rojo wrote:
Waitforit4 wrote:
Why not wait until after the Trials to make a change or rebrand?
When we contacted Tom initially, he asked us to not publish it as he said that's what the Tinman guys wanted to do but this was too big of a story to keep quiet. Threads kept popping up so I said we had to publish something.
data hack wrote:
This will be a very popular move among most letsrunners.
Really? I think Tom is a fantastic coach and as a fellow father feel for him personally. Dismissals like this are the perfect embodiment of some the negative aspects of modern society. There is no job security. You ask a guy with a wife and kids to move states to coach you and don't give him a long-term contract? That rubs me the wrong way. Of course, Tom should have insisted on it before moving but that's pretty cut throat if you ask me.
That being said, I totally get why Drew might wonder if it's the coaching. He isn't as good as we hoped he'd be coming out of HS but after he ran 13:17 in crappy spikes last December, I figured he had a decent shot of breaking 13:00 in super spikes this summer.
But when I first heard of this last week, I said to Jonathan, "Please name one athlete other than Mo Farah who has run way better after switching coaches mid-career."
And the other guys seem to be flourishing. To be honest, most of the guys on that team aren't top pro talent so I haven't paid that close atention to them but it seems like a ton of the guys have been improving a lot.
Jeff Thies -Didn't break 14:00 in college. Now has run 13:32.
Sam Parsons - 344/803/1352 at NC State. 13:22/7:43/3:37 under Tinman.
Reed Fisher - 28:48 to 28:12 and 61 :37 in the half.
That's big time improvement.
I would have preferred to have seen Drew depart the group and Tom keep the rest of the group. That would have been the perfect outcome in my mind. I know one thing - Tom 100% should get to keep his own damn name. I think it's wrong for them to continue to use his name.