Georgetown coach Pat Henner resigns (but gets glowing recommendation from AD) - 7 xc meets are cancelled

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  • Allegations my love?
    5 years ago 08/13/2015 9:09am CDT
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    How nice of you to repost blog after university found no merit to the racism allegations. The only "mess" is that a disgruntled runner who didn't adjust to Georgetown track (whether or not it was poor coaching or runner attitude), abetted by a couple of people who wanted to change the program, brought up the racism charge.

    And, breaking news, I think the horse is dead.

    Allegations wrote:

    http://exposegtowntrack.blogspot.com/

    Only problem here is that Mike Smith is at the center of the racism allegations mess.

    Oh, Sherry, C'mon my love wrote:

    Big Red on the Potomac? wrote:

    i assume they will go outside and Smith is not being considered simply given the need to show change.

    IF Georgetown was smart, they'd keep Mike Smith as the distance coach and hire Nathan Taylor to oversee the program and clean it up.
  • Ifihadmyway
    5 years ago 08/14/2015 10:20am CDT
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    If I had my choice if say bring back Shelia Burrell to Georgetown and let's get back to a successful program free of the drama.
  • Ifihadmyway
    5 years ago 08/14/2015 10:20am CDT
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    If I had my choice if say bring back Shelia Burrell to Georgetown and let's get back to a successful program free of the drama.
  • asdfasdfassdf
    5 years ago 08/16/2015 12:13pm CDT
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    Who will be the interim coach? Are they going to keep an assistant all year or will they hire somebody soon?
  • College Coach
    5 years ago 08/16/2015 2:30pm CDT
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    Who wants to be there to laugh in the sprinters' faces when they hire another distance coach as the head and quickly realize they will remain token "numbers?" Going with a Mid-D/Distance team is simple strategy...nothing more. Same thing as recruiting and coaching basketball players to compete with a fast-paced offense or steady defense. Same thing as approaching football with the "west coast offense" or a better "ground game." Every coach has to evaluate how to be successful given their situation - strengths and weaknesses. A place like Georgetown will never be successful nationally in the sprints...why you go with Mid-D & Distance runners. It has nothing to do with race. Some of the best XC/Distance programs in the country do this all the time.

    The chilling result though is that coaching staffs are letting their minority/female athletes get away with whatever they want to avoid sabotage even more. We all know what really happened at Georgetown. These kids know how to say the right thing for selfish reasons. So whenever potential conflict arises with these kids, they're just patted on the head as the staff looks the other way. I know - I'm an assistant coach at a Power Five school. Everyone knows who the trouble kids are that would throw you under the bus in a heart beat to get what they want...so you just appease them until they are gone...and get ready for the next incoming class of athletes who think this world revolves around them.