distanceking79 wrote:
lots of people support other runners, american distance running, and the specifically the athletes at vi. BUT, i only did so for the athletes. While I can admit it sounds like simmons has actually done something decent here, or tried to do the right thing, I have seen the man do the morally wrong thing far to many times in the past. Think of him what you will, and maybe he's been a good coach to you, but simmons has pushed a lot of people into the mud and stepped on a lot of toes to get to where he is. he shouldn't expect much sympathy from those he's stabbed in the back when fate serves him some sour milk.
yeah, because god knows you had climb over a mountain of dead bodies to be considered for the VIRGINIA INTERMONT job, when he took it. shee-it. are you kidding me?
i am sick to death of listening to people whine about all this "immoral" behavior from a guy who stuck his neck out and risked his ass so his kids could get their due. yeah, maybe he planned to leave v.i.c. after this semester anyway, but you don't think he knew he was taking a big chance by going public with his fundraising? and that it could conceivably cost him a job opportunity with an AD who might now perceive him as a"loose cannon?" he took a huge chance and did it anyway because his athletes deserved it.
while I too am jealous as hell of all he's accomplished (and i do think that is where most of this rhetoric comes from), i am proud that i am not so pathetic and petty as to put simmons on a pedestal and then throw sh!t at him. i can't find the words to describe how freaking lame that is.