With all the talk about ETH separating from her coach and the 10.7 she ended the season with last year, where would she be ranked all-time among all sprinters, men and women, if she defends her titles in Paris?
Just among women, would that make her greater than SAFP? IMO, yes.
A hair's breadth, I'd say. She and SAFP are neck and neck, but if she can pull off another 100m Olympic Gold (let alone another double) I think that puts her over the top. But SAFP is so, so good...I say that as a fan of ETH and someone who thinks she is strangely underrated.
OG: 2x 100m gold, 1x 100m silver, 1x 200m silver, 1x 100m bronze
WC: 5x 100m gold, 1x 200m gold, 1x 100m silver, 1x 200m bronze
10.60 #3 AT
21.79
ETH and SAFP are very close. It’s effectively Olympic double double and faster times vs 5-time 100m World Champ and consistent excellence over 16 years of global finals. Both are great.
To OP’s question, ETH would probably be the GOAT if she defended her titles, though in my mind she’d have a better case with at least one WR to her name.
It would but she's not repeating. Greed is gonna be her downfall.
I'd love to know how much her coach was asking for. She won 4 individual golds under Stephen Francis but had to dump him as she went to Puma.
Then she struggles with her husband coaching her but rocks it under Shanikie Osbourne late in the year. But now she doesn't want to give him big $$.
Good luck rocking the world self-coached. This seems like penny wise, pound foolish. I'd love to know how much he was asking for. Any ideas? What's a normal arrangement between a sprinter and the coach?
Five-times Olympic gold medallist Elaine Thompson-Herah has parted ways with her coach, Shanikie Osbourne, her management company said in a statement, less than a year before she defends her 100 metres and 200 metres crowns i...
PS. To me, it's absurd the agent gets like 15% or whatever. The coach and agent ideally would be the same person but the coach deserves more than the agent.
PPS. I added the "But will she even medal as she just dumped her coach over $$ dispute?" to the title as that's just as interesting to me as the great original title by the OP.
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I'd love to know how much her coach was asking for. She won 4 individual golds under Stephen Francis but had to dump him as she went to Puma.
Then she struggles with her husband coaching her but rocks it under Shanikie Osbourne late in the year. But now she doesn't want to give him big $.
Good luck rocking the world self-coached. This seems like penny wise, pound foolish. I'd love to know how much he was asking for. Any ideas? What's a normal arrangement between a sprinter and the coach?
PS. To me, it's absurd the agent gets like 15% or whatever. The coach and agent ideally would be the same person but the coach deserves more than the agent.
PPS. I added the "But will she even medal as she just dumped her coach over $ dispute?" to the title as that's just as interesting to me as the great original title by the OP.
The arrangement was also meant to be temporary in the first place. Coaching someone like her to a 10.79 isn't hard to mess up. Don't act like he made her what she is. The real trick for someone with her talent level is not injuring her. There's been an insane number of athletes switching up coaching this year, particularly in the sprints. I'm hoping this means something special will happen. Get back to the world of 9.7s, maybe 9.6s for the men. Maybe see a 10.5 wind legal on the womens side 2024 too.
She dumped Stephen Francis a year before she went to PUMA, she split with him over money concerns as well. Francis seems to think her husband is leading her into a lot of bad decisions.
Shanikie Osbourne, the coach at the centre of the dispute with Olympic champion Elaine Thompson Herah's management, strongly refuted statements made by the management regarding her compensation for preparing Thompson Herah fo...
It would but she's not repeating. Greed is gonna be her downfall.
I'd love to know how much her coach was asking for. She won 4 individual golds under Stephen Francis but had to dump him as she went to Puma.
Then she struggles with her husband coaching her but rocks it under Shanikie Osbourne late in the year. But now she doesn't want to give him big $.
Good luck rocking the world self-coached. This seems like penny wise, pound foolish. I'd love to know how much he was asking for. Any ideas? What's a normal arrangement between a sprinter and the coach?
PS. To me, it's absurd the agent gets like 15% or whatever. The coach and agent ideally would be the same person but the coach deserves more than the agent.
PPS. I added the "But will she even medal as she just dumped her coach over $ dispute?" to the title as that's just as interesting to me as the great original title by the OP.
I remember hearing he asked for upwards of 600k as the base. Close to 1 million with the bonuses. USD btw.
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