Wetmore responds to chat board criticism

I haven't really seen too much criticism of Wetmore and Ritz on here. Not overly so, and the current thread on Ritz's injury doesn't bash Mark. I'll agree with him that they are still a contender but it will be difficult. CUs top three guys all being top ten is a bit of a stretch with the depth of DI XC running.

I still don't see how they think their top three contends with:

Cragg (3rd in 2001)

Kimeli (13th)

Lincoln (19th returner with a bad race: 8:22/13:36 STUD)

Sandfort (32nd as true frosh; 28:57/13:52)

I am not sure how you can think the Torres brothers and Slattery match the top 3 of Arkansas guys (Cragg matches Torres, Lincoln matches Slattery (actually, he dominates him) and Kimeli beat Ed Torres. Throw in Sandfort and whoever else the Hogs got in, and Arkansas will ROLL this year. I can't believe Wetmore still believes he's got the best top 3. Top 2 with Ritz, yes. Top 3 with Ritz, questionable.

Maybe Arkansas and Colorado can somehow try to race each other at the end of the season to find out whose top 3 are better.

perhaps they should invite a few other schools along too, like Stanford perhaps, to see which school has the best team in the country. They could put them all in one big race-off and let it be decided for sure, once and for all.

Joseph Aloysius McV. wrote:

Maybe Arkansas and Colorado can somehow try to race each other at the end of the season to find out whose top 3 are better.

Classic.

Cragg, ran the race of his life and finished 3rd. Got injured and no one knows how he is doing. Kimeli Slat, ed, and jorge can beat. Lincoln choaks when its a tough race. So there you go. I see it like this Lincoln 7, Cragg 9, next runner around 18th, i see CU doing a little better

How can you dispute that the Colorado threesome has the potential to be the best top 3 in the country. Jorge is a given, Ed ran 28.40 off the back of an injury and Slattery has consistently shown he can finish up their even on a shortened period of training. Ed and Slattery could surprise a lot of people come Nationals.

Stanford will probably also have a better top 3 than Arkansas.

Slattery was 19th raw score as a soph. ..he is in much better shape than then..Ed ,Jorge and Slattery are in top 12-15 for sure..

Jorge 3 at worst, Ed top ten lets say 8, Slattery 13..thats 24 after 3..probably little adjustment there..so there you go..they are at least in it..although I'd say definitely out of the favorite role but probaly still a solid third at worst

Anything from '00 doesn't necessarily translate. The extreme temp had weird things happen.

Personally, Ed won't be top 10, but he could be.

"Lincoln matches Slattery (actually he dominates him)."

Were you AWOL during the USATF championships or something?

Not trying to kiss CU's ass but I think Wetmore was responding in part to the Mike Schieffer guy from Texas who always posts an editorial on RWOL when a CU runner goes down. He posted here recently as well. Last year Schieffer goes on there and rips CU for "ALWAYS" having one-third of its runners injured at any given time, according to what he read in Chris Lear's "Running With the Buffaloes." Tom Coogan and others quickly and effectively refuted Schieffer's editorial with rebuttal editorials of their own on RWOL in 2001. Schieffer already has been made aware that CU rarely gets its runners injured.

Still, the topic may have resurfaced with Dathan's injury, as like clockwork, the opportunistic Mike Schieffer reposted a similar editorial (and drivel on here) on RWOL's site recently, again referring to "one-third" of Colorado's guys as "ALWAYS" injured and citing the RWTB book. Schieffer takes what took place during one of the worst semesters at Colorado, and in college cross country history anywhere, and applies that as a reference point to bash CU for the entire history of its program.

So it's becoming pretty clear to the majority of us that Mike Schieffer selectively applies and distorts facts to bolster his petty beefs, and he is a Colorado-Wetmore hater.