No clue as to who you are DJ, but yes you may need to get your freakin' head examined, your words, not mine and yes I am kidding. I am not the poster who ruffled your feathers, but here's a few things to think about after reading your post.
You are no more important than anybody else. If some moron says that the Hansons are pissed if you have a girlfriend, correct him or her if you choose to, but why get upset over it?
The only thing remotely close to that statement is that I once heard that they can't date other Hanson runners. Maybe the poster was misinformed or heard it wrong, like the old game telephone.
He implied that he knew someone on the team or that possibly he was on the team. If he's lying, so what? Do you have a clue as to who he is? If so, call him out or let it go dude.
If he or she feels the runners aren't making enough, so what? That's the person's opinion based off what they know, or claim to know. I don't agree with that statement, but that doesn't make me right and the poster that pissed you off wrong, now does it? Do they get appearance fees? I haven't got a clue. Was he lying? Do you know? If so, call him out on it or again, let it go.
The Hanson brothers seem to be hard workers and have earned where they are now (in my humble opinion anyways), in addition to being very giving and nice guys from what I've read and heard. But your statement of 1 store to 3 before the program started, although true, is not the whole story.
Without the program and the notoriety that it brought them, I doubt the stores would be as successful as they are now. With the economy DJ, who really knows? The runners have to get some credit for that, not one runner, but all of them, women and men combined. And yes, Brian Sell definitely helped bigtime and if you can't admit that then you'd make a very bad debater:).
The store that went under didn't survive and that too is a true statement, but again not the whole story.
If you are talking about the Grosse Pointe store, the owner did not have the advantages that Kevin and Keith have. Aka, not apples to oranges.
Kevin and Keith are excellent coaches, but their success in turning it around is "partly" due to the fact that Kevin coaches high school runners and therefore has a huge number of contacts that come with it. I have no problem with it and say good for them. I'm truly glad they are prospering and using their coaching skills and contacts to help their business.
Again nothing wrong with that, but you strongly imply that one owner went under and then they magically came in and bam!, the business was successful. Yes, it was before the program started, but those athletes with the program helped it a lot and definitely increased the store traffic.
Again, sorry I don't know who you are, but I wouldn't let an implied comment like the Hansons are ripping someone off get you all that upset. Seriously, how many readers of this thread do you think actually believed that comment? No clue if the poster was a troll or not, but who cares? Your comments strongly imply that you are upset and pissed off. Maybe he was just trying to yank everyone's chain.
You can hack my comments to pieces DJ, it won't bother me in the least. I'm married with 4 kids, you can't hurt me or my feelings on your best day:))) I simply listed facts, not opinions.
Have a good evening and I swear to you I am not the poster who sent you to the funny farm:).
Hi Dick Beardsley! Boston 1982, oh the memories. Alberto was tough, but so were you and you made that race what it was. He outsprinted you, but he didn't beat you. You don't race 26.2 miles and outkick someone by 2 seconds and say you beat them. You finished ahead of them and that's it. Well done sir and I wish you have never gotten hurt and are doing well now.