Rupp Hat Exchange

Hat Store wrote:

Can you do that? Is this a special Nike PEH (Performance Enhancing Hat)?

Of course you can do it! Nothing to lose your top over. I predict cooler heads will prevail. If he is DQed, I'll eat my hat.

Pun game is on point here. Hats off to you.

I mean you hit the nail on the head here.

I don't believe it is allowed under USATF rules. No idea about Olympic rules.

Can you cite where in the USATF rulebook you are not allowed to swap hats mid-race?

Don't you have to get everything at your aid station approved before the race? Seems like the hat must have gone through that process and been okayed by officials.

The hat exchanges were part of the keep cool tactics. The hats have headbands with chilled gel material. Goal is to keep brain cool.

I suspect the hats were being kept in a cooler...help him regulate body temp that way.

Oblivion wrote:

Can you cite where in the USATF rulebook you are not allowed to swap hats mid-race?

If there is not such a rule USATF will make one up on the spot.

The hat exchange shows what a creative genius Salzaar is. Something so simple yet no one thinks of it.

Let me explain wrote:

The hat exchange shows what a creative genius Salzaar is. Something so simple yet no one thinks of it.

I agree. He is a genius. Watch. Most olympians will be doing this now.

People should just appreciate what Salazar's doing. He's a modern-day genius, and his work is poetry in motion. Simple things that people get their panties in a bunch about, then realize "WOW! I should have thought of that!" Losers.

xbxnup wrote:

Let me explain wrote:

The hat exchange shows what a creative genius Salzaar is. Something so simple yet no one thinks of it.

I agree. He is a genius. Watch. Most olympians will be doing this now.

People should just appreciate what Salazar's doing. He's a modern-day genius, and his work is poetry in motion. Simple things that people get their panties in a bunch about, then realize "WOW! I should have thought of that!" Losers.

most marathon runners. period.

Queen of Conflict Resolution wrote:

Oblivion wrote:

Can you cite where in the USATF rulebook you are not allowed to swap hats mid-race?

If there is not such a rule USATF will make one up on the spot.

Except the person wearing the hats is one of the favorites of the company that is USATF's lifeblood. If anything this rule would be crossed out (as it should).

quit whining. everything salazar has introduced was novel and unheard of prior to. now everyone uses his tactics. just appreciate that he comes up with so many inventions.

snapbacks wrote:

If he is DQed, I'll eat my hat.

The one you started with or the one you finished with?

xbxnup wrote:

Let me explain wrote:

The hat exchange shows what a creative genius Salzaar is. Something so simple yet no one thinks of it.

I agree. He is a genius. Watch. Most olympians will be doing this now.

People should just appreciate what Salazar's doing. He's a modern-day genius, and his work is poetry in motion. Simple things that people get their panties in a bunch about, then realize "WOW! I should have thought of that!" Losers.

He's the Bill Belichik of Track & Field. Always looking for the loophole and exploiting it before his competitor's figure it out.

jimmy bobby wrote:

xbxnup wrote:

I agree. He is a genius. Watch. Most olympians will be doing this now.

People should just appreciate what Salazar's doing. He's a modern-day genius, and his work is poetry in motion. Simple things that people get their panties in a bunch about, then realize "WOW! I should have thought of that!" Losers.

He's the Bill Belichik of Track & Field. Always looking for the loophole and exploiting it before his competitor's figure it out.

That's a great analogy. I think the main difference is that everyone copies Salazar's ideas after they get over the shock of not having figured it out prior.

xbxnup wrote:

quit whining. everything salazar has introduced was novel and unheard of prior to. now everyone uses his tactics. just appreciate that he comes up with so many inventions.

I'm actually a big fan of Salazar and think his gray area style of coaching is perfectly legal and incredibly smart.

Not whining, just stating reality. USATF would change or null a rule of Nike requested it.

I will add that it's the mad scientists at Nike who are coming up with this stuff. Salazar is just the smart coach who actually tries and uses some of it (hats, aero tape, etc.).

Like a magician, Salazar pulls another medal out of his hat!