"Stepping down"? His wife better hope she got paid a lot by Deadspin to write that anti-Nike love poem to Will Leer because it might have cost her husband his job. In reality, she might've have been paid nothing at all, or perhaps a couple hundred bucks.
Mama knows best wrote:
They are hiring a new coach. The 6 remaining athletes are waiting to decide whether or not to stick around.
Predictions for who will fill this vacancy? Post-collegiate coaching, like the NCAA, is not a bed of roses, but this is an interesting opportunity for a coach to work in a well-supported environment. Sounds like some rebuilding to do though.
MSP wrote:
Mama knows best wrote:They are hiring a new coach. The 6 remaining athletes are waiting to decide whether or not to stick around.
Predictions for who will fill this vacancy? Post-collegiate coaching, like the NCAA, is not a bed of roses, but this is an interesting opportunity for a coach to work in a well-supported environment. Sounds like some rebuilding to do though.
Well supported?
After 15 years they don't have a shoe deal. Unlike nearly every other group. They survive on begging to road races for donations. It is anything but well funded.
Gotcha wrote:
"Stepping down"? His wife better hope she got paid a lot by Deadspin to write that anti-Nike love poem to Will Leer because it might have cost her husband his job. In reality, she might've have been paid nothing at all, or perhaps a couple hundred bucks.
Nike is not involved with Team USA MN at all. For people in the know it is not surprising that he's stepping down now. Don't speculate about things you are clueless abut.
asdfasdfdsf wrote:
Gotcha wrote:"Stepping down"? His wife better hope she got paid a lot by Deadspin to write that anti-Nike love poem to Will Leer because it might have cost her husband his job. In reality, she might've have been paid nothing at all, or perhaps a couple hundred bucks.
Nike is not involved with Team USA MN at all. For people in the know it is not surprising that he's stepping down now. Don't speculate about things you are clueless abut.
Are YOU insane? Or just incapable of reading and comprehending? Where did I write anything about Nike being involved with TUSAMN? I didn't. I wrote that Mrs. Sarah Barker wrote a long article which was generally critical of Nike Inc.
When I expressed the possibility that Mr. Dennis Barker might have lost his coaching job because of his wife's article, that was merely fodder that I threw out for the Nike hating conspiracy nuts on the MB who think that Nike pulls all the strings behind the curtain. I am not at all anti-Nike, but no one seems to have any good info on why he lost the job, so who knows?
He did not lose his job. He was tired of doing charity work and stepped,down.
CycloneAlum wrote:
Stinson has been running 10k on the track since at least two years before starting at the NCAA level. His 10yr window of improvement is nearly closed. Honestly thought he would have burned out by now.
not to hijack the thread but when does Bernie Lagat's 10 year window close, or even Meb's?
I hope the Twin Cities Marathon finally pulls their funding of this lackluster "group" and puts it towards something useful. Like a couple porta-potties along the river road.
You silly Sally wrote:
He did not lose his job. He was tired of doing charity work and stepped,down.
Regardless he is a perv who trolled for women in twitter
so the db in his twitter name (dbinsaintpaul) is more accurately douchebag....@douchebaginsaintpaul haha
Please give an example.
sekond guesser wrote:
You silly Sally wrote:He did not lose his job. He was tired of doing charity work and stepped,down.
Regardless he is a perv who trolled for women in twitter
feel free to provide evidence.
Madison Kinkade wrote:
CycloneAlum wrote:Stinson has been running 10k on the track since at least two years before starting at the NCAA level. His 10yr window of improvement is nearly closed. Honestly thought he would have burned out by now.
not to hijack the thread but when does Bernie Lagat's 10 year window close, or even Meb's?
I knew this question was coming. Lagat last PR'd in the 1500 in 2001. As a 1994 HS graduate, that is less than a 10-yr window. He continued to primarily pursue the 1500 until about 2004 and then started moving up to 5000m. His last PR in the 5000m took place in 2011 (7 years after moving up). If he were to switch to marathons, he would likely PR through his mid to late 40s.
Meb's first marathon was in 2002 and his marathon PR was 12 yrs later.
When you look at those two men a little closer, they fit the 10yr mold fairly well.