Mary Cain claims in her new book she also was bullied by HS teammates and parents and the coach didn’t do anyting about it

Always the victim? wrote:

Mary Cain’s new book is coming out soon and TFN has had an early look at it.

This part of the review really caught my attention.

TFN wrote:

Bronxville, NY is an upscale community north of New York City and Mary’s time with the Bronxville HS team was not a happy time. Despite her amazing early running success and the honors she helped the team win, the older girls on the team shunned and bullied her, and some of their parents were even worse. And the coach did nothing to stop the abuse. So by the time Salazar’s invitation came, she had left the team, and it seemed like a wonderful opportunity — even if she had to spend a lot of time across the country as a 16-year-old, far from family and friends.

Any Bronxville people want to chime in here? The Bronxville coach was a legendary figure, right? I’m supposed to believe he just let a superstar athlete get abused.

I’m sorry. I’m having a hard time believing that. That makes no sense. Wouldn’t every coach in the world be bending over backwards to placate a 5 star recruit like Cain.

I once heard that Cain’s older sister supposedly thought everyone on the team was out to get her as well. What’s the truth here? This seems weird to me that she’s always magically a super victim.

Link:trackandfieldnews.com/book-review-mary...

Avocado's Number wrote:

Always the victim? wrote:

Mary Cain’s new book is coming out soon and TFN has had an early look at it.

This part of the review really caught my attention.

Any Bronxville people want to chime in here? The Bronxville coach was a legendary figure, right? I’m supposed to believe he just let a superstar athlete get abused.

I’m sorry. I’m having a hard time believing that. That makes no sense. Wouldn’t every coach in the world be bending over backwards to placate a 5 star recruit like Cain.

I once heard that Cain’s older sister supposedly thought everyone on the team was out to get her as well. What’s the truth here? This seems weird to me that she’s always magically a super victim.

Link:trackandfieldnews.com/book-review-mary...

The really shocking thing about that book review is that the reviewer appears to take at face value everything that Cain says. I have no intention of buying the book, but I would like to hear what Cain says about her own parents' role in her life, her own decision to forego a serious college education to focus on her athletic career, her own attempt to return to Salazar's coaching after so many setbacks and so much alleged abuse, and so many other matters that might give an objective observer reason not to take everything she says at face value.

Always the victim? wrote:

Mary Cain’s new book is coming out soon and TFN has had an early look at it.

This part of the review really caught my attention.

TFN wrote:

Bronxville, NY is an upscale community north of New York City and Mary’s time with the Bronxville HS team was not a happy time. Despite her amazing early running success and the honors she helped the team win, the older girls on the team shunned and bullied her, and some of their parents were even worse. And the coach did nothing to stop the abuse. So by the time Salazar’s invitation came, she had left the team, and it seemed like a wonderful opportunity — even if she had to spend a lot of time across the country as a 16-year-old, far from family and friends.

Any Bronxville people want to chime in here? The Bronxville coach was a legendary figure, right? I’m supposed to believe he just let a superstar athlete get abused.

I’m sorry. I’m having a hard time believing that. That makes no sense. Wouldn’t every coach in the world be bending over backwards to placate a 5 star recruit like Cain.

I once heard that Cain’s older sister supposedly thought everyone on the team was out to get her as well. What’s the truth here? This seems weird to me that she’s always magically a super victim.

Link:trackandfieldnews.com/book-review-mary...

umm, what wrote:

Avocado's Number wrote:

The really shocking thing about that book review is that the reviewer appears to take at face value everything that Cain says. I have no intention of buying the book, but I would like to hear what Cain says about her own parents' role in her life, her own decision to forego a serious college education to focus on her athletic career, her own attempt to return to Salazar's coaching after so many setbacks and so much alleged abuse, and so many other matters that might give an objective observer reason not to take everything she says at face value.

Your post is baffling. You have no intention of buying the book but would like to hear what Cain says about all these things? Go buy the book then. You're not going to hear her perspective from reading a short review.

I'm not reflexively anti-Cain like the misogynists of LRC and I do think it's a sad story with probably some blame to go around (her, Alberto, her parents). But I have no intention of buying the book either so am fine with not hearing her take.

umm, what wrote:

Avocado's Number wrote:

The really shocking thing about that book review is that the reviewer appears to take at face value everything that Cain says. I have no intention of buying the book, but I would like to hear what Cain says about her own parents' role in her life, her own decision to forego a serious college education to focus on her athletic career, her own attempt to return to Salazar's coaching after so many setbacks and so much alleged abuse, and so many other matters that might give an objective observer reason not to take everything she says at face value.

Your post is baffling. You have no intention of buying the book but would like to hear what Cain says about all these things? Go buy the book then. You're not going to hear her perspective from reading a short review.

I'm not reflexively anti-Cain like the misogynists of LRC and I do think it's a sad story with probably some blame to go around (her, Alberto, her parents). But I have no intention of buying the book either so am fine with not hearing her take.