Coach wrote:
Rojo no way do most college coaches recruit "talent not time." I asked a few coaches at seminars if they'd take the 4:12 miler who ran 70 miles a week and did stuff like 10x400 in 62 or the 4:20 miler who ran 30 miles a week and never ran more than 8x400 in 65. They wouldn't answer that question. No way do they take a chance on potential talent.
You misunderstood what I was trying to say.
It reminds me of a guy criticizing the coach at Princeton about 15 years ago, "He always takes the Foot Locker finalist instead of the 9:30 kid with potential."
I laughed and said, "Well I don't have that problem at Cornell but it would be hard to turn that down."
The 9:30 kid with potential or the 4:20 guy in your case might be better but we don't know it.
But if I"m lookin at a 9:15 guy from a power program or a 9:20 guy who barely runs, I'm going with the 9:20. 4:12 and 4:20 is miles apart.
No. Of course not. You'd take the 4:12 talent.
But if that 4:20 kid wants to walk on. You should realize he might be a big talent as he's barely run.