Anonymous Coach B is my hero (from Letsrun.com coaches interview about Boston marathon)

Coach B has his safe space and letsrun monitors gave it to him. crazy, just like the punk kids in college.

2:09 Galen. That is all.

go.rupp wrote:

For me, this sort of anonymous bashing makes Galen into a more sympathetic figure. I'm well aware of all the questions, investigations, etc., but this high-horsing smacks of sour grapes and petty jealousy. It'd be different if they put their names out there.

And Meb's repeated slights of Galen are getting old

"It'd be different if they put their names out there!"

"I'm tired of the guy that's willing to put his name out there!"

Sounds like you'll never be happy with people complaining about a cheater?

absolutely agree with every point you made.

You must have missed the part in the leaked USADA reports where Dr Jeffrey Brown of the NOP potentially broke rules by applying excess dosages of l-carnitine and falsifying the records.

Hey, remember, there's a registered LRC contributor "Coach B" too. He's a high school coach & often posts some good questions & comments on this board too. Let's not mix up the anonymous voice about the Boston Marathon & the high school coach on the boards here.

Throwing Shade wrote:

"It'd be different if they put their names out there!"

"I'm tired of the guy that's willing to put his name out there!"

Sounds like you'll never be happy with people complaining about a cheater?

I see your point, but they're bothering me for different reasons.

The anonymous bashing bothers me because these coaches are trying to tear down Rupp's Boston performance even before it happens.

If he blows up, they'll beam with schadenfreude. If he wins, they've already (in their minds) rendered the performance meaningless. This, when the U.S. has no other male (including these coaches' own runners) mixing it up with the world's best. And they get the LRC platform to do this without even putting skin in the game.

Regarding Meb, I love the guy, but he's always acted dismissively of Rupp (remember the post '16 Trials press conference where he complained of Rupp running too close to him?). Now, Rupp, like Meb, has an Olympic medal in the marathon, and a major marathon victory, and is headed to Boston, where he could potentially become the second American to win in decades, putting him in company of, yes, Meb. I wish Meb would either come right out and say: "I cannot support Galen because of everything I've heard and read" or support his fellow countryman. To act like Galen only half exists just seems juvenile to me

go.rupp wrote:

For me, this sort of anonymous bashing makes Galen into a more sympathetic figure. I'm well aware of all the questions, investigations, etc., but this high-horsing smacks of sour grapes and petty jealousy. It'd be different if they put their names out there.

You aren't thinking this through. It's not petty jealousy or sour grapes. It's common sense. They have doubts about him being clean but can't say that on the record without risking career suicide.

I told Jon, "It would be career suicide for most of these coaches to consider putting their name out there. You don't want to be blackballed by Nike."

They wouldn't have a shot at a future job as a pro coach for Nike and Nike also can lean in on ADs to hire certain people at schools they sponsor.

One of the points of doing the article was to show people who accuse us of having an anti-NOP bias is to show you what the sentiment is at the elite level for the NOP.

Galen and, I bet, many other American and so is Shalane are willing to push to the limits of every single thing they do in life to get there. They'll do everything they can to win and this is what it takes if you want to win. So why voting down on Rupp in that regard?

I wonder what Galen thinks of all the hatred he receives. Is he even aware of it?

rojo wrote:

You aren't thinking this through. It's not petty jealousy or sour grapes. It's common sense. They have doubts about him being clean but can't say that on the record without risking career suicide.

I think it can be both. They can have doubts but also be jealous at the same time.

Meb totally ignoring Galen as a force in marathoning I think speaks volumes for how he views it. Galen's a top 5 marathoner in the world in my book. I keep planting it out there that I really like his chances in Tokyo.

But I guess you would have to couch it with the, "if he's still running then." From reading the leaked USADA report I concluded that USADA rules were broken.

At this point I figure nothing is happening about that. But rereading that above I forgot how Alberto Salazar misled his athletes on what was going on according to the report. Really pisses me off it it went down as it says in the report.

Njj wrote:

Galen and, I bet, many other American and so is Shalane are willing to push to the limits of every single thing they do in life to get there. They'll do everything they can to win and this is what it takes if you want to win. So why voting down on Rupp in that regard?

There's "pushing the limits", and then there's pushing through the limits into insanely gray or outright illegal acts. I trust the people closest to the competition the most. They hear things. Meb, for example, can't be coming from a place of sour grapes because he's been there and done that. Additionally, his (and others) excitement for Shalane's win just go to show you that it's not just a case of jealousy or sour grapes. There is something legitimately different between how Shalane goes about trying to be her best within the confines of what's allowed vs. what some others may be willing to try.

Agreed. It could be jealousy, it could be suspicion, it could be a mixture of those. I believe that Salazar has broken rules and so it is hard for me to cheer for anyone that willfully associates with him. I have a lot of respect for Galen - he is clearly a hard worker - but I don't get excited when he performs well.

All of these no-name, mouth-breathing, do-nothings are just jealous of our lord and savior Galen Rupp.

"Couldn't give a s--t?" Apparently anal retentive. Somebody slip him a laxative lol.

Kris Krinkle wrote:

All of these no-name, mouth-breathing, do-nothings are just jealous of our lord and savior Galen Rupp.

What Would Galen Do?

Throwing Shade wrote:

Meb, for example, can't be coming from a place of sour grapes because he's been there and done that.

Yes... because people who win things never get jealous...

For Meb... Winning Boston and feeling like you accomplished something that only happens once-in-a-blue-moon --- then a younger, more talented runner upstages your performance the following years (while seemingly on a path to blow your career marks out of the water) --- how could anyone be jealous of that?

macdaddy wrote:

Throwing Shade wrote:

Meb, for example, can't be coming from a place of sour grapes because he's been there and done that.

Yes... because people who win things never get jealous...

then a younger, more talented runner upstages your performance the following years

When did that happen?

In interviews with Galen and his parents it sounds like he doesn't read too much of the stuff said about him. His response to doping allegations has always been basically "We know the truth about what I've done and taken, and none of it is illegal." Not necessarily the strongest rebuttal, but if he's telling the truth he has nothing to worry about and has better things to be doing than coming up with different answers to those questions.