Eastern Michigan SUCKS

How did Gavin compete in the 1997 british u17 championships if he is 25(http://www.emich.edu/goeagles/m-cross/bios/thompson.html). You don't know anything. Just because you say someone is older than they say does not make it so but it does start stupid rumours so shut up until you have done some research.

hey 800 meter man and Llyod, don't worry about what people say on here. Do your talking on the course/track.

I remember back in 2000 when EMU won the MAC in CROSS COUNTRY with all those ohio and michigan runners. Yeah those guys suck?

I haven't watched the simpson's in years. I don't give a shit about cartoon characters! I just wanna know who this Fag is! now either u know who he is or u don't. got me?

XCFACTS wrote:

I remember back in 2000 when EMU won the MAC in CROSS COUNTRY with all those ohio and michigan runners. Yeah those guys suck?

Was I talking about 2000? NO. I liked them in 2000, now they have a bunch of fags and forigners on their team except jordan.

YOU are such a assh*le. That is the same team then as now except Blake and Aaron.( CRANE-BORG-DESLIETS-POBURSKY-DESGRANGE).

And last year when EMU rolled you over they had the same runners just via BOAZ(NO GAVIN)and would have still beaten the rest of the field if you take BOAZ out. But I would never take boaz out because hes a good runner and im sure your wishing your coach could recruit runners like that but the truth is whose gonna want to go to a school that cant win the mac alone? Now back to emu sucking... What school do you go to Colorado, because please let us know what it takes for a top 10 nationally ranked school to be good?

Crababy and potatoes. HA, HA, that was great. It is probably eating at him right now! POTATOES![quote]Troy e]

XCFACTS wrote:

YOU are such a assh*le. That is the same team then as now except Blake and Aaron.( CRANE-BORG-DESLIETS-POBURSKY-DESGRANGE).

And last year when EMU rolled you over they had the same runners just via BOAZ(NO GAVIN)and would have still beaten the rest of the field if you take BOAZ out. But I would never take boaz out because hes a good runner and im sure your wishing your coach could recruit runners like that but the truth is whose gonna want to go to a school that cant win the mac alone? Now back to emu sucking... What school do you go to Colorado, because please let us know what it takes for a top 10 nationally ranked school to be good?

why don't YOU get your facts straight. Emu didn't recruit boaz he went there after he couldn't get in at butler. If you think eastern is so good without boaz and gavin why don't you do the math and figure out what they would have finished without the 2 of them, if you can do math, after all you probably go to EMU. Every team could be good if they all had a kenyan.

They would have finished 7th, as was stated before, and CMU which finished 7th, is now ranked 19th. So shut up they would be a top 20 team with Americans only and they are now #7 with the people they do have. Tell your coach to get off his a** and either start recruiting or start coaching-while you're at it why don't you start training and shut your piehole. This complaining is funny though it goes

#1 EMU is over rated, until the jacka**es realize that the didn't run half of their team

#2 EMU has ugly runners, until they realized that that was a stupid thing to complain about and it made them sound really gay

#3 EMU's runners are too old. Unproveable and at the very least, in Gavin's case, highly unlikely as his junior career and schooling are well documented

#4 EMU would be no good without foreign runners-well actually they would be pretty good

So what is next? Why don't you just say you hate EMU? That way you would be stating a true opinion that nobody could argue with and we, as alumni and runners at EMU, would be happy because we thrive on your pathetic preoccupation with our program.

Whatever BJ. Brandon Jiles. Your not in D town anymore. Even though Ypsi is crappy like D town and you feel at home. You still can't act like an idiot.

"Yea"-you are the biggest dumba$$. You probably go to the same school as "Troy," and totally enjoy "getting off" on posting stuff that you yourself can't even backup. I wish all you EMU-wannabes would state who you are so that in November you will feel what it's like to be the target of a whole team. As for the kenyan comment...I'm sure Boaz could have gone somewhere else; but he didn't. He gave his team and the MAC conference a chance to run with one of, if not the best collegiate runner. He is a credit to the conference, and you might as well except that he is here to give everything he has both academically and athletically. That is what has made him great. He may be only human, but when he toes the starting line he runs a complete race from start to finish. Rather than hiding behind a screen name, why don't you follow his example...don't hide from anyone and when the gun goes off run like hell.

I hate EMU!! I am not going to lie. I have had friendly rivalries and got along with some of their runners when i was running but i pretty much hate EMU basically for all the same reasons people on this message board give them shit for.

I was not going to comment on this issue but all the people having ago at Eastern I thought I'd reply. I think if you look at the historical facts you will see that Eastern has been traditionally good over a long period of time. They have have had 3 coaches in the last 50 years produced olympic runners and ran a clean program all that time.

I understand that it is easy to knock Eastern as if you are on top you always get critisism. But it is strange that a lot of the critism started since Boaz. All of this seems to go to the fact that he is Kenyan.

If you look at the people they produce you will see that they have a record of taking athletes that are not high school stars and making them good athletes in and out of college (Paul Macmullen, Clint Verron Mike Franco Mark Dailly etc etc)

By all means moan about the program keep supporting you own school and aim at the best, but keep it on the issue. Talking about the way an athlete looks etc is childish and just goes to prove the kind of person you really are

I competed against Eastern in college and I can say that the same smack was being talked clear back when Gordon Minty was in school and it's just plain ignorant. I always got along with their guys and you know what I learned about their success? It had everything to do with attitude. As Julius said in Remember the Titans: Attitude reflect leadership. It started at the top with Bob Parks and continues today with Brad Fairchild and the rest of the staff and, of course, with the athletes. They expect the best from themselves, train with that expectation, and (you guessed it) achieve the best results they are capable of all the time. Talk about getting the most out of yourselves time after time-that's Eastern. Had I known about their program before I went to college, I can confidently say that I would have gone there. It aint about bringing in "ringers", it's about tradition, attitude, and an air of expectation among the athletes.

Dominic,

No offense, but the only people who really care enough to criticize Eastern Michigan are Central Michigan (where does the hate come from?), maybe Western Michigan (just jealous?), Miami of Ohio (bunch of spoiled little preppy crybabies), and possibly the blokes across town in Ann Arbor (wondering how a MAC school can be better in track and cc than the mighty Big 10). Nobody else really cares that much about EMU (they all do love to criticize Boaz, though).

Cheers!

Now I really can't wait until November. This is going to be sweet. EMU and CMU going head to head. I dont know why they think they have it in the bag. I hope the favor from '98 will be returned. They rely on their horses too much.

I know CMU's guys are not on here bashing EMU. But i will be more than happy to do it for them. But it is time to shut up and put up as the season is just getting started.

Yo Troy!

Are you stupid! You say there nothing without Boaz and Gavin. Thats like saying the Lakers are nothing without Kobe and Shak! Don't just go around stating the obvious dumbass. Heres the obvious: UR AN IDIOT!

Peace,

Canadian Boy

Better hope that mcmullen doesnt find out who you are. That would probable be an interesting fight. Hey wait...fights...new letsrun contest? We can have runner to runner boxing matches advertised on Letsrun and have a contest to see who can guess the winner. Regina Jacobs vs. Dathan Ritz. Who do you think would win that? We can have prizes-maybe a box of couscous

Observer wrote:

Whatever BJ. Brandon Jiles. Your not in D town anymore. Even though Ypsi is crappy like D town and you feel at home. You still can't act like an idiot.

Fuck You!!!!!!! Who are u??? Make your presence known?

Don't be scared