The anti-Michigan sentiment

Actually, you sound like the Michigan athletic department PR flak.

Dial 911 and call out the WAAAAAHbulance! (C'mon, everyone gets flamed on Let's Run. Welcome to the party!)

Bump... Portland Runner has outdone himself this time, CLASSIC. As the man from the great northwest has pointed out- Doesn't the U of M Sports Information Department have anything better to do than post on message boards? By the way- U of M isn't even the best Track & Field Squad in their own county (that's right, COUNTY not country). EMU rules the roost in Washtenaw. The original post makes me sick and should be flamed accordingly.

1) Hopefully you are so disappointed that you will vanish so we don't have to read any more of your Wolverine syrup.

2) Why don't you get into the two schools that Warhurst is trying to keep in his sights (Stanford, Colorado) and let us know how many foreign scholarship runners they have.

3) I would think that the folks in Eugene and Villanova would line up their "all-time list" with yours any day.

4) Did Warhurst meet Webb before he arrived at UofM?

5) Chemistry and understanding have to be a two-way street for it to work. It is evident that Warhurst didn't like Webb as much as the foreigners and Webb sensed it and moved on.

6) If it is such "a HUGE problem with the HS - College running program in the US", how about naming some other high profile scholarship runners that bolted after their freshman year.

PS What country are you from?

Webb's lack of success at the D1 level is because he is an egomaniacal headcase. He was not going to succeed with Warhurst or Lanana or Wetmore, he had issues and college was not the place for him.

Say what you want about Michigan and Warhurst but year in and year out they produce some of the best athletes in the country. Is that not what a head coach at a major D1 school is supposed to do? It doesn't matter how he does it as long as he keeps scoring points at the national meets

Clarify a few things. I am a freshman at a DI school. I went on a recruiting trip to UM and decided to go elsewhere, but I have much respect for the program. I agree that American recruiting should be priority. My all-time list. My all-time list is no where near UM's or Villanova's or Oregon's. "It is evident that Warhurst didn't like Webb as much as the foreigners and Webb sensed it and moved on." are you kidding me? Have you met Warhurst, have you spent time with the team? Let's get some resource siting here. Webb, please go meet Alan Webb and then you tell me why him and Warhurst didn't get along. I don't want to be rude, but read the above about Webb, it is somewhat accurate. Warhurst did meet Webb, but are you trying to tell me you can accurately predict chemistry before working together? Not too many athletes transfer because of poor relations with the coach, but there times visibly suffer. I don't need to mention any. If you care to get accurate info, look around at college runners' HS times vs. what they ran as frosh or even later. I was born in the United States and I have resided here for my the entirety of my life. If you are gonna come, come correct.

Met or should I say got to say hi to Warhurst at an expo and he came off as a jerk and "i'm better than you attitude" untill he found out i was friends with a kid he was recruiting.

The original post is a joke. It is posts like that one that makes U of M look so stupid. They are a bunch of yuppie crybabies who talk shit when everything is going their way and cry when it is not.

Warhurst is a prick.

What a wonderful thing cyberspace and message boards like this are! Sitting as you folks are at a keyboard is like sitting behind the wheel of a car: normally level-headed, decent, honest people can get a little strange and weird. They do things they wouldn't ordinarily. In cyberspace, far too often, discussions degenerate as this one has.Lucky for anybody that gets popped on letsrun that they are rarely ever affected by what appears here. They continue on as before.

I don't brake for Wolverines wrote:

The original post is a joke. It is posts like that one that makes U of M look so stupid. They are a bunch of yuppie crybabies who talk shit when everything is going their way and cry when it is not.

Warhurst is a prick.

YOU CAN NOT BE SERIOUS!

I have had a revelation. My problem is not with Michigan or whether they suck or not. I just really feel for those of you who really yearn for something to be negative about; somethign to bring you up; for those of you who just post these messages without any knowledge, insight, or intelligence. Why do you all care so much about Warhurst (who, those who are speaking negatively have never met except for one or two exceptions)? Does he talk shit about you? Does he look forward all day to jumpin on a message board and posting things about you? Whether it be Warhurst or anyone else that you "will nots" decide is fun to trash, it doesn't matter. For you guys, it's the thrill of getting on here and swirling things up. So, you know what. This post is officially dedicated to you guys. You can all have it. Make this post 250 posts deep so you can get it out of your sstem. Talk about Warhurst, talk about Webb, talk about foreigners, rip on whoever/whatever blows your hair back.