What's up w/ Ryan Deak?

blhababab wrote:

pretty much what everyone expected -- he has had a hard time improving because he was running high mileage before he showed up. even wetmore says there's very little he can do to improve a guy in that situation. exactly why you'll always see CU go after guys who are relatively undertrained in high school -- much higher ceiling of improvement.

Uh, yeah. Like Ritz right?

Ritz was different though, he was comming in as a 13:44 runner. He would have made an immediate impact the day he stepped on campus.

Deak on the other hand was a 14:20 runner comming in who's been in the competitive running scene since he was a kid. Him developing into a 13:45 or better is not as likely as others.

I noticed there aren't any stats on Ryan in his CU Profile other than what he accomplished in high school. Has he not competed at ALL for CU since he got there? And why? Injuries? Poor academics?

He's competed a few times but he hasn't been fast enough to make CU's varsity so he hasn't run any major races.

uhhhhhhhhhh wrote:

Haha, pretty sure that was Billy Nelson.

Sorry, bad joke. I was just saying that they look uncannily similar.

ritz may have been running high mileage, but he's training was (admittedly) idiotic -- what was it, something like 40 x 400 in the summer? i'm sorry but they are not the same situation at all. deak could have / should have / will improve in college, but generally wetmore looks for people who can make a huge leap -- partly because of his budget he can't compete on the scholarship front for a lot of these kids. that is also part of the reason why you'll see so many CO kids running there compared to in-state runners at other schools.

The CU stripper budget has been dramaticlly decreased in recent years freeing up much more money for the xc program.

blhababab wrote:

partly because of his budget he can't compete on the scholarship front for a lot of these kids.

Only if Wetmore is out at Folsom Field this afternoon (and for all home games) cheering on his money-makers out on the gridiron.

Hey moody, still off yer meds?

so did ritz really do 40 x 400 in high school?

strug wrote:

so did ritz really do 40 x 400 in high school?

Anybody can do 40 X 400. It's not even 10 miles.

What's more important is how fast he ran them in and what was his recovery time between them.

They weren't worth any $ tonight against Nebraska. Any money they make will be lost on having to pay for extra security to baby-sit the frat-boys who hurl bottles at the refs. We have the worst football fans in the big-12.

AD Mike Bohn wrote:

Only if Wetmore is out at Folsom Field this afternoon (and for all home games) cheering on his money-makers out on the gridiron.

I think you are probably dead on. He came across to me as being rather cocky when i met him

Think he is acting in Hollywood. Saw him on Willy Wonka's chocolate factory and he has some moves. Quite tan now, too.