Kersey comments worst thing for Mu

100% I wrote this exact point in a thread before the event even started. It's that you plant this subconscious seed that the meet doesn't matter and it so unimportant that you "could really" be on vacation - at that point you might as well just advise her to book her plane ticket to Cancun.

Because when the pressure really is applied (like the last 100m of an 800m world final) that's when the subconscious "out" rears its head - her getting rolled off the turn but not just Moraa but also KH was hardly surprising at all.

Bobby Kersee is just a bizarre human being - in many ways.

I would love it if Mu called a presser right now and just said "Bobby Kersee - you are FIRED!".

Agree 100%. I also wonder whether Mu thought she was going to still be a 400/800 runner when she went to run for Kersee. Then he pulled the bait and switch on her to help his favorite SML. Athing loved running the 400 at Texas A&M and was the NCAA champion and record holder.

She ran a great 1500 at USAs but I don’t think that was what she signed up for. Wanted to believe this would all work out but it was a mistake. I hope she goes to another coach immediately and gets out of this situation.

Genuinely curious as to why she left Milton Mallard? He seemed like a good coach.

This question has come up a lot on LR and not sure if there was ever an accurate answer. Some theories were that her agent at the time (Alison Felix’s brother) steered her there, others thought she wanted to go to LA for modeling opportunities, and I remember one poster on here (that came across as having insider knowledge) saying it was her boyfriend at the time, Brandon Miller’s idea.

Coaches are crucial but not indispensable. Who knows what the internal dynamic is like, although Kersee seems more intent on being contentious and egocentric rather than focusing on improving his athletes.

Can you imagine how much he must have to gaslight her to convince her that he knows what he is doing, that he's the best coach for her, that he knows what is in her best interest, etc.?

It must be a nonstop flood of madness.

Interesting exchange in the interview where Gault asked her point blank if she knew in advance about Kersee publicizing her indecision about running Worlds. She gave a very long non-answer suggesting that they had a conversation about it but that she might not have known he was going to publicize it to the world.

Mallard is actually out at A&M now, they hired Paul Ereng

Based on her post race interview it seems clear he has not been good for her mental game

Maybe she must just stop competing if she js scared of losing.

Also we've seen her get bumped or clipped several times and that's starting to play in her head as she tries her best to race and stay clear of the other athletes. She looked so frustrated during this championship. If nothing is done to give her some positivity coaching. I believe after the Olympics Mu is walking away from track and field. She has the talent but her heart isn't in it. All the drama is weighing on her.

A scared athlete doesn't run from the front and attempt to win pillar to post. If this were a Norwegian miler, you all would be hailing his competitive bravery.

What struck me is how Mu said in a post race interview she’ll have to see what’s best for her and best for Bobby going into Paris next year. Like, it doesn’t matter what’s best for Bobby! What’s best for Mu is what is best for him. Why is he god?

but she admitted she ran in the front because she is afraid of running in the pack after what happened in the semis.

and there are plenty of people here who think jakob did the wrong thing

Modeling opportunities in College Station aren't that great.

I said it before, it was a BAD move going to LA for all the obvious reasons, Mu is a huge talent and she would have won yesterday if she had a couple of Diamond league races under her belt. I hope she decides to leave Kersee, it is not a good fit for her.

Go back to Texas and let Paul Ereng coach you, run Paris and LA and then go into modeling if that is what you want. She has a chance to threaten the world record.

She ran a good time yesterday, but she was race rusty that is why she didn't win, don't stay with Kersee........

Is she no longer with Brandon Miller? seemed like they went to Kersee as a package deal, for sure. A breakup might help explain her cryptic comments about this year being "a lot."