Soles will resign at Great Oak and leave California

Some dormant red state cross country team at a HS with a large student body will be the big winner in this unfortunate story. His program like Newton's needs a big pool to draw from for utmost success. There is no doubt that he can replicate this in another 2000+ student school.

Give any halfway competent coach with even a sliver of motivational skills 2000+ kids, have them run 70 miles a week, two a day runs (with an entire first period class dedicated to running) and throw an incredibly intense workload at them and they will have success. At least for 2-4 years. At least the ones who remain healthy.

Old Man Runners wrote:

You can't be a Trump-supporting coach in a school as racially diverse as Great Oak. Good riddance. In case you weren't paying attention, Trump wasn't a supporter of the darker shade skin color.

Trump's policies were very beneficial to people of color. Just because people continue to say that Trump is a racist and other such nonsense, doesn't make it true. Look at actual facts and what actually was done. Don't just listen to what you are spoon fed by the media. The media is full of crap and lies to you all the time.

thedubo49 wrote:

Something isn't adding up here...administration has his back, most parents have his back, most of his former runners have his back and he decides to quit because of (apparently) baseless claims against him? I can't imagine someone of his influence would quit a job at the pinnacle of high school track just because some parents were accusing him of being racist? There has to be something else going on because that doesn't add up.

Outside of Doug saying so, can you show me where all these people who have his back are stating as much publicly? He helped send hundreds of kids to college on partial scholarships. Interacted with hundreds of coaches. Yet, there seem to be exceedingly few parents, former athletes or coaches who are standing up for the guy in the public arena.

They are all watching this dumpster fire and while they aren't fanning the flames, they also aren't calling the fire dept.

Buh Bye wrote:

https://ca.milesplit.com/articles/292481/breaking-doug-soles-to-resign-from-great-oak-program?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_term=thumbnail.Solesresign&utm_campaign=milesplitcalifornia

LRC Note: The post initally referred to soles in a derogatory way based on his political belieffs and support of Donal Trump and included half of a slur for a mentally challenged people. That was deleted.

We suggest you read the following article as it has much more info.

https://prepcaltrack.com/2021/02/06/great-oak-coaches-doug-soles-dan-noble-stepping-down-citing-frustrations-related-to-baseless-allegations/

Nice journalistic integrity there. You refer to one article that could not be any more partisan and biased if Soles wrote it himself. No effort to actually contact those who accuse him. Soles has an account here that's verified, he can easily speak for himself if he wants to.

It's so interesting that when the Trump supporter gets accused of racism, you all start screaming "where's the proof where's the proof." Maybe had he been accused of running a pedophile operation out of a pizza parlor you would have been more receptive to the possibility.

Not sure how/why this became a Trump racist thread but if Trump was a racists. He did a poor job of it.

A) opportunity zones for minorities in predominantly minority cities

B) Record low unemployment for black and Hispanic people

C) Record funding for historical black colleges and universities

D) passed a crime bill that overturned the 1994 crime bill that Biden co-authored that led to mass incarnations of black men.

I did not like It when Trump said he did not want his children going to schools that were a racial jungle when asked if he supported his kids going to school with minorities. Oops, Biden said that not Trump

Virtually every Republican that runs Is deemed a racist. Dems cannot win on facts so they must win on emotions and dividing people (really sad) The goal for the Dems is to keep blacks down and make them feel like victims opposed to building all people up and showing them that America is a great country and you are solely responsible for your success through hard work and your dreams can come true.

As for Soles, maybe the negatives of coaching became too much. That is why I left a few years back. Working with the athletes and seeing them compete was magical, but sometimes the negatives make the job not worth it

thedubo49 wrote:

Something isn't adding up here...administration has his back, most parents have his back, most of his former runners have his back and he decides to quit because of (apparently) baseless claims against him? I can't imagine someone of his influence would quit a job at the pinnacle of high school track just because some parents were accusing him of being racist? There has to be something else going on because that doesn't add up.

If you read the linked articles, you'll see that the school administration had his back, but the district administration didn't.

Yeah, I don't have any issue with Soles personally, but that is a joke of an article. The guy at prepcaltrack is a friend of Soles.

sillyconfusion12 wrote:

Yeah, I don't have any issue with Soles personally, but that is a joke of an article. The guy at prepcaltrack is a friend of Soles.

So what? Just because you know someone you’re disqualified from being a journalist?

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Where is this? Just want to see proof of someone posting pictures and asking BLM (?) to watch them. My skepticism is because it doesn’t really make sense, but people post things that don’t make sense all the time.[/quote]

I tried to attach the screenshot, but it won’t let me.

Go to the cowards Facebook site. ..Cecil Stevenson (big Steve) and look for yourself.

Make sure you pay special attention to all the BLM hashtags in the photo he posted of Sole’s and his family. While he says he needs to “be watched”...

Unlike the cowards targeting Soles, I’m not full of crap.

I mean, it isn't journalism and it isn't in any way an article as it's being pushed. It's an opinion piece.

It's fine to be written, but it needs to be read for what it is: A friend of Soles writing why he thinks the accusations against his friend are BS

There’s no reason for someone to leave a job they’ve been extremely successful at for years because of “unsubstantiated claims”

Either the claims are substantial, or this guy is off his rocker and paranoid that “they’re out to get him.” Any man with a spine would hold his ground, defend his job and his family, and quash any rumors from the get go.

Just like his idol he is a victim of the deep state. I am sure Hillary is behind all of this!

No, actually Vladimir Putin is helping out great oak against these allegations, all the parents are undercover Russian spies, and all those defending him here on Letsrun are russian bots. And just like your idol Nancy said, the 2016 election was stolen by Russia. Does that sound like a better theory for you hani saleem?

Buh Bye wrote:

scranton wrote:

Wow, you are on to something sherlock Dairyland! It turns out Soles is Thanos and the avengers are finally going to defeat him as Gary Lyles snaps his fingers and steals the infinity stones from him. We need scooby and the gang to get behind this! I bet theyll catch "Buh Bye" and theyll take off his disguies and shockingly say "Whooaaa, it's Gary Lyles", and Gary will say "Yeah, and I would've gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling Letsrun posters!"

Does it hurt to be as stupid as you are? I mean, do you suffer from constant headaches, double vision, or other neurological problems as a result? I can't even imagine how horrible your days must be trying to navigate the complexities of life with such a low IQ.

Strictly for the sake of comparison, how does it feel to be a bloated, festering windbag of anonymous jealousy and hatred? Does putrid bile actually spew forth from every orifice in your envious body? Do you lay awake at night endlessly replaying your own manifold failings in your mind's eye?

No one cares about you people.

Back to the discussion of if Soles actually did something wrong or not.

Very Intelligent statement and I totally agree!

Fade67 wrote:

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Where is this? Just want to see proof of someone posting pictures and asking BLM (?) to watch them. My skepticism is because it doesn’t really make sense, but people post things that don’t make sense all the time.

I tried to attach the screenshot, but it won’t let me.

Go to the cowards Facebook site. ..Cecil Stevenson (big Steve) and look for yourself.

Make sure you pay special attention to all the BLM hashtags in the photo he posted of Sole’s and his family. While he says he needs to “be watched”...

Unlike the cowards targeting Soles, I’m not full of crap.[/quote]

LMFAO!

This is the post that has him packing up his family and running away? Looking at the guys Facebook, he barely has anyone following anything he posts. The post in question got exactly zero likes, zero comments and zero shares. The tags to BLM are not even actually tagged. Hashtagging #BLM is not a threat. Are you 5 years old?

Buh Bye is not Gary Lyles, it's Cecil Stevenson!