There have been a multitude of complaints about USATF and Mr. Estes since he was hired by the national office. I ask, who should be hired if he is doing such a horrid job? How would you write the job description for his job position, Senior Marketing Manager?
Stay the hell away from Development and leave that to guys like Zap and Hansons and Minnesota and Nike. I want to puke when Estes acts like he has anything to do with development.
He has not advanced the sport in any way since taking the job.
That statement shows how little you know about USATF, Jim Estes, and athlete development.
I'm in the sport and I would agree with the OP. Nothing like the original job description and generates a whole lota hate.
Give a list of accomplishments that you feel can be attributed to Jim Estes.
I want to see why his supporters (he and Latimer) think he is successful.
Jim is a well meaning guy that has zero power in his current position. He makes an attempt but it doesn't matter. He hasn't accomplished much but he is not allowed to. His biggest problem is that he doesn't have the balls to stand up to Latimer and this is dragging the entire organization down. Whether he agrees with Latimer or not is unimportant. The decisions that are being made are being done under his watch. Jim may be more appreciated if he grew some balls. USATF is a volunteer organization and you get what you pay for.
Corrupt? No way. Incompetent? Hell Yes.
Ditto
Who is Latimer?
if usatf is volunteer, then why is masback making 6 figures; and what PRECISELY has he done for the sport?also; who really calls the shots at usatf?
Spineless Sally wrote:
Jim is a well meaning guy that has zero power in his current position. He makes an attempt but it doesn't matter. He hasn't accomplished much but he is not allowed to. His biggest problem is that he doesn't have the balls to stand up to Latimer and this is dragging the entire organization down. Whether he agrees with Latimer or not is unimportant. The decisions that are being made are being done under his watch. Jim may be more appreciated if he grew some balls. USATF is a volunteer organization and you get what you pay for.
Brooks Johnson and the black coaches mafia.
Hightower and Chaplin and Johnson and Capriotti.
Hightower and Chaplin are pawns.
Nike is Nike.
Look for The Order of the Golden ...........
It's the black mafia. Who else would let Bobby Kersee keep coaching the US?
Seriously, why would you suggest Jim is corrupt or incompetent. I think that we would all agree that the state of distance running in the US is dramatically improving. We are seeing great athletes training with great coaches and running in great races. The Marathon Trials are shaping up to be the most exciting distance race for Americans since before I was born.
I doubt you can credit Jim for all the success, but he must be doing something right if it continues to happen.
What has he done that you don't like?? Do you think the guy is trying to fail?
He gets my vote of confidence!
"There have been a multitude of complaints about USATF and Mr. Estes since he was hired by the national office"
A MULTITUDE, HUH sdarc? NAME THREE. if you are going to make a statement, back it up with fact.
1)New York Marathon SELECTION process (there's probably a dozen or so screw-ups right in that mess)
2) No men's team to IAAF champs.
3) Poor travel arrangements for the women's team to said event
4) Scheduling of 2 national champs on the same weekend
5) Failure to meet anything close to the criteria for the original job description
6) Failure to defend LDR to the High Performance Division
7) Failure to entice competent people to run for office in the LDR division.
Need we go on????
How about naming one tangible thing he has done?
And please don't try to tell me he's responsible for resurgence of distance running in this country.
hoDiggity wrote:
He gets my vote of confidence!
I will be the first to admit that I am a nobody but. I lol when I read your post. A vote of confidence from hoDiggity is not exactly worthy of putting on a resume.
He's also not a travel agent. Enticing competency? For volunteer work? Good luck with that. He does not schedule national championship events. The respective ldr (m&w) committees do that.
Yes, please do go on.
ohnotso wrote:
He's also not a travel agent. Enticing competency? For volunteer work? Good luck with that. He does not schedule national championship events. The respective ldr (m&w) committees do that.
Yes, please do go on.
And you sir haven't got a clue what he does. The usatf travel agents book what usatf tells them to book. Very simple. A travel agent doesn't tell you where and when you want to go on vacation. Same deal here.
I do believe Mr. Estes scheduled a national club relay for the same weekend as a national championship. Who??? Yes, Mr. Estes did. the same guy who accepted all expense trips to New York care of NYRR before the bidding process even began. The same guy whose wife was selected to head a national team despite zero experience and qualifications.
Had enough Mr. In the Know? Oh yes so.