Bolling; what do you think...400 meters?

Yes. He is too tall and thin for the 100.

LongTimer wrote:

Lol y’all are so full of it. Laird was a 10.25 sprinter in 2019. He’s now SEC and NCAA champ and sub10 basic. But you guys just SEE something with Boling that makes an improvement like that an utter impossibility. The conveniently unfalsifiable eye test strikes again!

It’s dumb, y’all know it, this is just another version of “Jeremy Wariner should run the 800” or “Mike Vick should play wideout” etc.

The eye test lol

We'll play your game that you just go by times.

Boling ran 10.11 in 2019. He's now at 10.19 and losing by .14 to Laird.

JMysterio wrote:

LongTimer wrote:

Lol y’all are so full of it. Laird was a 10.25 sprinter in 2019. He’s now SEC and NCAA champ and sub10 basic. But you guys just SEE something with Boling that makes an improvement like that an utter impossibility. The conveniently unfalsifiable eye test strikes again!

It’s dumb, y’all know it, this is just another version of “Jeremy Wariner should run the 800” or “Mike Vick should play wideout” etc.

The eye test lol

We'll play your game that you just go by times.

Boling ran 10.11 in 2019. He's now at 10.19 and losing by .14 to Laird.

We'll also remind you that in fact, Boling is also a 400 runner and a long jumper in competition. The question is which event is his strongest.

aztec the moronic wrote:

The problem is he's been working with Althea Thomas. She is the master of riding coattails. She has no idea how to fix a biomechanical issue.

If Boling went to LSU he'd have won the 100 and 200.

I see. Blame the coach for the deficiencies of the athlete. Maybe he doesn't work hard or is a slow learner. Maybe he's just not fast enough to do better than 4th or 5th. No shame in that.

personal accountability wrote:

aztec the moronic wrote:

The problem is he's been working with Althea Thomas. She is the master of riding coattails. She has no idea how to fix a biomechanical issue.

If Boling went to LSU he'd have won the 100 and 200.

I see. Blame the coach for the deficiencies of the athlete. Maybe he doesn't work hard or is a slow learner. Maybe he's just not fast enough to do better than 4th or 5th. No shame in that.

When you work with a coach for 2 years and your form gets WORSE than it was in high school, we should absolutely blame the coach.

He was sub 10 in high school. His talent and his work ethic are not the issue.

aztec the moronic wrote:

personal accountability wrote:

I see. Blame the coach for the deficiencies of the athlete. Maybe he doesn't work hard or is a slow learner. Maybe he's just not fast enough to do better than 4th or 5th. No shame in that.

When you work with a coach for 2 years and your form gets WORSE than it was in high school, we should absolutely blame the coach.

He was sub 10 in high school. His talent and his work ethic are not the issue.

I agree with that. From someone inside the program told me, what you say is true regarding coaching and Bolling's work ethic and talent wise we could all see that from his high school days. It's my understanding that all sprinters regardless if they are 100/200, 200/400 or all sprints, are being given recycled LSU 400m training (THE same training program) from when the coach was there in the early-mid 2000s.

I see. Blame the athlete for the deficiencies of the coach. Maybe s/he doesn't work hard or is a slow learner. Maybe s/he's just not smart or dedicated enough to lead his/her athlete to better than 4th or 5th. Shame in that.

Fixed.

hurdling wrote:

I agree with that. From someone inside the program told me, what you say is true regarding coaching and Bolling's work ethic and talent wise we could all see that from his high school days. It's my understanding that all sprinters regardless if they are 100/200, 200/400 or all sprints, are being given recycled LSU 400m training (THE same training program) from when the coach was there in the early-mid 2000s.

Exactly. Althea rides coattails. That's all. If the rumors of Caryl Smith Gilbert going to Georgia are true, she should can Althea. Caryl Smith Gilbert can get Boling sub 9.8 and sub 19.6.

Yeah, I saw that rumor on here as well. If she's possibly going to make that jump from USC to UGA, I'd think she'd want to take Quincy Watts with her if he wants to leave L.A.

A month or so ago I had heard AT would be getting the HC position with PK leaving but certainly if there is any truth to CSG being interested in and offered that position I can't see her keeping Thomas.

aztec the moronic wrote:

hurdling wrote:

I agree with that. From someone inside the program told me, what you say is true regarding coaching and Bolling's work ethic and talent wise we could all see that from his high school days. It's my understanding that all sprinters regardless if they are 100/200, 200/400 or all sprints, are being given recycled LSU 400m training (THE same training program) from when the coach was there in the early-mid 2000s.

Exactly. Althea rides coattails. That's all. If the rumors of Caryl Smith Gilbert going to Georgia are true, she should can Althea. Caryl Smith Gilbert can get Boling sub 9.8 and sub 19.6.

A 9.7 and and 19.5 that's unrealistic for just improving technique isn't it, I'm not saying its impossible.

boling may run faster yet this year.

what if he goes 19.8 at the trials.

what then?

he's god 20.06 now.

a 19.8 would fix everything.

deal is the volume of high end work can either dull you or sharpen you, depending on the season and training load.

as the guy seems like a work horse, then more is better, and he's yet to reach his peak.

we shall see.

Quincy Watts could probably help Boling a lot. I was running in high school in Los Angeles at the same time as Watts and he started out as more of a 100/200 guy than a 400 guy. He had consistent problems with his hamstring and moved up to the 400 where his absolutely killed it. I was in Los Angeles a few years ago and ran into him at a park where he was training some of the USC quarter milers. He knows what he's doing and could absolutely help Boling. We'll see if he ends up at Georgia though.

I believe Watts will be named as the new HC of USC.

longjack wrote:

boling may run faster yet this year.

what if he goes 19.8 at the trials.

what then?

he's god 20.06 now.

a 19.8 would fix everything.

deal is the volume of high end work can either dull you or sharpen you, depending on the season and training load.

as the guy seems like a work horse, then more is better, and he's yet to reach his peak.

we shall see.

It's the 20.48 in the NCAA finals that is a concern.

Perhaps just a bad race