Ex University of Arizona steepler says he was assaulted by coach, threatens to sue for $10 million after being kicked off team

Sjw wrote:

Whateves wrote:

https://kvoa.com/news/n4t-investigators/2019/03/19/n4t-investigators-thrown-off-track/

Get used to it. This is your new generation. Don't like the outcome? Make something up. Don't agree with something? Make something up. You've always got that ace in the hole if calking someone a racist, whether it applies to the situation or not.

Yeah, I loved the old days when you could call them a poff and no one cared. The coach cheered you on. It was great.

Positive Contribution wrote:

Parents moving with their son from New York to Tuscon tells you everything in this story.

+1

Harrier98 wrote:

Pretty hilarious how the knee jerk reaction here is to blame the accusers. Yeah man F those pansies, this new generation is coddled and spoiled!!

exactly

My thoughts: Why is Arizona's mens team so awful at distance and XC?

Side note, does James Li still coach there? I find it unbelievable that the coach of Bernard Lagat can't field even a mildly respectable XC team.

Positive Contribution wrote:

Parents moving with their son from New York to Tuscon tells you everything in this story.

I tend to agree.

Was the head track coach - not cross country coach.

College performances appear exceptionally sub par for a scholarship athlete.

The Arizona AD should have cleaned house after Craig Carter was convicted.

Not buying it. Coach “grabs” wrists. “Throws” him down. Bloody nose. Conveniently “feints.”

I’m going to guess problem teammate in all areas of team harmony. Flips out when coach kicks him off, says he wants to kill himself, needs to be restrained, lawyer wants half of the 10 million they will never win.

GoCatz wrote:

Not buying it. Coach “grabs” wrists. “Throws” him down. Bloody nose. Conveniently “feints.”

I’m going to guess problem teammate in all areas of team harmony. Flips out when coach kicks him off, says he wants to kill himself, needs to be restrained, lawyer wants half of the 10 million they will never win.

It's surprising that the same school that turned away tennis prodigy Hal Incandenza due to questions about mental health would let this kid on the track team.

Kids these days are soft. What would "Pre" say about them?

I bet he got mad because he didn't get more $ for running slow. lol

Fred Gwynne wrote:

The article states he was a All American runner. I looked up his HS times and they were pretty average. Also said he had 20 Division 1 scholarship offers which seems crazy.

Parents moved from NY to Arizona since he was going to school there. Who does that?

Helicopter parents.

Double down on that answer.

Did the guy want to be famous because he was a slow Div1 runner?

David Woster Phallus wrote:

GoCatz wrote:

Not buying it. Coach “grabs” wrists. “Throws” him down. Bloody nose. Conveniently “feints.”

I’m going to guess problem teammate in all areas of team harmony. Flips out when coach kicks him off, says he wants to kill himself, needs to be restrained, lawyer wants half of the 10 million they will never win.

It's surprising that the same school that turned away tennis prodigy Hal Incandenza due to questions about mental health would let this kid on the track team.

You win

We don't have all the evidence and facts. We should reserve judgement and not call him a mental illness case before we see each sides' full arguments.

9:13 HS 3200. The 9:15 HS steeple is equivalent. It only looks good because so few high schoolers run the steeple. The rule of thumb is that you can run the steeple in the same time as your 3200, or 40 seconds slower then your 3k. So coming out of high school, he is a 9:13 runner which will get books at Arizona and some other equivalent schools but wouldn't get him a walk-on spot at Wisconsin, Oregon, Stanford, Iowa State, or any other top distance program. People reading that he got 20 offers will assume that he is in the category of a 5 star football recruit who got 20 legitimate offers.

100% unfounded and baseless accusations in this case. Multimillionaire++ family with a son who didn’t get his way due to his misbehavior. That said, the program is a mess outside of a few standout athletes.

crumpline wrote:

Sjw wrote:

Get used to it. This is your new generation. Don't like the outcome? Make something up. Don't agree with something? Make something up. You've always got that ace in the hole if calking someone a racist, whether it applies to the situation or not.

Yeah, I loved the old days when you could call them a poff and no one cared. The coach cheered you on. It was great.

I always called them a poof. Was I wrong?