John Tatter to UNC

What would you know about Reynolds running? Besides Traz that coached from the 70s to the early 2000s.. After that Reynolds has had three to four coaching changes so you dont know what this kid will do. Why dont we be more positive and hope for the best for these athletes instead of being so negative. Not sure if people posting were ever athletes themselves makes you wonder with their negativity.

I don't know what you're talking about. RJ Reynolds has had 5 college runners the last 15 years. One ran a 29:14 10K and low 14s 5K at UVA (Trey Miller) and two others have been two of the top runners at ECU the past few years and have set school records (Nick and Andrew Ciaccia).

JOHN TATTER IS THE GOAT AND NO SLANDER OF HIS NAME WILL BE ACCEPTED ON THESE BOARDS. GOODNIGHT

Also I heard he only left because he could not walk down the street without having hoards of tri delt chicks asking for signed pictures. It would be tough to get an education in that environment.

johntatterfan69 wrote:

Also I heard he only left because he could not walk down the street without having hoards of tri delt chicks asking for signed pictures. It would be tough to get an education in that environment.

Rumor has it, it was some soccer girls, not tri delts.

I just had a lengthy, intimate skype conversation with the aforementioned John Tatter and he explained to me that his decision to transfer was three-fold.

1) He was seeking the opportunity to attend college free of charge, and for whatever reason Michigan was unable to provide this opportunity.

2) He wanted to be closer to home so his passionate parents could have the opportunity to watch him race more and so he could spend more time engaging in social endeavors with his kind high school friends.

3) He has a reasonably attractive girlfriend who attends NC State and is hoping to spend more time with her to increase his chances of "marrying rich."

He said he has been running 90 mile weeks and is looking forward to taking the ACC by storm with his new coach and teammates, and he hopes Coach Miltenberg will remove Ryan Combs from the North Carolina Cross Country program entirely.

I call all BALONEY... Cool story bro.

ffgg wrote:

I thought that the school you stay away from is Mt. Tabor, not Reynolds? Tatter will immediately make UNC better in xc.

Correct assessment. Matt Hamrick and Ryan Curran were two of the biggest busts in NC history.

Just wanted to be as transparent as possible and say that I'm transferring in large part because of fundamental differences in training philosophy between me and Coach Sully among other reasons. Generally, he is a very high intensity, lower mileage guy and after a lot of trial and error, I consider myself to be more of a volume, aerobic-based runner who needs a different training emphasis then what Coach Sully focus's on. Coach Sully is a great guy and a great coach whose results clearly speak for themselves. Like any College freshman who cares about their running I was just worried about being in a system I felt I wasn't capable with and after talking to the coaches at UNC I knew that they were willing to put the resources into making them a nationally competitive program again and I wanted to be a part of rebuilding UNC to national prominence. I understand that I am still ignorant about a lot when it comes to running, but Michigan was a valuable learning experience and I appreciate everything the team and Coach sully has done for me there and I am looking forward to working with Coach Milt and the great group of guys at UNC.

I’m sure all the people talking bad about a 19 year old who they’ve never met are absolute studs who were super talented and know a lot about success....

Stick to anonymous forums and your couches you bunch of subhumans. Shoutout to all the reasonable people who don’t act like they know these KIDS. Lots of awesome people in the running community, not so many on LetsRun. Good luck to Tatter.

Keep my name outcha mouf

Thenamescombsryancombs wrote:

Keep my name outcha mouf

this is the sign of a clearly disgruntled group with low team chemistry. sounds like there's little-to-no hope for these self destructive goof offs. no chance for milt. sad.

UNC lost one of the best incoming 100m sprint freshman in the country, Semira Killabrew from Indianapolis. She is now going to Florida.

Swiss Elm Disease wrote:

ffgg wrote:

I thought that the school you stay away from is Mt. Tabor, not Reynolds? Tatter will immediately make UNC better in xc.

Correct assessment. Matt Hamrick and Ryan Curran were two of the biggest busts in NC history.

The list is much longer counting Tabor's failed careers and drug tests.

pretty clear to see that this generation of winston-salem kids - tatter, ponder, and moerk - are different. all have improved freshman year and seem to be setting a new precedent for kids in the area

GoHeels0369430 wrote:

Miltenberg lands one of 2018’s top in-state talents. UNC also has Dolan Owens, a 4:03 miler and the NBNO 1 Mile Champ. I would say that this is a step in the right direction.

on another note, who is making these recruit graphics on (what looks to be) the UNC program's secondary instagram account @ tarheeldistance ? looks pretty damn cool.

So it sounds like you couldn't hang with the big boys.. Got it.

Considering Michigan didn't qualify a single person for indoor or outdoor nationals and did awful at both indoor and outdoor BIG 10s it's more like he couldn't hang with the little boys. To be considered a big boy you have to be able to compete at a high level and that squad clearly proved that they could not.

W-S apologist wrote:

pretty clear to see that this generation of winston-salem kids - tatter, ponder, and moerk - are different. all have improved freshman year and seem to be setting a new precedent for kids in the area

2/3 of those guys had fairly successful Freshmen seasons and Tatter was probably the best. It will be interesting to see if either of the other two can break the Tabor curse. Hopefully they came out of that program with a bit more maturity and integrity than the past produced.