Are you alluding to Kara Goucher?
That's a joke. If she said that at all it is probably early in her NOP career and wanted to say what was expected of her to say. That only speaks to how out of touch Salazar is. Yes Goucher has proven to be somewhat of a hypocrite. But ultimately Goucher is a human being trying to get ahead in the world as a professional athlete. Nike is a giant multi-national corporation that holds a large share of the purse strings in T&F. If Salazar felt surprised and betrayed by Goucher saying one thing, then saying another after she got a contract with Brooks brothers, than Salazar is ignorant and not qualified to retain all the powers he has with NOP.
All the testimony from the other NOP athletes speaks for itself. And its pretty consistent. Salazar was asking them to do things they didn't feel comfortable doing. In short, they didn't trust Salazar. And even if you can successfully argue that all those athletes were the problem and not Salazar, then why did Salazar invite them to work with NOP in the first place?
At a certain point Nike has to ask themselves what is success for a T&F club. When you have so many disgruntled athletes and trainers leaving their relationship with NOP on bad terms than that is not success. At a certain point Salazar has to take some responsibility for that. In case you haven't noticed NOP is lacking in having any young up and coming talent.
Again, it doesn't have to be any big deal. But this is why all large organizations have things like human resources departments and general managers overseeing the operations. Salazar is a great coach but he is not qualified to do those duties. It seems like Salazar insists on a lot of control. Which is fine. But you also cannot blame Nike for denying Salazar certain powers.