of the Oregon Project.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Ghost of Ryan Deak wrote:

At least half the Olympic medals for US distance in the past decade.

That's because he was because he was able to recruit the best athletes and that might have been because Nike offered the biggest contracts. Half of the winners of medals over last decade were not coached by Salazar.

Haha, well it's definitely not the BroJos or anyone who willingly associates with them, like John MF Kellogg! You know Salazar's name is still on a building on the Nike Campus, right? He's a lifer, he's a made man. I'm no fan of either and I can see that it's a marriage made in heaven.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

After the drug bust and the Mary Cain scandal, Nike won't bring him back.

Salazar made really poor decisions. He had access to the best runners and could have coached for Nike for as long as he wanted to.

Salazar still works for Nike. They still back him publicly. He'll have a new team immediately after his suspension is up. Cooper Teare will be his first athlete.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Salazar comes back and Rupp ditched Mike Smith to work with him again, followed quickly by Hasay. Who else did he coach before he was banned? Murphy?

It's so ridiculous. On the one hand there are people who have heard and understood his allegations and recognized the seriousness of the fact that he was freaking banned. On the other hand you have this weird fantasy where none of that is real and nothing exists or matters. So he'll have room to come back.

Darren Treasure. wrote:

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Salazar comes back and Rupp ditched Mike Smith to work with him again, followed quickly by Hasay. Who else did he coach before he was banned? Murphy?

It's so ridiculous. On the one hand there are people who have heard and understood his allegations and recognized the seriousness of the fact that he was freaking banned. On the other hand you have this weird fantasy where none of that is real and nothing exists or matters. So he'll have room to come back.

He won't be coaching Nick Willis:

"Justice . I’m tired of having to hide my thoughts. The charade is finally over. Our sport will be much better off with Alberto gone.”

Why do you assume other people won't feel the same way about Salazar? He's a bad guy.

Ghost of Ryan Deak wrote:

SDSU Aztec wrote:

It will still go against their best interests. Just about any friend or family member would strongly oppose them going back to Salazar.

What do you believe Salazar brings to the table that would justify being coached by someone with such a horrible reputation?

At least half the Olympic medals for US distance in the past decade.

Look, sleazy has great dope. rupp and Hasay need their fixes. Of course, Hasay can get super good drugs from bobblehead radcliffe. They didn't care about his reputation as a doping cheater before he was busted, and I doubt that they care about his reputation now.

Is it safe? wrote:

Al Sal is gonna need some cash. I think he will probably do an online coaching service. The rise of wifi smart scales will allow him to monitor his athletes' weight and criticize them as necessary.

Imagine getting daily training emails like this:

Wednesday:

7 miles at an easy pace.

Daily Motivation:

Whats wrong with you fatty? You look like a refrigerator.

Nutriton Tip:

No food today, only L-carnitine!

I laughed...

Got to agree with this. Wouldn't have put it as strongly, but yeah, pretty much my thoughts as well.

ZERO Salazar athletes have ever tested positives for PED's. NONE. ZILCH. NADA. NOT ONCE.

Why was he banned again? To many athletes winning medals I guess (all of those athletes passing ALL of their drug tests ALL THE time, never failing).

All we have is the incessant crying and sobbing from Mary Cain and Kara Goucher.

"I was really good in when I was young but now I am not as good as I thought I was.........so I blame the coach"

SNOOZE......

Best American Running coach ever. He will be back........

wazzu1452 wrote:

ZERO Salazar athletes have ever tested positives for PED's. NONE. ZILCH. NADA. NOT ONCE.

Why was he banned again? To many athletes winning medals I guess (all of those athletes passing ALL of their drug tests ALL THE time, never failing).

All we have is the incessant crying and sobbing from Mary Cain and Kara Goucher.

"I was really good in when I was young but now I am not as good as I thought I was.........so I blame the coach"

SNOOZE......

Best American Running coach ever. He will be back........

I feel we are getting posts from those on Nike payroll &/or those who own shares of Nike stock. We do not know if your initial statement is true. What we know: No Al Sal athlete has been publicly accused. For all we know, dozens of Al Sal athletes may have tested positive. The best that could occur for all was for Al Sal to roll over and take 4 years for unethical vitamin E or unethical vitamin C injections or what ever slap on the wrist Al Sal received. Nike is and was too big to bring down the entire empire.

Yes, either a troll or a PR shill.

Actually we do know that that statement

"ZERO Salazar athletes have ever tested positives for PED's."

is false.

Case in point: Decker, banned for testo.

We also know, among other things, that Farah and Rupp showed up on the IAAF's list as "likely doping", that USADA flagged Rupp for a testo spike, that Rupp received "testosterone medication", that Farah did not open the door to the tester, and that Farah lied to USADA about his injections.

As for "Why was he banned again?"

Well, that is public knowledge: he was banned by USADA/AAA for three doping infractions (forbidden method + tampering + testo traficking).

And he is also provisionally suspended by SafeSport for his abuse.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Darren Treasure. wrote:

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Salazar comes back and Rupp ditched Mike Smith to work with him again, followed quickly by Hasay. Who else did he coach before he was banned? Murphy?

It's so ridiculous. On the one hand there are people who have heard and understood his allegations and recognized the seriousness of the fact that he was freaking banned. On the other hand you have this weird fantasy where none of that is real and nothing exists or matters. So he'll have room to come back.

He won't be coaching Nick Willis:

"Justice . I’m tired of having to hide my thoughts. The charade is finally over. Our sport will be much better off with Alberto gone.”

Why do you assume other people won't feel the same way about Salazar? He's a bad guy.

Your naivete is cute

you beat me to it

Maybe he will go coach outside the US.

I assume he'll retire if Rupp doesn't want to come back

“SUSPENDED?!?!?SUSPENDED FOR WHAT?!?!!”

“We have conclusive evidence of you doping your athletes.”

“DOPING??? THATS JUST BAKING POWDER!! ITS CALLED SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY!! EVER HEAR OF THE PLACEBO EFFECT??? THESE F***** MILLENNIALS ARE CLUELESS!!! NAME ONE POSITIVE ATHLETE!!!”

“You will be suspended for 4 years.”

“4 YEARS??!! THE ONLY COACHING I’LL BE DOING AFTER 4 YEARS IS COACHING THOSE JERK OFF HOBBY JOGGERS ON THE LETSRUN MESSAGE BOARD!!!”

“Please place your stopwatch on the table.”

**throws stopwatch against wall and storms out

He will not coach I heard he is planning on launching his line of the Mystery White Powder. His commercial will look something like this:

https://youtu.be/KLHRjaUBb3o

He can call it Almost Recovery.

Kara Goucher and Mary Cain.