they call me flopro wrote:
Damn i feel bad for Fisher Stanford is where great high School runners go to die. If he was smart he would have went to either Oregon or Colorado.
Where good runners go to die?
What do Gabe Jennings, Ryan Hall, Chris Derrick and J. Rosa all have in common?
If you said that they're collegiate studs than you wouldn't be wrong, but that's not what I'm looking for.
What I'm going for is that they all excelled under a different coach. So if we're going to point to teams running poorly or individual runners "doing to die" at Stanford, I think it's very important to take note of who coached them.
Coach Milt has only been there for two years and is just now beginning to coach his own athletes. In his brief tenure he has had a man and a woman finish top 5 at ncaa cross, had numerous athletes set seriously legit PRs (the Rosas and last year's 5K chick come to mind) and also coached the DMR team that won nationals.
I only mention the previous successes because some people seem to be spreading the false claims that he hasn't had good results on the Farm. The true review will be in another 1.5 years (when his first group are seniors), but so far I would say he's doing a very good job. Bring on Fisher and Ostberg!