El Keniano wrote:
... even more than the circumstantial evidence that Salazar has been systematically doping Nike Oregon Project athletes for years which, in my opinion, is more serious. There's literally no room for other discussions. Why is this case? Is it cultural?
I want to emphasise that Cain's video for the New York Times is as powerful an indictment of Salazar's character as we're ever going to get and that I applaud her for her fortitude and bravery in sharing her experience finally liberating herself from that abusive relationship. But what about Salazar's actual crimes? Why has that been back-burnered? Would the reaction have been the same if, say Sifan Hassan, had been the victim? Is anyone going to deny, for example, that the American public and media get more concerned when a white (especially blonde) girl/woman goes missing than literally everyone else?
Things that make you go ?
I have not posted about any of this and won't again. I think it is just Mary timed it right to play the perfect victim. Being white may help in this a little but being white is not the main reason. Kara Goucher is white and not many care what she has to say about Salazar anymore. KG may have been right all along but her timing for being the victim was off.
Mary was a victim of Mary, her coach, and her parents she only blames Alberto. Salazar being busted made great timing. I doubt Mary came up with the video idea on her own. Maybe she did. It is easier to kick someone that is down. Alberto getting busted was great timing. I'm sure the media was looking for anything they could for more headlines and viewership.
Mary's story in most regards goes on every year with 1000's of kids throughout the world. She was just more talented and at a higher level than most. Every year we hear of the next great young talent on the local level, high school level, college level and in Mary's case the national or world class level. Almost all of them do not make it long in the sport. There can be many reasons why they are just better than the rest. Very few at their age were as good as Mary.
Almost all of them think the best thing for them is a change to get to the next level including Mary. They go off to different coaches. Some go to schools because the coach, maybe able to get them to the next level. Mary went to an elite coach that was known to push the limits on everything to get athletes "There" (to the next level) Most times this is the worst thing theses kids can do. They were steadily improving with what they were doing. They could already push themselves harder than they probably should and the added stress and pressure breaks them, burns them out, you name it. Some at the college level transfer when the fit isn't good. Some just wash out.
I don't like Salazar at all. I think he is a cheat. Anyone that wants to know the boundaries of the rules is dirty in my eyes. Honest people don't want to know what the limits of cheating are so they know where they have to stop cheating at. In Mary's case though, outside of being less sensitive than he should of been. I don't think he was wrong. Mary hired on with Nike to be coached by Alberto. Alberto has had a reputation of being Alberto long before her. She agreed to the way he coached when she signed on the line. If she did not like the way he coached she should of looked into breaking the contract before she was broken. I'm sure, having to decide to leave would be a very hard position to be in but kids are in that situation all the time.