have you ever gone to college? robbie likes to party. you cant party as much when you leave college. uva is party city. its silly. trinity, boylan, the frat and 14th st. i mean come on. hashing. robby's party city. once he wins usa's he's gonna say sorry for partying. and then him and webb are gonna train their asses off in the central va heat to go under 3:30 next summer.
Hashing? Come on.
Yes, reasons not to turn pro? Well, an education for one. If he stays in school while pro than what is the point anyway? He woln't have tons of free time and now he will have to pay for school and pay VIg to coach him. It is not always amazing when you go pro early...Bianca Knight? He has friends, a girl friend, and probably enjoys being part of the team. There is no rush to grow up and enter the real world. Had Wheating left early, he would have screwed himself out of a lot of money on his first contract given he signed after running 3:30. There is a good chance Andrews' market value will go up, especially as he improves in the 1500. I could see him getting some double wins at NCAAs down the road (800/1500 or DMR/800). I said it before and I will say it again, Leo was a prodigy under Vig, he won an NCAA championship as a frosh, he was dominant in the mile/1500 as an upperclassmen, he did not turn pro early and he is all the better for it.
if hes serious about it he should really talk with some guys like jager about the decision.
jager talks about his decision and how andrews races here
He should go pro. It will benefit his training. UVA only has so much to offer. It's time to focus on an Olympic spot, and maybe a top 5 finish.
Reality Czech wrote:
Yes, reasons not to turn pro? Well, an education for one. If he stays in school while pro than what is the point anyway? He woln't have tons of free time and now he will have to pay for school and pay VIg to coach him. It is not always amazing when you go pro early...Bianca Knight? He has friends, a girl friend, and probably enjoys being part of the team. There is no rush to grow up and enter the real world. Had Wheating left early, he would have screwed himself out of a lot of money on his first contract given he signed after running 3:30. There is a good chance Andrews' market value will go up, especially as he improves in the 1500. I could see him getting some double wins at NCAAs down the road (800/1500 or DMR/800). I said it before and I will say it again, Leo was a prodigy under Vig, he won an NCAA championship as a frosh, he was dominant in the mile/1500 as an upperclassmen, he did not turn pro early and he is all the better for it.
I agree there is no hurry to grow up and enter the real world and you make some valid arguments for staying put at UVA. I guess all we can do is wait and see. Whatever happens, Robbie Andrews has a very bright future.
I ran against Robby in HS. In fact, I had the second best mile time behind him in our conference. I dont understand why so many fellow runners are doubting this kid. He was a marvel in HS and college. None of us know what its like to be that good. Lets leave it to Robby to blow everyone out of the water as he has consistently done in the past, and stop making sinister judgements. C*nts!
``I did three repeat-bowl workouts at Holmdel Thursday (the middle mile on the Holmdel Park course) and I noticed how strong I felt each time after running the bowl. So I was banking on sprinting when I got to the top of the hill today, knowing how good I felt the other day after the hill. Once I did that, they started to fall off the pace. I knew if I got out into the open field before the finish in the lead that the race would be mine.’’
I like Robby's wavy hair and dreamy eyes.
Maybe he should have grabbed a contract right after NCAA's last year?
Who knew the Vig thing would happen.
Sounds like the answer is yes.
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