Drew Hunter not running Oly trials??

KARMA IS KING!!!!!!!!! drew aint it. tinman is a complete joke. half the guys couldn't even make the US standard. LOLOLOLOLOL

sam faked an injury to blame for missing the standard and getting DROPPED.

Can't outrun biomechanics. Drew had a small window to progress, this ball-rolling stuff is nonsense in his case.

Drewnomo? wrote:

That for real? He is not listed for any event.

What happened?

What happened??

Bad decision coming out of HS

Bad decision keeping a HS level coach who is good at writing workouts but terrible as an actual coach.

Bad decision setting up a running group comprised of scrubs.

Bad decision trying to turn said running group into a Frat house of of guys in their mid 20s who already went to college!

Bad decision to ditch Bad Coach for Worse coach......and have that worse coach be your Mom

Facts:

Hunter was really good in HS

Hunter could've had a great collegiate running career at Oregon

Hunter could've duke it out with Fischer, Klecker, Knight, and Macdonald and gained much better experience and development.

Hunter is not going to improve at 1500 and has shown no development potential at longer events

In light of Neguse, Hocker, Kessler all being faster and younger, and then compare to existing top guys like Centro & Engels where do think Hunter fits in anyways??

.....Not even sure if he has the requisite OT standard anyways.....Not to mention the actual Oly standard!!

According to Sam’s IG post, he partially tore his gastroc muscle

I am pretty sure Tinman’s conservative values ruined Hunter and the rest of the “Elites.” Trump did it again. 😷

Good to see that you don't inject politics into everything...

Hunter with his short stride and lead-foot running style was doomed from the start. He might want to switch to cycling while he is still relatively young. In a couple years with his strong aerobic engine and basic strength he might become a decent domestique. After that who knows? If he can prove he can climb then he might have a chance in stage races. I know this is not ideal, but at least he'd be out there competing again.

Tom “Tinman” Schwartz is looking REALLLLLY smart now. Guess Tom is the big winner here.

Chef Gordon Ramzi wrote:

This guy made two colossal mistakes:

1. Going pro too early instead of running for Oregon

2. "Moving up" for no reason at all -- he's a 800/1500 man

Anyway, he's done. Career over.

He made $4 milllion dollars. I wouldn't call it a colossal mistake. Might have actually been quite smart.

I heard Nuguse had been offered 200k and is going to return to Notre Dame. Do you think Hocker made a mistake based on that?

If you value money, then it wasn't a mistake.

To everyone bashing Tinman, I was going to post the opposite.

Does Drew's DNS prove that Tinman wasn't the problem? Guy may just be like Ritz - injury prone. They fired tinman in like January and nothing has changed. Still struggling with injuries. If you have love bone density or some odd mechanics, sometimes there's not much you can do. I coached a guy at Cornell and he had like 7 stress fractueres before I got him and he'd never run more than 30 mpw.

Ite ad Joseph wrote:

Tom “Tinman” Schwartz is looking REALLLLLY smart now. Guess Tom is the big winner here.

There a lot of (mostly negative for both sides) takeaways from this debacle. Tom coming off as smart is most definitely not one of them. Quite the opposite.

Justice wrote:

Hunter with his short stride and lead-foot running style was doomed from the start. He might want to switch to cycling while he is still relatively young. In a couple years with his strong aerobic engine and basic strength he might become a decent domestique. After that who knows? If he can prove he can climb then he might have a chance in stage races. I know this is not ideal, but at least he'd be out there competing again.

lol quite the hot take

grandpas wrote:

jesus, give it a rest wrote:

Except he is a “pro”.

Well, the byu grandpas are pros at squeezing ten years of eligibility out of four. They are pros at dodging the concept of becoming working members of society.

lol you're living in an alternate universe. So much jealousy around BYUs success...both in running and in life.

Is it confirmed that Hunter won't be running at the trials? Have any of the journalists at letsrun reached out or is this just message board speculation?

applebys123 wrote:

Justice wrote:

Hunter with his short stride and lead-foot running style was doomed from the start. He might want to switch to cycling while he is still relatively young. In a couple years with his strong aerobic engine and basic strength he might become a decent domestique. After that who knows? If he can prove he can climb then he might have a chance in stage races. I know this is not ideal, but at least he'd be out there competing again.

lol quite the hot take

It was some time ago, but either Ritz or Goucher started cycling around Boulder a bit, and were floating pre-Strava times for climbs and rides that were quite pedestrian.

rojo wrote:

I heard Nuguse had been offered 200k and is going to return to Notre Dame. Do you think Hocker made a mistake based on that?

Nuguse plans to get a Master's degree at Notre Dame next year and will be on a full scholarship. That has a pretty significant value in and of itself. He also will continue the same training regimen that has him on the verge of the Olympics with the top class facilities and support system that Notre Dame has. What do you think he will be offered next year if he makes the Olympic team? What about if he makes the Olympic final? It will probably even be a better deal than he is currently being offered. If he doesn't do either, he has a Notre Dame master's degree to fall back on with medical school possibly in his future. He doesn't need $200K right now.

Former Golden Buffalo wrote:

applebys123 wrote:

lol quite the hot take

It was some time ago, but either Ritz or Goucher started cycling around Boulder a bit, and were floating pre-Strava times for climbs and rides that were quite pedestrian.

Thanks. Didn't know this. Transitioning E. Africans to cycling has also apparently been tried without much success (??) Then again the Canadian sub-four runner Woods has found some success in grand tours.

There is a status of entries page that shows that Hunter didn't register for the Trials, so, yes, it is confirmed that he won't be running.

Hunter's name does not show up on the Olympic Trials status of entries table. Deadline to enter was June 8th, so he will not be running.

rojo wrote:

He made $4 milllion dollars.

That's redundant, Harvard.