correction - the men didn't win their first Pac-10s under Vin until 1996. That started a 9 out of 10 run.
correction - the men didn't win their first Pac-10s under Vin until 1996. That started a 9 out of 10 run.
Insane in the Membrane wrote:
Every stanford guy you mentioned was incredibly successful at Stanford and most had some great success after. What so many have a hard time understanding is that running 3:38 in college does not translate to 100k contracts. Nor does everyone want to take their Stanford degree and sit on it for 8 years while they try to become a 3:33 guy. The same thing is true in HS. These great coaches take guys who would be 4:40/9:50 guys at other schools and turn them into 4:20/9:20 guys at York and CBA. 4:20/9:20 guys get to run in college. They don't usually become runners that win or even qualify for NCAA's. It is TOUGH to be elite at the NCAA level. It is even tougher to be elite after college. Lananna did a great jog getting his guys to perform and many continued after college. Good for him and good for the original poster to ask the question in a classy way.
This is a good post. Coaching after a certain level is recruiting. Success after a certain level is genetics and coaching that helps and not harms.
Coaching runners is still a delicate science.
We'll never know for sure all the reasons some athletes don't succeed after college. It's got to be a mix of reasons.
Original Gangsta wrote:
As of six weeks ago he was coaching Andrew Wheating and Russell Brown, but the latter just moved to New York. I wonder what will happen to these two, who both fit the mold of what I outlined above. Soaring highs, but lately, mostly rock bottom lows.
I'm afraid Wheating is all but finished. I really don't expect to see him back running at an elite level consistently. Those are just the cold, hard facts.
Only a 2 time Olympian. What a waste...
A Duck, are you anti-Vin?
We know he went to be an AD but come on... There's more behind that story.
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