Which DI Program Ruins The Most Talent?

Auburn

Yale

Penn State

WVU

sLOW rEGION wrote:

REAL. wrote:

I would say BYU.

Dozens of phenomenal NCAA talents that just aren't inspired and motivated to make running part of their Mormon lifestyle upon graduation. For every Jared Ward, there are probably 50 Cougars that leave the sport in life.

This isn't a BYU problem, it's a problem across collegiate running. This is a common thing for basically all high level programs. The number of guys who continue to train at a high level after graduation, whether it is D1 or D2, is really low. I ran in college, and still love to run and train. I can only count 1 or 2 teammates who still train hard after college. Most just want to do other things than run hard, which I respect.

This is not a collegiate thing it is a society thing.

Back in the day, most of us kept running and racing. It was about the journey, not the destination. we loved it and stayed with it. we made it work and still worked and lived.

These days, it is about the destination, running is viewed as frivolous, you need to get on with life and EARN a living. No time for something like running. The mentality is also different, can't possibly work 40 hours and run, go forbid.

Idiot alert wrote:

Rupp will retire in a few years with a net worth in excess of $5M and he will spend the rest of life giving back. I retired at age 50 with a net worth of $4M after making only 100k per year. Rupp is probably smarter than an LR poster.

First off, no way Rupp has or will have anywhere near $5 million “net worth” when he retires, and whatever he does have will need to stretch much farther than yours will at age 50, assuming he retires at 37 or so. It’s also fair to say he has become accustomed to a certain lifestyle well above above what you were living on, and he lives in one of the higher cost cities with one of the highest state income taxes. So despite your uninformed disparagement to the contrary, the OP is right, Rupp will need to work.

If he’s lucky, he can tap the Nike connection, otherwise he’ll be no different than Webb, starting at the bottom of the coaching grind at a relatively late age.

A perennial thread, but the answer is always the same ..... Stanford.

The only disparagement is what you are making of Rupp. He lives a traditional lifestyle and he will retire with at least the estimated $5M net worth. The length of time that the money is needed is irrelevant as he will earn $250k on his imvestments and he will continue to spend only $200k. By the time he is 50, his net worth will have nearly doubled.

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[quote]PlebeRunner wrote:

Do they even recruit? I would have thought the team would just consist of the best runners who happened to choose the career of a military officer and got into the academies to make it happen. Do they give running scholarships or recruit beyond the pool of admitted academy students?

Everyone at the military academies are on a full ride scholarship regardless if they play a sport or not. At graduation you are then a commissioned officer and are required to serve a minimum of five years in the service. Some opt for pilot training where there could be additional service time but I'm not sure how much.

In short, the military academies don't offer any athletic scholarships. They offer a place at the academy paid for by US tax dollars.

Lehigh, Duke. Not saying that they get many blue chippers - mostly sub-elite, 1:53/4:15/9:20 type guys - but just about everyone I know who goes to those two schools gets worse than they were in high school.

Add Clemson to the list too.