UVA wtf?

energetixlotuseater wrote:

Maybe because the COVID is out of control just west of there (West Virginia) and a good portion of the team has covid long hauler ?

This is a really really dumb comment:

1. Charlottesville is no where close to WV, over 2 hours away

2. Covid is not out of control in WV. Not even in top half of country for cases per capita.

As far as UVA. They suck right now. But the problem with our sport is this race doesn't matter. We will judge them come ACCs and Regionals where I bet they will be better. How much better remains to be seen.

Nathan Mountain is one of the most overrated runners coming out of High school, who has trained exceptionally harder than peers and will not do much over the course of his 4 years in college. Along with all of the ex LV recruits from VA.

Jokes wrote:

Nathan Mountain is one of the most overrated runners coming out of High school, who has trained exceptionally harder than peers and will not do much over the course of his 4 years in college. Along with all of the ex LV recruits from VA.

I don't know anything about Mountain but I think your overall criticism is accurate. Vin is a lazy recruiter. He offers scholarships based on times run, not on long term potential.

Vin is a great coach and an even better recruiter. Revisit this thread in two years’ time.

Jack Frost wrote:

Vin is a great coach and an even better recruiter. Revisit this thread in two years’ time.

It is hard to not be great at Stanford and Oregon.

He was a great recruiter at Oregon and Stanford.

UVA is nice, but not that. Would Saban still recruit so well at Kansas?

Vin won a trophy while at Dartmouth. Dartmouth is appealing but hardly a distance power since he left.

Dumb and dumber wrote:

Vin won a trophy while at Dartmouth. Dartmouth is appealing but hardly a distance power since he left.

That was 30 years ago. Nobody was freaking trying then. NCAA distance running is in a different stratosphere now

Dumb and dumber wrote:

Vin won a trophy while at Dartmouth. Dartmouth is appealing but hardly a distance power since he left.

It is 2021, he did 86/87. That is 34 years ago.

I am not saying Vin can't/won't be successful. Nor am I minimizing his past accomplishments. I am emphasizing he is at a much different school, at a much different time, and is much older. These are factors you can't ignore.

rojo wrote:

The jealousy of Lananna is deep.

Vin, keep your head up. We'll see you on the podium shortly.

Vin is living off his resume at this point. He's done nothing to deserve that extension. With that kind of resume (and salary, I'm sure) we expect results.

Virginia PLUMMETS to #12 in the region behind Charleston Southern and Appalachian State. They are lucky to be at 12 as the 3 teams behind them had faster averages this weekend (W&M 24:41, George Mason 24:51 and High Point 24:50).

Not a chance they finish that low at the regional championships. I would bet top 5 at worst.

I'm certainly willing to give the man a chance but I do wonder if he is in the "golden parachute" phase of life, the man is 68. How dedicated (day-to-day) is he to coaching at UVA?

UVA is definitely lack luster with Vin at the helm.

But then I saw South Carolina, holy hell how do you suck that much you’re clearly not trying

South Carolina ?? Talk about a head coach using a Golden Parachute, forever !!!

South Carolina ?? Talk about a Head Coach using a golden parachute, forever !

Jokes wrote:

Nathan Mountain is one of the most overrated runners coming out of High school, who has trained exceptionally harder than peers and will not do much over the course of his 4 years in college. Along with all of the ex LV recruits from VA.

This has gotta be a joke post Nate mountain wouldn't even consistently run 60mpw in hs compared to people his level consistently knocking out 80+ mile weeks he is not yet close to his ceiling

Agree on Nathan Mountain. If anything underrated. Will likely have a VERY good college/post college career.

No, Mountain trained way too hard in high school, he is burnt out and washed. This has nothing to do with Vin's training, just his recruiting