Neil Black to leave as UK Athletics performance director at month's end, after fulfilling support of Sir Mo Farah in Chicago

I'm glad he's seeing the string through, for one final victory for Sir Mohamed. That's true dedication.

Hopefully Coe and Lough are the next to go.

No reason for him to leave! Witch-hunt!

Witch hunt otra vez wrote:

No reason for him to leave! Witch-hunt!

Nothing to see here...

So the UK director of athletics is the first official in the world to resign over the doping scandal coming out of America?

This surely proves how corrupt British athletics is!

Is the director of athletics in the Netherlands going to resign for sticking behind Sifan Hassan?

Employee entity wrote:

I'm glad he's seeing the string through, for one final victory for Sir Mohamed. That's true dedication.

Yes, the exacting Englishman's duty. High-on to see it in practise.

Repercussions spinning. Those dominoes could yet bring down Coe’s cartel and cronies at the IAAF.

https://twitter.com/modoorbell/status/1181617357938188290?s=21

Sacrificial lamb?

The line about supporting Mo's marathon is exactly why he needs to go.

He's just come out of a major champs where the GB team failed to meet the standard he had set. He'd overseen a holding camp which a medal prospect had to leave due to there not being any facilities suitable for throwing. He's blocked athletes invited by IAAF from taking up places on a team, resulting in a huge amount of dissatisfaction amongst athletes and coaches alike. He should be undertaking an in-depth "lessons learned" exercise.

However, he's running off to support an individual athlete, running in their sponsors vest in a non-representative race. That is not part of the Governing Body's role.

If he's so determined to carry on being a physio, he never should have taken on the performance director role in the first place.

GGGG wrote:

The line about supporting Mo's marathon is exactly why he needs to go.

He's just come out of a major champs where the GB team failed to meet the standard he had set. He'd overseen a holding camp which a medal prospect had to leave due to there not being any facilities suitable for throwing. He's blocked athletes invited by IAAF from taking up places on a team, resulting in a huge amount of dissatisfaction amongst athletes and coaches alike. He should be undertaking an in-depth "lessons learned" exercise.

However, he's running off to support an individual athlete, running in their sponsors vest in a non-representative race. That is not part of the Governing Body's role.

If he's so determined to carry on being a physio, he never should have taken on the performance director role in the first place.

Bang on.

UKA is an absolute joke.

El Keniano wrote:

Repercussions spinning. Those dominoes could yet bring down Coe’s cartel and cronies at the IAAF.

https://twitter.com/modoorbell/status/1181617357938188290?s=21

I agree.

Maybe when the decades long cover-up of unrestricted East African doping is revealed, there could be serious issues.

Even without the Salazar stuff, the failure of the UK to hit its medal target in Doha should have been enough to see him out of a job. the same criteria he applies so rigidly to athletes has to apply to him as well.

Actually, nobody has yet been able to explain exactly what a "Performance Director" does.

Yes, not just the salazar connection but also the performance of the GB team. GB were so "lucky" to win their 2 gold even the british press indirectly admitted it. They were literally "handed" to them their gold. Imagine if Fraser-Pryce, Elaine and Uibo had ran the 200 and Nafisattou Thiam not get injured later as the article says......???

https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/49955556

milermb wrote:

Even without the Salazar stuff, the failure of the UK to hit its medal target in Doha should have been enough to see him out of a job. the same criteria he applies so rigidly to athletes has to apply to him as well.

Actually, nobody has yet been able to explain exactly what a "Performance Director" does.

A spokesman for British Athletics said Aden had helped Farah when the performance director, Neil Black, and the head of endurance, Barry Fudge, were not around, and they had subsequently changed their rules.

It looks like he goes to camp with Mo Farah and Jama Aden in Ethiopia? Then he defends Salazar to the end? Was he in Spain too ,when Mo went to train and do whatever there?

JosePublico wrote:

milermb wrote:

Even without the Salazar stuff, the failure of the UK to hit its medal target in Doha should have been enough to see him out of a job. the same criteria he applies so rigidly to athletes has to apply to him as well.

Actually, nobody has yet been able to explain exactly what a "Performance Director" does.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jun/02/mo-farah-jama-aden-doping-genzebe-dibaba

A spokesman for British Athletics said Aden had helped Farah when the performance director, Neil Black, and the head of endurance, Barry Fudge, were not around, and they had subsequently changed their rules.

It looks like he goes to camp with Mo Farah and Jama Aden in Ethiopia? Then he defends Salazar to the end? Was he in Spain too ,when Mo went to train and do whatever there?

I'd strongly encourage a journalist to dig deep into the reason for the falling out of Barry Fudge and Farah during their last training stint in Ethiopia. You'll be very surprised (or not) what you'll find.

GBnothingWithoutFarah?? wrote:

Yes, not just the salazar connection but also the performance of the GB team. GB were so "lucky" to win their 2 gold even the british press indirectly admitted it. They were literally "handed" to them their gold. Imagine if Fraser-Pryce, Elaine and Uibo had ran the 200 and Nafisattou Thiam not get injured later as the article says......???

They’re probably the least athletic country in the planet. But please show some respect, they’re very good at snooker ? and darts ? ?

Yup, wacha they brag with the "non-athletic" sports ?. Let most of their fans keep accepting mediocrity...especially racist vermin like coevette and his filth followers who always give excuses with all the "all africans are doping" talk.

Need a German journalist wrote:

JosePublico wrote:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jun/02/mo-farah-jama-aden-doping-genzebe-dibaba

A spokesman for British Athletics said Aden had helped Farah when the performance director, Neil Black, and the head of endurance, Barry Fudge, were not around, and they had subsequently changed their rules.

It looks like he goes to camp with Mo Farah and Jama Aden in Ethiopia? Then he defends Salazar to the end? Was he in Spain too ,when Mo went to train and do whatever there?

I'd strongly encourage a journalist to dig deep into the reason for the falling out of Barry Fudge and Farah during their last training stint in Ethiopia. You'll be very surprised (or not) what you'll find.

More to it than this.