ADP (Scott Simmons) adds MORE Kenyan Runners to roster

American Distance Project wrote:

NEWS RELEASE!

Biya Simbassa, Sam Atkin, Emmanuel Bor, & Guor Marial have joined

Scott Simmons with team ADP.

https://www.facebook.com/AmericanDistanceProject

Ssssnakeoil Simmons

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I don't know anything about the American Distance Project. Can someone give me the run down? Is it a good program?

SSsssss wrote:

American Distance Project wrote:

NEWS RELEASE!

Biya Simbassa, Sam Atkin, Emmanuel Bor, & Guor Marial have joined

Scott Simmons with team ADP.

https://www.facebook.com/AmericanDistanceProject

Ssssnakeoil Simmons

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Hey, you beat me to the punch!

Just checked out the website.

Is it just me, or is this the best training group in the country? Really?

If that is snake oil, I wants me some. Wow!

That ADP roster is better than Bowerman. Look at it. NOP has had better results (gold and two silvers) but jesus. Super Group.

And if Simmons can do what he did for Hillary Bor, there will be more trolls on this digital rag slinging arrows because shit is gonna get real.

Also, to the OP troll, all the new adds look like Americans to me. And only one, who currently serves in the US Army, is of Kenyan decent. So nice race-baiting, buddy.

Reelz Deelz wrote:

Just checked out the website.

Is it just me, or is this the best training group in the country? Really?

If that is snake oil, I wants me some. Wow!

That ADP roster is better than Bowerman. Look at it. NOP has had better results (gold and two silvers) but jesus. Super Group.

And if Simmons can do what he did for Hillary Bor, there will be more trolls on this digital rag slinging arrows because shit is gonna get real.

THANK YOU, SCOTT. YOUR SELF-PROMOTION IS SO THINLY VEILED IT'S PATHETIC.

Reelz Deelz wrote:

Just checked out the website.

Is it just me, or is this the best training group in the country? Really?

If that is snake oil, I wants me some. Wow!

That ADP roster is better than Bowerman. Look at it. NOP has had better results (gold and two silvers) but jesus. Super Group.

And if Simmons can do what he did for Hillary Bor, there will be more trolls on this digital rag slinging arrows because shit is gonna get real.

Better than Bowerman? I don't think so. Last time I checked, American Distance Project was a non-profit, one man show operated out of a failed taproom shack while the Bowerman Track Club is an entire organization providing running opportunities for youth, elite, masters and professional runners. No comparison. There's Nike and then there's, well, NUTHIN'.

Thanks for making my laugh so hard my sides hurt. That's the funniest thing I'm read all day!

Thank you for your crafty use of ALL CAPS!

What a toad.

What I really like best about the ADP website is its use of the FREE wix.com template and platform that a 5 year old child could build in 30 minutes. Classy!

http://drink09.wixsite.com/adpnew

Apparently Scott Simmons can't afford to pay for his own URL.

He's probably saving his money to buy beer!

Meanwhile Bowman Track Club's site is professionally designed and updated,

has Instagram and Facebook links and a page for Youth, Elite, Pro, Masters, the Bowerman sponsored 5k race, and even a calendar of events.

http://www.bowermantc.com

Compare the two websites side by side, and it's obvious which group is more organized and has the better coaches and athletes.

Biya Simbassa is Ethiopian and one heck of a guy. Go Biya!

And by Ethiopian, I mean of Ethiopian decent. As American as apple pie or cheering for the Packers, just not Kenyan.

Why not just change the name from 'American' to 'World'?

World Distance Project.

World Domination Plan.

Lhanz on deck wrote:

Biya Simbassa is Ethiopian and one heck of a guy. Go Biya!

Guar is South Sudanese, and a US citizen. 2012 Olympian under the Refugee flag.

(Sam Atkin is from Great Britain, to round out everybody)

So, let's review from this thread & other places why people hate Scott Simmons so much. He is a half-ass self-promoter using people all in his advancement to look good & get ahead. Am I missing anything?

So, kudos to him for not having a conscious. The rest of us need morals to comfortably put our heads on the pillow at night.

1) you aren't aware that it's "Bowerman", and not "Bowman"?

2) their web presence is how you judge a running group? Huh? what does the Aden website look like? The rosa group?

Let's Review wrote:

So, let's review from this thread & other places why people hate Scott Simmons so much. He is a half-ass self-promoter using people all in his advancement to look good & get ahead. Am I missing anything?

So, kudos to him for not having a conscious. The rest of us need morals to comfortably put our heads on the pillow at night.

Completely agree with this post above. In my opinion as a former athlete and now a coach, Simmons preys on athletes that are new to this country (with the exception of 3-4 American born fools). And he uses Canova's name and association to lure them in. If you were to grab a dictionary and looked up the word narcissist, you would see his face. The guy is just plain swarmy.

In every single instance I've had the unfortunate occasion to encounter him, he's all about self-promotion to the detriment of those around him. The big thing that confirmed it for me was when he got a (cash prize) award for being a coach a few years ago and put all the funds into his taproom. Not a dime of it went to his athletes.

Don't forget that same taproom went under & he was sued by the landlord of the building too. Oh, and he swiped the name of the place from a really popular spot in Asheville, N.C. too!