Keep The Ball Rolling wrote:
Honest Opinion wrote:
add a massive pay cut to that
A big pay cut would be WELL worth it to run with the tinman crew. Best coaching in the world mixed with the good group of guys they have there would no doubt lead to a very successful career for grant. Guess he decided to be risky and go to BTC.
He's not the immature frat boy type. Wouldnt be a good fit.
Nike does it again wrote:
OhioBuff wrote:
There it is boyos
https://twitter.com/chrischavez/status/1141807761346445312?s=21Thoughts? Feelings? Discus.
Nike BTC won the sweepstakes landing Fisher.
Brooks has a Scottish star that an American audience and consumers won’t identify well with.
Reebok has a Canadian star that an American audience and consumers won’t identify well with.
Of these three American companies, Nike will have runners at world events wearing USA and all that comes with that.
Domestically, running fans and participants know who the American athletes are. Basic stuff really.
Nothing against these other fine athletes. If the shoe was on the other foot and Fisher lived and ran for an Australian company, would Australian support him the same or in a better way then their own countrymen?
This is a very astute comment.
Wonder how hard the other two groups went after Fisher? Perhaps not hard enough or at the end of the day didn’t have the entire package?
I would like to think they tried their best because I would have liked to see Fisher lead an up and coming group that then provided a check and balence to Nike.
Jerry Schumacher will coach and train Fisher well.
He has been around a long time to have made mistakes and had successes to know what is the best regimen for each athlete.
BTC is a great fit for Fisher.
After Fishers running career I wonder if Nike will hire him to one day lead the company?
Will he rent from Even Jaegar?
yoyomama wrote:
Will he rent from Even Jaegar?
Does it come with a hot tub?
Paul Bunyan wrote:
mypredictor wrote:
I guess it's not not very exciting news since few think he'll be a world beater. I mean what will his all time bests be when he's done? 3:31, 13:05, 27:10, 1:03, 2:09? Maybe a semifinal in an Olympics and a final in a world? I hate being a downer, but he's a great runner and a good guy that doesn't offer much to get excited about.
I agree that he doesn't have "all time great" written all over him, but I would be super stoked about any American running 3:31, 13:05, and 27:10. No American has PRs as fast or better at all 3 of those distances. Would be interested to see how his PRs stack-up against other US legends coming out of college (too lazy to look up myself).
I think that's true. Rupp could have gone 331 at a few times and he destroyed those other times. Lagat destroys them all though I'm not sure he was wearing a USA singlet when he did. Solinsky topped out at 335, Jenkins may not improve on his 335. Centro has already gone 1310 and could easily go 1305 and 2710 one day to go with his 330.
mcvred wrote:
not equivalent wrote:
He's saying 1:03 and 2:09 are not equivalent times.
Correct.
Understood. But I guess I don't find those predictions that out of line. Could he go 101? Yep but i dont think he will. Hopefully I'm wrong and he kills it as a pro.
These times you loosely post are incredibly fast and Fisher might just hit those. Many who have been around those times or better have either been busted for PEDs or highly suspected. The times you talk about are pretty close to natural limits just ask Willis.
Fisher is untapped talent and with Schumacher coaching him he will have excellent opportunity to maximize his potential.
I wish him fast feet.