Transfering Colleges

You need to be a quitter and admit that you are not D1 material. Do your research, and then transfer to a NAIA program where you will be the fastest guy on the team and will be the coach's favorite. That should make you happy

Yeah that'll happena at most any D1 program. It's bad enough you are a walk-on, but to compound it with poor racing performances equates to nearly zero face-time with the coach, as harsh as that may seem. I would suggest going into his office during school hours and talk to him rather than wait until practice. That way he sees you are making an effort and he also has no excuse to reject you if you keep showing up.

I think you are a pussy and should quit. Basically you suck! Go to D2, D3 or NAIA. You are acting like you deserve the time despite sucking ass in the meets you were able to compete in. If you are getting on letsrun to complain then my guess is that you are complaining to your teammates and bringing others down. Just be a quitter abd dont bring others down with you.

Ralphy wrote:

Yeah that'll happena at most any D1 program. It's bad enough you are a walk-on, but to compound it with poor racing performances equates to nearly zero face-time with the coach, as harsh as that may seem. I would suggest going into his office during school hours and talk to him rather than wait until practice. That way he sees you are making an effort and he also has no excuse to reject you if you keep showing up.

i was going to say pretty much the same thing. communication is huge when it comes to college running/coaches. until youre something significant on the team, you have to show him that you care. try and talk to him OUTSIDE of practice time at least once every week or so. other than that, dont get too down, and dont think its anything personal. youre going through a huge transition. it will be tough to get through your first year or two, but if you keep your head on and start performing better, a relationship will form.

think about your freshman year of high school. im sure you and your coach's relationship was no where near what it was like senior year.

have patience, good luck

what state ya from?

What?>>w wrote:

I think you are a pussy and should quit. Basically you suck! Go to D2, D3 or NAIA. You are acting like you deserve the time despite sucking ass in the meets you were able to compete in. If you are getting on letsrun to complain then my guess is that you are complaining to your teammates and bringing others down. Just be a quitter abd dont bring others down with you.

and DONT listen to posts like these. for one big reason: people like this have no idea what theyre talking about since their pr's in HS were crappy and they couldnt even come close to making a D1 program.

and yeah, most D1 coaches are like this. very very few arent.

hey ya. just wanted to let you know you're not the only person who goes through this. I went to a big D1 school last year and hated it. the team, the coach, the city itself. you have to be true to yourself, and if your unhappy and love running, could you last 3-4 more years like this? if not i suggest transferring. it's kinda scary I know...but you won't regret it. sometimes we have to go troough making mistakes to know what we really want and find out who we are.

look into other school, and if you're serious about this...I would reccomend redshirting track, save your season for somewhere else. and get a release asap so you can talk to other schools and get things sorted out for next year. I waited until late spring and it was really hard to get house stuf sorted bc ppl had roommates exc.

good luck :D

I was in the same situation as you last year, if you'd like I can tell you what I ended up doing and how it's going so far. If you want to speak to me, just e-mail me at iamurgod90@yahoo.com

If you havent talked to the coach, then all the seemingly silly posts are in fact dead on. Perhaps the coach thinks you don't care enough about you running to ever communicate so why should he?

I hate to say this, but you also need to worry about getting cut from the team if you don't turn it around this track season. Schools are pretty limited in the number of male walk-ons they can have thanks to Title IX.

Even though you're just a walk-on, you still have to get released before other coaches can talk to you if you start looking at other schools.

9:20 is pretty damn good! You must be at a major power program if you're only a walk-on. Most of the programs in the country would find at least a little bit of money or some kind of incentive for a 9:20 guy.

Like the posters above said, talk to the coach. Mention how you feel lost and unnoticed, but not in a complaining way. Mention it as a preface to asking how you can become all you can be as a runner. Get all the advice you can from the coach on bettering your running then put it to action. Make sure the coach knows this.

There was a great thread recently asking if you thought your HS or college coach was better. HS coaches were way ahead in the voting the last I saw. Someone brought up some good points on this, though. Many HS coaches are motivational and get to know each athlete like their own sons or daughters. Being a college is a different business. It is business, really. The coaches want self-motivated, self-sufficient athletes; not kids who need a pep talk every day before practice. Right or wrong, that's largely the business. That's not to say there aren't good motivators out there or that even your coach can't motivate, but you have to show him that you are worth the effort.

If after all that, you are still dissatisfied, then you should look into transferring. Like I said, 9:20 will get you money at a lot of places. Also, if you are really underperforming this year, it may be worth your time to talk about red-shirting either indoor or outdoor track or both if the team can afford it so you can spend time training and getting your volume up to where it needs to be for you to progress to the college level. You still need to race some during your red-shirt, but more sparingly of course. You need to show some race times to other coaches you may be contacting in the future.