Colorado and UCLA Cross Country had AMAZING races today

cramister wrote:

Colorado better be racing well with all the transferring and cutting

i don’t think anyone denies they have potential, altitude and good recruits

its the cutting of the old roster and Carlson’s behavior that turns people off

as for UCLA, nice

UCSLOW wrote:

bruins?? wrote:

I've got nothing against UCLA, but there were 25+ teams in the gold race that averaged better than 24:07. I think you're overreacting to them winning the JV race.

I’m assuming you’re saying this as a joke. Both UCLA men and women were on par with pathetic today

West of the Miss wrote:

This has to be the worst I’ve ever seen them, and that’s saying something because they’ve never exactly been great. I’m guessing there’s no scholarship money going to distance, and it’s basically open tryouts like USC. Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if they barely meet as a team and just focus everything on the 800m and track. Otherwise, there’s no way UCLA could possibly be this terrible.

harsh wrote:

West of the Miss wrote:

This has to be the worst I’ve ever seen them, and that’s saying something because they’ve never exactly been great. I’m guessing there’s no scholarship money going to distance, and it’s basically open tryouts like USC. Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if they barely meet as a team and just focus everything on the 800m and track. Otherwise, there’s no way UCLA could possibly be this terrible.

that's a harsh f*ck!

lrc's favorite teams wrote:

cramister wrote:

Colorado better be racing well with all the transferring and cutting

i don’t think anyone denies they have potential, altitude and good recruits

its the cutting of the old roster and Carlson’s behavior that turns people off

as for UCLA, nice

The AD made them reduce the roster. Cutting people doesn't help Carlson at all - it makes people pissed at him and maybe some of those athletes could have been good with a year of training.

Colorado only has one african between the women and men's teams. Judging by their names, they seem to be mostly American and European kids.

He deserves 100% more respect than the coaches that solely relay on 27 year old Kenyans.

West of the Miss wrote:

harsh wrote:

that's a harsh f*ck!

t’s not even harsh. Like USC, UCLA only meets a few days a week during cross country because they don’t care about the sport. The head coach, Joanna Hayes, knows nothing about distance and could care less. Honestly, she’d probably say it’s all by design.

Editrun1 wrote:

West of the Miss wrote:

t’s not even harsh. Like USC, UCLA only meets a few days a week during cross country because they don’t care about the sport. The head coach, Joanna Hayes, knows nothing about distance and could care less. Honestly, she’d probably say it’s all by design.

You’d think that explanation makes sense with results like these, but believe it or not, UCLA actually has a dedicated distance coach for cross country. Hard to believe, especially when you look at how bad the results are.

West of the Miss wrote:

t’s not even harsh. Like USC, UCLA only meets a few days a week during cross country because they don’t care about the sport. The head coach, Joanna Hayes, knows nothing about distance and could care less. Honestly, she’d probably say it’s all by design.

S6run wrote:

Editrun1 wrote:

You’d think that explanation makes sense with results like these, but believe it or not, UCLA actually has a dedicated distance coach for cross country. Hard to believe, especially when you look at how bad the results are.

I know it’s painful to watch. My god they are bad

West of the Miss wrote:

harsh wrote:

that's a harsh f*ck!

t’s not even harsh. Like USC, UCLA only meets a few days a week during cross country because they don’t care about the sport. The head coach, Joanna Hayes, knows nothing about distance and could care less. Honestly, she’d probably say it’s all by design.