What the heck is wrong with the Wisconsin men? (only 7th at Louisville)

Early in the season, It's October already.

Fhffhhffhghgfhfhfg wrote:

*stipe wrote:

Mick's comments (for men and women) made it clear that this was merely a workout/course preview. I'm not saying I agree or disagree with his approach, but they were not racing to win. I'd expect that they will race at full strength at the home adidas meet.

How will this affect the "at large" bids? Did the teams who beat Wisconsin get lucky here?

mick hates the at-large points system. maybe his master plan is to screw around with it until others also find it unpalatable.

XCavhs wrote:

Edward Teach wrote:

Very surprising Mississippi wasn't further up. Did they sit someone out?

Wes Gallagher, their number 1last year and a 14:0x 5k guy didn't run so that makes their 1-5 much better than it was today. I still think they are over hyped and will probably be a 15-25 team this season.

Their #4 last year at SEC's, Taylor Caldwell is hurt, w/ him and Gallagher that explains it

The course was pretty muddy, definitely not optimal conditions

The Donger wrote:

Why are people so afraid to race? I mean they race the workouts in practice but can't try in a race?

They should have gone out there when no one else is there to "get a feel" for the course. I mean does this crap happen in any other sport?

Wisco is famous for this . Running two races a season, resting guys at important meets etc. I guess you could say its work for them. Pretty strange. I would worry about a kids confidence level only running at "90%".

Here's a video of the race. I've watched Gallagher compete since high school and when he was at Northeastern and he always looked comfortable racing but he looked really out of it in this one.

"I guess it works for them"

NCAA top 10 every year for 19 years in a row.

10 podium finishes and 2 titles in that time.

Yeah, it works for them.

Some years Byrne has employed this sort of strategy, sometimes not, depending on the circumstances. Similar when Jerry was coaching. Good coaches analyze their team and do what is best to help them win when it counts - "Big Ten and Beyond" as Mick says.

Yes Solinsky and Bairu did run slower controlled races while at Wisconsin. It is stupid to think any D1 runner is going to go out every race and run it 100%.

Mike Montgomery wrote:

Yes Solinsky and Bairu did run slower controlled races while at Wisconsin. It is stupid to think any D1 runner is going to go out every race and run it 100%.

Why is that stupid? They're already only racing like 4 times in a season. The regular xc season continues to disappear

Isn't it time for somebody to start the annual thread about Wisco missing nationals?

Any of you that actually gives a shit and are complaining that Wisconsin ran easy are all just a bunch of fans of other teams who are jealous of the hardware wisco is going to bring home come November. Calm your shit. Who cares what other teams are doing. You have no idea what the program and training are like.

Fhffhhffhghgfhfhfg wrote:

How will this affect the "at large" bids? Did the teams who beat Wisconsin get lucky here?

Glad to have been the first one to point this out...