Matt Boling should move up to the 1500

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i'll meet you halfway... and 800 would be pretty exciting

Go hard or go home. Matt Boling should move to the marathon. Joseph Fahnbulleh, on the other hand, needs to stop running the 200 and focus on improving his start. He'll be a star in the 60 meters once he gets that part of the race down.

This is ridiculous, but it may have been realistic pre-Centro, when everyone was content to jog 1100 meters. I think things will come back around eventually, but until Yak is done winning everything, it's full-gas from the gun, and nobody's hanging around with him.

It was meant to be ridiculous. “Boling should run the 400” (when he’s never done anything to show special talent at the 400), is just as ridiculous but is repeated ad nauseum across the trackosphere by NPCs who also did the “Wariner should run the 800” and “Steiner is secretly a 400m runner” schtick

Actually a good idea. If he slows his 60m time WAYYYY down to 8 seconds, which we call all agree is very slow for him, he can easily keep that pace for 1500 just because of how good he is. That's 3:20 pace right there. BOOM. World record. I'm pretty sure that's how running works anyway.

Boling's best bet at having a pro track career will be in the 200m. He will bring 9.9***/45ish ability to the event.

Obviously right now he is a point scorer for Georgia, his personal success a non factor.

*** will leave Georgia as a 9.95ish.

Nothing to show special talent in the 400....except split 44 in high school, idiot.

Splitting 44.7 with a running start when you’re a 10.1x and 20.1 basic runner is not “special” talent - it does not indicate relatively greater ability at the 400m than the shorter sprints. Quite the opposite.

Make that 44.7 a 45.4 from blocks (1152 on the table). But that’s just guesswork on the advantage for the running start. His actual 400m PR is 45.87 (1120 on the table). His basic best in the 100m is 10.11 (1168 on the table). His new 60 PR is even stronger - 6.56 nets him 1175 on the table. That tracks to a 10.09 in the 100, which is an underestimate given how good his top end speed is /how bad his start is.

His outdoor basic 200 PR is 20.16 (1194 on the table). Obviously his indoor 200 is insane (1259).

I’d imagine that greater than 50% of 10.1 sprinters can split 44.7 with a rolling start and a few months training.

An indication of special talent at 400 would be something that shows _greater_ proficiency at the longer distance. That’s lacking from any objective standpoint I can find. All we’ve got is the “eye test” that tells people that he’s got *something* that makes him better suited for the 400. And I wouldn’t even reject this outright if not for:

1) the fact that he clearly struggles when maintaining speed — he does his work between 40-140 (or 40-100) of nearly every race. The eye test says he gets worse, not better, the farther he goes after reaching top speed.

2) the fact that the “Boling to 400m” crew is also the “Steiner to 400m” crew was/is also the “Wariner to 800m” crew is also the etc etc etc. A total lack of imagination. Go talk about “gritty wide receivers” or “talented athletes at quarterback who need to learn the position better” somewhere else.

I once again am in the unenviable position of agreeing with Brutal: Boling’s best event is and will be the 200, though he will break 10.00 in the 100 relatively soon. He will never break 44.5 in the 400, nor should he bother trying.

Forgive me, he’s run 45.51 indoors in the 400. That’s 1207. A notch above his 60m on the table, yes, but still a far cry from his indoor 200m, where he is truly elite. His 60m performance is closer to his 400m performance than his 400 is to his 200.

He’s a 100/200 runner. He has a better chance of medaling internationally at 200m than 400m. He is not a 400m runner.

Boling’s best sport would likely be bowling. My understanding is if you go back far enough that is how they got the name…it was a family who was proficient at cave bowling so they called them Boling. He needs to go back to his roots.

Bad enough you aren't registered then you try to be funny, come on guy wise up.

You strike me as if you are a registered felon. Are you the penitentiary poster?

Dude, stick to the topic after you register, ok my man?

What is the topic? Matt Boling? How boring. Who cares? This is booooooooring and you are a booooooooooore!

Stupid, why post in a thread you find boring?

Why do people act like like total jerks in hiding, oh yeah,,,,cowards.