I can't help but think Wetmore is the best coach in the NCAA, for Cross Country that is. Seriously, year-in and year-out he produces top-10 teams with a roster of no-names. Someone convince me otherwise, but he seems to do more with less than any other coach in the game.
Just started rereading RwtB the other day. A sequel would be baws.
He's definitely the best big name D1 coach in the country. Makes me regret not trying to run for him.
definity someone who creates some good products! To quote simmons...
Simmons should not be mentioned in the same sentence.
Hopefully with a better author.
redux wrote:
Just started rereading RwtB the other day. A sequel would be baws.
I bet Lear is a better author now than he was then.
It's still a great read the second time around.
new.frontier wrote:
Hopefully with a better author.
redux wrote:Just started rereading RwtB the other day. A sequel would be baws.
No one is as bad as Parker.
Does Lear still wear "orthodics"?
Congradulations on the good catch.
a large one wrote:
I can't help but think Wetmore is the best coach in the NCAA, for Cross Country that is. Seriously, year-in and year-out he produces top-10 teams with a roster of no-names. Someone convince me otherwise, but he seems to do more with less than any other coach in the game.
He's a great coach, but it's not like he never gets big time recruits... a whole lot of national qualifiers and All-Americans have been on their squads. Just browsing this year's roster... Ammar Moussa and Jake Hurysz are two big names that most people probably remember, not to mention some of the best in-state talent in Bosshard and Winters.
It depend on how you define "best coach". He might have 20 guys of the same caliber, but break 13 down to nothing. If you can survive the program, you will be good. A lot of good runners have disappeared there b/c their bodies couldn't keep up. I remember watch the Colorado varsity run at the Stanford invite 3 years ago and watching 5/7 drop.
I admire Wetmore because he's not just a van driver, he you know actually coaches his runners.
RwtB is the best book ever.
I think maybe coaches such as Damon Martin and the Western coach do similar things to Wetmore. They definitely get good recruits and not so good ones, but can pump out a few sub 14 minute guys every year.
Please - evere hear of that coach at University of Texas? Hello!!!
He does get a few blue chip recruits here and there, but NOTHING compared to schools such as PAC 12 rivals Stanford and Oregon yet we still walk all over them! Look at all the Colorado in-state D 1 athletes we miss such as!
Scott Fauble - University of Portland
Kevin Williams - Oklahoma
Natosha Rogers - Texas A & M
Kirk Webb - University of Pennsylvania
Evan Appel - formerly Stanford
Wes Rickman - Florida State
Walter Schafer - Notre Dame
and many many more! We are beating all of these teams. When are these young blue chippers gonna wise up,...especially our Colorado talent. And Wetmore is doing this with no foreigners!!
I assume he doesn't use "foreigners" because of $. The same reason he tends to look for in-state talent.
Wouldn't it be insane if Wetmore posted here the way Renato does?
What is funny is the fact that the people on that list are very good, but two of the best runners to recently come out of a Colorado high school would not have been given a first look at by CU in high school. Hell, even CSU told one of them that he would not make it on their team. I am talking about Western State's Tyler Pennel (13:51/28:23) and Ryan Haebe (8:35 steeple). I will also give a shout out to Tabor Stevens (8:47ish steeple as a redshirt freshman), even if he is from Adams, because he is a Colorado boy.
kuy wrote:
He does get a few blue chip recruits here and there, but NOTHING compared to schools such as PAC 12 rivals Stanford and Oregon yet we still walk all over them! Look at all the Colorado in-state D 1 athletes we miss such as!
Scott Fauble - University of Portland
Kevin Williams - Oklahoma
Natosha Rogers - Texas A & M
Kirk Webb - University of Pennsylvania
Evan Appel - formerly Stanford
Wes Rickman - Florida State
Walter Schafer - Notre Dame
and many many more! We are beating all of these teams. When are these young blue chippers gonna wise up,...especially our Colorado talent. And Wetmore is doing this with no foreigners!!
One thing all you fan bois whacking off to flotrack videos with the pony tail don't realize is that he is a master of finding the right fit for his program. Not all "blue chippers" will work at Colorado. It's safe to say that if they are a good fit for Oregon, they probably aren't a good fit at Colorado. And if they are a good fit at Colorado, they may not work well at the Stanfords and Oregons. Too many mid 20-something recruiters at many top schools have no clue how this works and why and end up with a lot of talent that just doesn't work in their situation. This can happen anywhere, but some of the best coaches (like Mark Wetmore) know how to minimize this. Many coaches out there are just as knowledgeable as Wetmore, but just haven't been able to find their niche kid nearly as well as Mark has. That's one big reason why he is very successful.