Metcalf steps down from coaching at University of Washington

It’s not an east coast bias, it’s a friends bias.

My guess is there are plenty of east coast people they wouldn’t sensor for and a bunch of West coasters they would. Fact of the matter is, they don’t run a tight ship and delete posts and threads willy nilly.

If they required registration (but allowed annoynimity), half of the posts in this very thread wouldn’t have been posted.

A Current DI coach wrote:

Since its inception I have asked coaches I know what they think about letsrun and I have never, ever got a positive reply. That should say it all. The Johnson boys should aspire to make their message board better.

Say what you will, but this message board has shed light on a lot of things in the sport that would have remained hidden. There is at least one case where a young lady with an eating disorder finally received attention and nutritional guidance after posters on this board brought up the issue which may have saved her life. Did the NCAA and "DI Coaches" do anything to help her until it became an issue on this message board? There is a reason Freedom of Speech is the FIRST amendment of the US Constitution, it is the foundation of a stable democracy. Anonymity on this board serves to enable people to speak out where they otherwise would not (retaliation, job termination). This message board has been good for the sport despite having to wade through the nonsense of a few posters.

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Face Farter wrote:

If they required registration (but allowed annoynimity), half of the posts in this very thread wouldn’t have been posted.

Actually, to make this a real forum they should require registration from valid e-mail addresses, have profiles, thread started count, post count, and the whole host of items that real websites have. As it is, letsrun.com is just the Jerry Springer of the running world.

Yep.

It's only a few years since posters saying the top africans are doped were dismissed as conspiracy theorists here.

It now transpires that the conspiracy theorists were right and thankfully the forum allowed free speech on the matter.

I know the brojos worship the $$$ as much as the next but the forum has served athletics well in this regard,cycling is only now moving forward since the doping was exposed.

Freedom of speech can be messy but is necessary wrote:

.....the nonsense of a few posters.

Laughable.

interesting .....

People.

Go start your own nationally significant message board. If you don’t like the postings any more, why are you still here? posting? smh

The bros have to cover their butts re: slander and libel. Again, go start your own message board if you have a problem with that reality.

How did this thread deteriorate to your complaining about the website authors? Typical.

Face Farter wrote:

It’s not an east coast bias, it’s a friends bias.

My guess is there are plenty of east coast people they wouldn’t sensor for and a bunch of West coasters they would. Fact of the matter is, they don’t run a tight ship and delete posts and threads willy nilly.

If they required registration (but allowed annoynimity), half of the posts in this very thread wouldn’t have been posted.

Exactly. Willy Wood anyone?

volley wrote:

People.

Go start your own nationally significant message board. If you don’t like the postings any more, why are you still here? posting? smh

The bros have to cover their butts re: slander and libel. Again, go start your own message board if you have a problem with that reality.

How did this thread deteriorate to your complaining about the website authors? Typical.

try again, but with logic this time....

HuskyFan wrote:

He is a salesman. PERIOD. The man couldn't coach for the life of him

The dude is a charlatan. He doesn't know how to coach. I've listened to some of his UW 400m hurdlers talk about their workouts. They don't make sense. And then they go run and lose.

Metcalf is not a good coach

Draco wrote:

[quote]HuskyFan wrote:

He is a salesman. PERIOD. The man couldn't coach for the life of him

400m hurdlers

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1) Moderating is the hardest thing we do.

2) Moderating coaching threads is by far the hardest thing we do as there are so many people that want to coach and are bitter they aren't coaches or aren't big-time coaches that they love to dance on the graves of those that are.

3) Yes, we delete posts.. Please stop the crap about East Coast bias. The thing about moderation is you have no idea what we've deleted. The reality is we have deleted a lot of stuff in this very thread. You should see the VERY specific allegations we have deleted in this thread - the biggest post actually also included allegations against another program - the biggest program in all of track and field which happens to be a West Coast school (Oregon).

4) If someone calls us, whether it's the coach in question, an assistant coach, a friend, a wife, a husband, etc. and ask me to delete something and explains why (it's not true, it's hurtful to the family, etc), then guess what - it's much more likely to be deleted.

If you have questions, do not post them in this thread. Call me at 844-538-7786 ext 3 or email me at

robertjohnson@letsrun.com

So what you are saying is if something is likely to be true it gets deleted... cuz feelings?

UW track truths website was deleted... seems dubious

rojo wrote:

3) Yes, we delete posts.. Please stop the crap about East Coast bias. The thing about moderation is you have no idea what we've deleted. The reality is we have deleted a lot of stuff in this very thread. You should see the VERY specific allegations we have deleted in this thread - the biggest post actually also included allegations against another program - the biggest program in all of track and field which happens to be a West Coast school (Oregon).

This is true. I saw the post and got the screenshot. The Oregon allegation was... interesting...

rojo wrote:

2) Moderating coaching threads is by far the hardest thing we do as there are so many people that want to coach and are bitter they aren't coaches or aren't big-time coaches that they love to dance on the graves of those that are.

This is exactly what I've seen. So much jealousy in the coaching world.

Coach Cookie wrote:

rojo wrote:

3) Yes, we delete posts.. Please stop the crap about East Coast bias. The thing about moderation is you have no idea what we've deleted. The reality is we have deleted a lot of stuff in this very thread. You should see the VERY specific allegations we have deleted in this thread - the biggest post actually also included allegations against another program - the biggest program in all of track and field which happens to be a West Coast school (Oregon).

This is true. I saw the post and got the screenshot. The Oregon allegation was... interesting...

Guys always remember to do this one thing... SCREENSHOT. No one can delete your phones screenshot but yourself

I'd pay $10/month to have access to all deleted posts.