LV officially screwed Oregon over

The river he refers to is the river he cried when he got his ass handed to him at Pac 12s.

this is worse than scottie pippen's 1.8 seconds

How does Jim Ryun feel about it?? Probably pretty good as Jim Ryun is now on USA Triathlons Board of Directors.

All I have to say is this.

1. He broke 4-minutes...that took courage

2. He broke 8:30 in the two-mile...how many (American Collegians) can do that even right now? 8:40.6 indoors...Lindgren's 8:40.0 was hand-timed making it 8:40.6 FAT.

3. 9-national championships!

4. World Triathlon Junior Champion

I don't think Lukas owes any of these records and the time, effort, commitment they took to accomplish to anyone other than himself.

The greatest high school distance runner calls his own shots and because our goals don't align with his goals, we get angry at him?

How about this, Vin, the highest paid coach in America step out of the office, and start being accessible to his athletes because Lukas is not a kid who runs from challenges...but if someone kills a kids passion go figure he turns to something else that is fun for him.

Go Lukas. Make your own path and screw everyone. These are the same people that will praise you when you win a Gold Medal at the Olympics....trust those who are with you the entire way.

pip wrote:

this is worse than scottie pippen's 1.8 seconds

I would say it's similar. Probably not worse. That was pretty bad.

Me. That's the world we live in these days. The best memories I've had in sports was the fellowship and shared goal of a championship.

He could win a gold medal in the Olympics in the Triathalon or sychronized swimming. And make a million dollars. Good for him I don't blame him. He has that potential.

Two more weeks to help his team that worked hard all season and had a goal and busted their ass. And he doesn't get it. And then quit. Team unity. Those guys on my team don't matter in the long run.

We all move on, but that experience of a team will always be something he will never experience. We were brothers and we still are 25 years later.

I do admire his self confidence that he could look at his best interests. I might have been too insecure and self-concious to screw my teammates like that. Regardless of my self interest.

I really admire Lucas for the guts it took to humiliate and cripple the Oregon Ducks. The number one high school distance runner left one of the best distance programs in the nation after less than forty days. He drops out of school with about 4 weeks left in his first quarter in college. That takes serious balls and a total disregard for others. I love it! With today's me first generation, he fits right in. I agree that Oregon should be deep enough to survive the loss of Lucas and still make it to nationals. The failure of Oregon to get to NCAA nationals as a team on the mens side falls with the coaches who did not recruit for the new generation.

Lucas is in a precarious position. He will have to wait till 2016 to qualify for the Olympics. He will spend much more time training than ever before. He will have to apply to Colorado Springs university with Fs on his first quarter record in college. He will probably begin endorsement deals right away thereby stripping him of college eligibility. He will not be able to go to school full time and it will take him 6-8 years to get his degree. If he gets injured, gets someone pregnant, or just races terribly he will have a long road ahead with no college degree to speak of. Centrowitz ran around the same time and race for XC debut as a freshman at dellinger. He went out way too hard and died. His freshman year in XC he burned it without even running nationals and racing terribly. He improved every year and exploded last year. the same could have been said for lucas if he stuck it out, but he did not. Time will tell what he does in the future.

GoldMedal wrote:

Lindgren's 8:40.0 was hand-timed making it 8:40.6 FAT.

Really? Please show me where they recommend adding as much as 0.6 seconds for the conversion from hand timing to fully automatic timing.

He is not a pro until he makes some money. They way it stands, after he f*cked over his team mates at U of O, his marketability stock is low.

He is not a pro until he makes some money. They way it stands, after he f*cked over his team mates at U of O, his marketability stock is low.

Poor Sports wrote:

Anybody who has run for a good college cross team understands why quitting the team right before the championship season is a classless move.

Then again they weren't going to contend anyways. If they had been ranked top 2 or 3 and had a shot to win I wonder if all you that are defending him would feel the same.

In other sports when a key member does something stupid at a similar time they get crucified. This guy quit and walked away.

You poor sports. Lukas didn't quit anything. He turned pro and accepted the dream deal for any athlete and has provided for his little sisters and brothers and his mom. Stop being a bunch of selfish little p r i c k s.

Yea you're trolling but Ill bite.. if he walked away at the semester break, more power too him, but to leave in the most crucial part of the season is bad form and yes it IS quitting.

hail the self-righteous. A real teammate does not leave his team right before Regionals. He thought he was gonna come in and own the NCAA but things didn't go his way so he bolted back to something he is better at. It is his choice but it is how he went about doing it that ticked people off. It is like LeBron leaving Cleveland, but at least LeBron tried then was a d-bag, LV skipped the trying portion and ditched his team.

He turned pro and dropped a class. The sun came up the morning after. Life goes on.

To quit, screwing your team mates just before a major competition is Un-American. Oh wait,,,that's right. He's not American.

Freedom of assembly and Freedom to refuse to assemble is the right the Gods granted every of every person, American or not, in the United States. Failure to respect the U.S. Constitution is treason.

You effing Traitor! GTFO of my country now.

Captain Tenneal wrote:

Pro Bo No wrote:

Since when is turning pro called "quitting" ?

Since when is being on a team, and voluntarily leaving it due to no other circumstances other than those brought on you by yourself, not called quitting?

+1

going pro was not wrong. quitting the team and leaving oregon to be a triathlete was not wrong. leaving your team the week of regionals is very wrong. him and his parents should be ashamed of themselves. anybody that thinks he should've quit instead of waiting less than 2 weeks, when the season would've been over, does not have morals.

You effing Traitor! GTFO of my wrote:

Freedom of assembly and Freedom to refuse to assemble is the right the Gods granted every of every person, American or not, in the United States. Failure to respect the U.S. Constitution is treason.

You effing Traitor! GTFO of my country now.

What the Hell does any of this have to do with Freedom of Assembly?

how come no one is mad at chad hall for quitting on his oregon teammates? they could have used him even more than l.v....

Well...I guess we have finally found a bigger doucher than Alan Webb.

Thanks Lukas.

Beavus wrote:

Well...I guess we have finally found a bigger doucher than Alan Webb.

Thanks Lukas.

Chris Lear wrote a book about Webb's season at Michigan.

Will he also write the leaflet on Lukas' "season" at Oregon?